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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Have not had time to turn the TV on for a couple of weeks.  I also downgraded 
to a package for $16.00 per month.  It has 25 channels.

Right now I am trying to start seeds, get my 4 by 16 foot raised bed filled 
with 16 barrels, which fit into it perfectly, get them level and filled and 
planted!  Today I want to get some alyssum started to fill in the little 
pockets the round barrels leave around the bottom.  Half of the dirt in the 
raised bed is small hair tree roots.  It is no wonder nothing would grow in 
the bed.  They will have to give it up as I do not think the roots will get 
through the barrels any time soon!!  

There are about 50 parsley sprouts up and growing and I am going to use them 
for a boarder around the flower bed in the front of my house.  Since my 
lettuce man got frozen out when it got down to almost zero  I have been 
having to buy lettuce.  I get the big container of earthbound mixed greens 
and the containers are perfect for starting seeds.  Put the lid on and they 
make perfect little greenhouses.  I took a sharp knife and sliced through the 
bottom of the container in several spots and they drain just right.  They got 
set out on the front south facing steps for a couple of hours today, as I am 
trying to grow them without any lights.  It works pretty well except when we 
have 4 days without sun!  These last two days of sunshine have made them get 
greener and fatter instead of getting leggy.  Next week I will be getting two 
fig trees. that bore fruit last year so am expecting a crop this year too.  
The have been raised by an man in SC, he has been doing it for the last 20 or 
more years.  They are supposed to be hardy here where I live and they will be 
in a protected southern exposure place.  My friend in Asheville found them at 
a nursery called Israel's right next to the big year round Farmers Market.
It has been great to hear what everyone is doing and planting.
Busy, busy, busy
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: EarthNSky 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Paulownia elongata


  There are several varieties of Paulownia.  I don't know if mine has the 
  pods or not, but these are pasture trees and you know me, I'll compost 
  anything..

  BTW,Jeanne, how are you liking the Documentary Channel?  Did you watch 
  the ones about RFK?

  Jeanne Driese wrote:
  > Bev You do know that these trees produce LOTS of seed pods that are
  > big and a real bother if they are growing where you will be walking
  > or living.  I know this because I used to work at a resort and took
  > care of the swimming pool. There was only one of those trees and if I
  > did not clean the seed pods up daily they made a big mess and would
  > get in the water, yada yada. They do have all the attributes you
  > speak of but no one seems to ever mention the seed pods in the
  > literature. Jeanne tnhillwoman North East TN zone 6 ----- Original
  > Message ----- From: EarthNSky To: Homestead List Sent: Friday, March
  > 20, 2009 2:44 PM Subject: [Homestead] Paulownia elongata


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