Re: Update From New England:
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com, P*@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Update From New England:
- From: E* Q* <c*@ma.ultranet.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:38:00 -0500 (EST)
All;
The Groundhog can kiss my ass, I'm plantin' peas tomorrow!!!
At 06:12 PM 2/27/98 EST, GBPUMPKIN wrote:
>In a message dated 98-02-27 00:42:21 EST, you write:
>
><< Subj: Re: Update From New England:
> Date: 98-02-27 00:42:21 EST
> From: Pumkinguy@aol.com (Pumkinguy)
> Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>
> In a message dated 98-02-26 19:02:25 EST, you write:
>
> << Subj: Update From New England:
> Date: 98-02-26 19:02:25 EST
> From: GBPUMPKIN@aol.com (GBPUMPKIN)
> Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>
> HOLD ON THERE GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pumkinguy's
> forecast for March in New England. 3 FEET OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! SUB ZERO
> TEMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T DUST OF THAT ROTOTILLER
> YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE GROUND HOG SAW HIS
> SHADOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ONLY REASON THE WEATHER IS NICE IS BECAUSE
> MY SNOW PLOW IS STILL ON THE F-250!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF I TAKE MY PLOW
> OFF, YOU WILL BE
> SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> pumkinguy
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> Actually I don't plant the Pumpkins any earlier even if the weather is warm.
>Reason being they will out grow their protection before all danger of frost
>has passed, (5/25). They go in the ground around 4/17 +/- 3 days.
>
>What an early till does do:
>
>Lets me till in the Winter Rye so it's gets a chance to decompose before
>planting so it doesn't interfere with germination.
>
>Lets the lime get working.
>
>Increases the drainage so the soil dries out easy if the weather turns bad.
>
>Increases the warmth of the soil.
>
>Lets it warm up faster after a late snow storm.
>
>I can plant my Pea's in the Pumpkin patch early so they don't get overtaken by
>the Pumpkin.
>
>I do have an advantage, my garden is on a plateau that's makes it like a giant
>raised bed that lets me do all this very early in the season.
>
>Well my Crocus are in bloom and the Red Wing Blackbirds are returning, can't
>be long now.
>
>George
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