Re: Growing alfalfa for plowing under
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- Subject: Re: Growing alfalfa for plowing under
- From: M*@fin.gc.ca (Mark, Maureen)
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:48:27 -0600 (MDT)
Buckwheat or rye is normally used for this purpose as you don't need to =
sacrifice acreage. You sow it late summer and plow it under in the Spring. =
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I 'm not sure why alfalfa is not used for this purpose. Perhaps its is not=
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a fast growing, or perhaps it is more expensive.
Maureen
mark.maureen@fin.gc.ca
Ottawa -- where we have ideal weather, a few days of rain during the week =
and marvelous sunny warm weekends
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From: RYFigge
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Alfa-Bits and odds and ends
Date: Thursday, July 10, 1997 9:41
What does SMTP mean after my "name"? Thanks a lot, Chad, for those
encouraging words from the West , where never a discouraging word is sung?
How would it be to SEED an area with alfalfa - and then the next year when=
ready to plant irises to plow it under and get instant alfalfa ---- you'd
need some acre-age - WHERE is that elusive speller? -- to do this, which=
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I
don't have -- you could play farmer as you plow it under and that would hel=
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with your Scientist Cap you'd wear in running this experiment and you'd get =
a
good article out of the idea - of course I'm not sure that would be enough =
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of
the Miracle-Worker - but "try it, you might like it!" I always loved the
carousel horses, the only ones I can ride now in my (ahem) mature youth!
Rosalie from the Baltimore area where it is still hot, but less humid bu=
t
still NO (shouting from the rooftops in exasperation) rain in spite of all
the publicity that we could, would, certianly should! ryfigge@aol.com
