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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: lists AT rhomestead.com, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Too wet?
  • Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:52:32 -0400

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:12:51 -0400, you wrote:

>There is hope in PA. Last year it rained and rained and rained. I learned
>that you can drop horribly root bound broccoli and cabbage plants in the
>mud, step on the root ball, and they grow take right off. Same thing with
>potatoes. I had the best weed control ever, because I tilled almost the
>whole field when it finally dried up enough in early July, and then planted.
>At the end of the season, it turned out to be a decent economic year.

We're OK so far this year, in fact the rain/dry ratio has been just about
right.

Pat

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