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Tracy J wrote:
> It sure doesn't sound like you've not been accomplishing anything.
> Sometimes, it sounds like you do more things in one day than I do in a
> week.  :) 

Nah,  I just enumerate them well. ;)
I guess I'd rather complete projects than day to day work/chores. 
Things seem to take forever and I never finish a job when I want to.

 And seeds?  Man, I just got everything mulched for winter here.
> I don't really start thinking of seeds until February when I'm up to my ass
> in snow and wishing for summer (which begins in the middle of June
> sometimes).

Well, I sow a lot of summer veggies in late January and since my 'beat 
the bugs' project worked so well last year, I'm going to do it again and 
transplant things before the last frost, which for this area is usually 
the last week of March, the first week of April.  I'm kind of excited 
about the garden for next year since the chickens should be a help 
instead of a hindrance and I should have more raised beds to plant into 
before Spring.  There's a lot to do, though.
Minnesota.  That's rough.  I feel like I've been there after hearing Rob 
describe his life up there in years past.  I suspect you have to do much 
more mulching than I do.  You mulch to protect against the cold, I mulch 
to converse moisture in the summer.
This year, I will have a lot of tomatoes and peppers, but I can't bring 
myself to even think about that yet.  First comes the spring garden: 
peas, carrots, radishes, greens, and cole crops.  The only thing I need 
to do now for next summer is get some sweet potatoes rooting.

Bev
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
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