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    Default Anyone planning a big food garden in case this pandemic lasts?

    We were originally going to get ready to move this summer but now things have drastically changed. Now I'm glad I bought all those seeds last year and got too sidetracked with health issues to use them. Also, I got 3 Aerogrows I'm about to get running for salad greens.

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    My Grandfather used to grow tomatoes. Fresh and ripe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    We were originally going to get ready to move this summer but now things have drastically changed.
    Us too, to Skagit County ,WA. Skagit County, where 21 percent of tests came back positive;
    https://komonews.com/news/coronaviru...covid-19-tests
    We might be stuck here all summer but we always grow more veggies than we can eat.

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    Is Jade in Wash as well??

    I plan on skipping a garden this year, although I say that every year so we'll see if I can do it this year...

    Having said that I picked a tomato this AM...... It is from the tomatoes I planted late last season... I dunno why it didn't die from frost or old age.. We had only a few nights of frost & not really a hard frost so???
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    I wish we could plant a garden,but a giant pine tree sucks up all the water,nothing will grow very good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by M. V. Mason View Post
    I wish we could plant a garden,but a giant pine tree sucks up all the water,nothing will grow very good.
    Are the roots in the way?? Plants will suck a lot of water, trees usually deeper.... Shallow soil?? Clay??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    Are the roots in the way?? Plants will suck a lot of water, trees usually deeper.... Shallow soil?? Clay??
    Our problem with a lawn. Soil is only maybe an inch deep then clay with roots everywhere. I've tried everything to grow nice grass and it's impossible without constant work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M. V. Mason View Post
    I wish we could plant a garden,but a giant pine tree sucks up all the water,nothing will grow very good.
    Pot garden.....and not the "fun" kind. AKA Container garden.

    Another method is a 40lb bag of manure laid flat in an area you won't move it and used as a planter. Cut an "X" in each half and plant a tomato plant in each half. Drive a stake through the bag and into the ground for support.

    http://www.mynew30.com/2009/04/how-t...nt-in-bag.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Our problem with a lawn. Soil is only maybe an inch deep then clay with roots everywhere. I've tried everything to grow nice grass and it's impossible without constant work.
    Have you added amended soil?? an inch isn't much, like growing grass on the sidewalk..

    Here we have hard, dense clay & they just lay sod over the top w/out amending the soil.. It never gets roots into it, there is no air in the dense clay..

    You would need to add @ least a few inches there & then occasionally fertilize it & hope the decaying roots will be enough to maintain enough organic material to sustain the beautiful Kentucky bluegrass..
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    We were originally going to get ready to move this summer but now things have drastically changed. Now I'm glad I bought all those seeds last year and got too sidetracked with health issues to use them. Also, I got 3 Aerogrows I'm about to get running for salad greens.
    China is recovering from the Virus, it's just a matter of time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bull Durham View Post
    I just want to be able to walk into a store and find toilet paper and cleaning supplies. Why can't people hoard arsenic and cyanide, instead?
    From my experience, the best stock is when doors open early when they have senior and those with underlying condition days. Found a bottle of sanitizer and 8 pack double roll of Charmin. You could only buy 1 or two of high demand items. What pissed me off is the hoarding of the Kleenex brand wet wipes. They won't do shit against a virus but they suit some of my daily OCD uses fine. You can't find them much at all even online.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    China is recovering from the Virus, it's just a matter of time.
    This won't be over until we have a vaccine. Some fear this may become seasonal and will be back next year if it settles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    Is Jade in Wash as well??

    I plan on skipping a garden this year, although I say that every year so we'll see if I can do it this year...

    Having said that I picked a tomato this AM...... It is from the tomatoes I planted late last season... I dunno why it didn't die from frost or old age.. We had only a few nights of frost & not really a hard frost so???
    Northern Michigan, a bit south of Thatowlwoman.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M. V. Mason View Post
    I wish we could plant a garden,but a giant pine tree sucks up all the water,nothing will grow very good.
    It isn't a cedar, is it? Those have invasive roots that swarm moist areas. They crammed in and ruined our septic field.

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