Re: Complications
Marv,
If it turns out to be a Mafia deal you may be ahead of the game. A little extra
lead in the soil may help the pumpkin weigh heavy.......Could what appears to be a
headstone actually be a compacted cadillac ? If so, you may have a little extra
Iron in the soil. Could also help the pumpkin weigh a little on the heavy
side........Plant a pumpkin on each side of the mound and see what happens.......
Mark Martinek wrote:
> Yuu certainly do have quite a quandry. I dont think there is anyway
> around it, You MUST get a soil test. Without knowledge of the length of
> time the unfortunate fella was planted you could really get your
> minerals out of whack. You would probably be okay on the calcium but
> your PH could be off. If this was a Mafia deal you would be fine on the
> Lime, but with the headstone I really dont think this is the case.
>
> Best of luck on your "99 Hoffa 1109"
>
> Mark
> Lubadub@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Here is a new problem which is the direct result of growing pumpkins. I was
> > clearing out the area around my pumpkin patch when I noticed a small mound in
> > the woods. The woods here are flat and the surface is rocky. I had hauled in
> > my soil as there was none. It is impossible to dig with a shovel. Anyway, I
> > noticed this elevation and as I examined it there was a small trench running
> > around the outside. We live in an area on top of a mountain which had been
> > extremely desolate and uninhabited. Hunters might have come through here only
> > occasionally. Anyway, the more I looked at this the clearer it became that
> > someone is buried beside my pumpkin patch. The mound is 8 feet long, about
> > four feet wide and is about 24 inches in elevation. Indians and settlers
> > walked on a trail in a valley about 100 feet from this site. I think one of
> > them may have died and was burried uphill from the trail and near to where my
> > patch was destined to be. There is a small rectangular head stone of natural
> > stone with no markings as was customary for both Indians and settlers of long
> > ago. Maybe Mafia also.
> >
> > The quandry is what to do? Call the police? Call the University? Dig? Forget
> > it? If I wasn't growing pumpkins I wouldn't have these problems. Is the
> > Pumpkin Witch still out there? This could be up her alley.
> >
> > Marv in Altoona.
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