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Re: Intro, etc.

It may be down time, but the catalogs, but in January in CT, that can be
heavenly: time to dream and plot the plot.

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> From: nonayobusiness <medium.kyootie@internetMCI.com>
> To: veg <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
> Subject: Intro, etc.
> Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 10:58 AM
> 
> -- [ From: nonayobusiness * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
> 
> Hi, Brenda,  welcome to the list.  I think that it's just that right now
> it's down time in most people's gardens. I would expect that when it's
time
> to plant seedlings,  everybody will get going, all excited or something.
I
> am thinking of growing a few strawberries this spring too.Last summer I
> grew a row of sunflowers on one side of my tiny veg garden.   I got the
> seeds from the supermarket for 12 cents.  They got to be 12 feet also,
and
> I let pole beans grow up them, and it was great.  we got tons of
sunflower
> seeds, which we shared with the birds.  I may grow them again, as they
> attracted a lot of attention  in my neighborhood, where nobody grows
> anything except chemically dependent grass, and the same old shrubs.
> 
> There are people who are opposed to the execution of even the most
> heartless of murderers. They hold candle light vigils outside the place
> where they are going to get executed,  and try everything to keep killers
> who didn't think twice about committing some awful act against humanity
> alive.  So, yes.  The thing the animal people were going on  about the
most
> is that the woodchuck was just doing naturally what it should be doing,
and
> that the people were intruding on  its territory.  Other people accused
> them of being selfish, and not sharing their harvest with the poor little
> woodchuck.  (I guess they never saw a woodchuck's concept of sharing: I
eat
> everything, you get nuttin".)  I'm glad that I didn't have to see what
your
> dog did to the varmint, though, because it sounds GROSS!  don't forget,
I'm
> from the city, and then suburbs, so I am queasy about this stuff.
> 
> Oh, Sheila!   Corn smut?!  That's why that guy  wanted to get away from
> this list so fast - he didn't want to hear about such prurient topics as
> "corn smut!"  Anyway, I am not sure, but I think that one of the other
> numbers on the fertilizer is the thing that needs to be boosted for root
> crops.   Is it potassium  or something else that you have to boost? I
only
> pay attention to these things if I see a problem developing.
> 
> I think we are all suffering from that condition where you get depressed
> from being in the dark too long.   We have been in a  deep fog for the
> better part of the week!  At least it is really warm, though, (60F), so
our
> heating bills should be good.  On the other hand, you always have to put
on
> a light, even in the middle of the day, so it all evens out.
> 
> -Lauren, Z6 NY
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