Re: TB: culture - pitchfork for digging

 As a pitchfork advocate, I'll add my 2-cents worth in case it hasn't been 
mentioned.!  Not only  does it  make it easier to shake off the dirt by jiggling 
the  rz -- but what is even more important, it is less likely to injure any 
part of  the rzs NOR cut off any roots too short.  I guess it has been 
mentioned that the fork goes in behind the   rzs to be dug, --after all the soil has 
been shaken off and you can manhandle the rz and poke  more soil off between 
the roots, etc - and admiring how long some of the roots can be!  I grab them 
close to the rz with one hand and  with handy scissors cut them all off  within 
an inch of what  hangs out from  my hand.  Some people lay them on a table and 
whack them off with a knife before planting.  And then, the important thing 
is to  "hang them up by their feet " i.e. the roots!  I usually have baskets or 
around the bottom of the railing on the deck, or a little wire fence around a 
plot or something, so any water down in the rz  can drain out  --otherwise  
that could promote rot.
Sorry if any of this is repetition, I haven't read  all my email yet -- been 
"working" in the garden  in between those everlasting showers, hard to believe 
we were complaining of a drought last year!  Rosalie NR Baltimore, USA  
region 4 with more rain,  zone 7 needing an ark    ryfigge@aol.com

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