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Re: weeded peonies today, and chive, strawberries //SCIENCE COUNCIL RULING EARTH

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On 2018-05-29 04:35:19 +0000, Archimedes Plutonium said:

> So, getting outside and enjoying the sunlight, being alive and 
> surrounded in green everything. Today my poppies rewarded me for 
> weeding them yesterday by blooming. So I gave them a sprinkle of 
> fertilizer as well as my peonies. I am going to use a cardboard as a 
> weed suppressant, as I weed I put cardboard down with a brick on top to 
> hold in place, it suppresses the grass from growing.
> 
> Now there is a chore I am not looking forward to, some black locust is 
> sucker rooting and have to get that under control before it just takes 
> over. Not looking forward to dragging the limbs to the compost. No 
> glove is good enough. Last time I used a two pairs of pliers one in 
> each hand. It is an aggressive tree. And my ash trees, the old ones are 
> dying from that borer.
> 
> I love my dish antennae of some 20 or 30 years old, that huge aluminum 
> dish, about 7 feet diameter that I roll around and put tomato plants 
> around and put a hose in middle that soaks all around and never any 
> weeds can grow around the tomatoes or cucumbers. Elsewhere I use old 
> metal roofing to suppress weeds and only the vegetables grow in the 
> open line. Metal for weed suppression is great. None of that plastic 
> crap works, besides it pollutes the soil.
> 
> Last year I had a huge harvest of organic apples, and thought this year 
> would be small, because some trees take a year off, then a year on. But 
> no, the apples are coming on strong again.
> 
> Have not heard the tree frogs yet, but I guess it is too early.
> 
> Am watching a garden spider cocoon that I relocated, the Argiope. Have 
> seen wolf spiders already, but wondering how argiope spent the winter. 
> I am guessing the spider died and left behind a sac of eggs, and they 
> start life anew each year. So anxious to see it open and if babies come 
> out or if the old spider comes out.
> 
> AP

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AP:

I wish I could see some pix of your garden.  Could you send me some 
photos (privately) please.
I live near San Francisco and have just about the perfect growing 
situation for flowers, etc.

earle
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earle.jones@comcast.net

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