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Gardening

jtuck004

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7. It sounds like the best you can do with what you have, which is good <G>.

Reply to laundry_queen (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:27 AM

Jun 2014

When we first moved to Spokane from Oklahoma City I set tomatoes and peppers out too early, and a June 1 frost knocked them all down. Brown, shriveled... they went in the compost pile and we planted new ones.

We were handing out tomatoes left and right when all of it came roaring back at us. The ones in the compost pile did really well. Those were new beds back then and they are mostly made up of that compost today.

I'm very glad I can garden and don't have to farm. I'm sure it would kill me.

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Help! Frost! I'm clueless [View all] laundry_queen Jun 2014 OP

my guess...no problem Leme Jun 2014 #1

I hope you're right. laundry_queen Jun 2014 #3

Smudge pot elleng Jun 2014 #2

That looks like a good idea for an orchard laundry_queen Jun 2014 #4

Onions won't have a problem, most grow right through winter. The lighter stuff might, jtuck004 Jun 2014 #5

I found a small piece of landscaping fabric laundry_queen Jun 2014 #6

It sounds like the best you can do with what you have, which is good <G>. jtuck004 Jun 2014 #7

HAHA that made me smile laundry_queen Jun 2014 #8

Well, it looks like everything is ok laundry_queen Jun 2014 #9

Next time you have this issue Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #10

Thanks for that, I will keep it in mind. nt laundry_queen Jun 2014 #11