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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Kimi, you ask?  One of the things y'all probably don't know about me, if 
there is anything, is that I am a big Formula One racing fan, and I have 
been a Kimi Raikkonen fan for a long time.  Year after year with 
McLaren, his car broke and he had other problems, but finally, it looks 
like this will be his year now that he made the jump to Ferrari.  He won 
Australia last night, and I was psyched!!  The Iceman Cometh!!
Okay, so on to homestead stuff...
I spent the morning picking up sticks to load Bed #4 and watching Ron 
rig the old trailer we are converting to haul the canoe.  We had hoped 
to get the canoe on the water this weekend, but it is still a bit cold 
for turning turtle in the boat.  The trailer is almost finished and 
ready to be tagged.
I got my first asparagus today, 3 spears, so I know that Spring is 
almost here.  There's still no word on the job, so I continue to garden 
as usual.  My tomatoes are almost 4 inches tall now and look healthy.  I 
wish I could fast forward time so that other things will be ready to 
eat.  The peaches and plums have already bloomed, the pears are right at 
peak bloom, and the dogwoods are just opening.  I can faintly see the 
purple flowers on the redbuds.  Yesterday, I fertilized my trees with 
the organic garden fertilizer I got...that was a real job since I have a 
lot of small trees.
The rest of the day I'll probably be cutting metal siding in preparation 
 to build the new strawberry bed, finish loading Bed #4 with sticks and 
rotting wood, top that with cardboard, and put the tiller head on the 
weedeater to turn the compost.
Happy Gardening!

Bev
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Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the 
ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.