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    The 2013 Garden, What are You Hoping For

    I want lots of zukes,melons,and ground cherries.Some decent sized peppers would be nice too.
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    So what's with the weather?

    I don't mind the warm weather,but freezing rain and excessive bugs(not killed by cold) stink.
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    What Do Ya'll DO All Winter?

    I like to read,look through catalogs,clean and pack up rooms,watch stuff free from library,and walk the yard to see what is going on and make plans.I like to grill too.
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    how to make a negative into a positive

    Best wishes!
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    Waist high gardening

    Straw bale gardens are good.New book coming out in spring.Stand up and garden has some good pics.
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    Your boring/interesting/exciting Weather!

    It is 60 here.Watching all the pretty lines and X's being made in the sky along with the pink clouds and rainbox squares.Never a dull moment in the skies.Alas, it will be back to winter tomorrow.
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    Winter Cleaning

    It is 60 here.I cleaned the coop and swept up leaves.
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    Civil Disobedience and the Right to Garden

    What a shame.I would move.Might plant some stinging nettle along my properties lines too.It stings and smells like cat pee.I planted trees,shrubs,and tall ornamental grasses to block road view of my front garden. As long as I pay for my land I will only abide by laws not personal...
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    Vanilla Extract...

    What type of bean did you use? I was looking online once for a syrian pepper and I looked at the variety of vanilla beans sold.Thought I might buy a bit of each to try.
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    Keeping Cats Out

    I would trap the cats and let AC take them. If you are on good terms with the cat owners suggest/help build a cat enclosure.Block one spot the cats will just find another. At one house I had cats toileting around the house foundation,and let me tell you the smell was horrid every time I open the...
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    A couple of pics from today in the yarden.

    Very nice pictures. Gosh I wish I lived in your area instead of here in Ohio where all is dead and wet now.
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    Easiest Crops?

    Ground cherries,tomatillos,lettuce,and cucumbers.Oh and zukes! Zukes grow so fast and need no care.
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    Darn cat!!!

    I think having a trap is a good idea when you own chickens. I got a trap over the summer to get a groundhog that was eating up my yard.Since summer I have caught:16 coons,14 possums,3 groundhogs,4 rabbits,and 7 squirrels. I got a cat too,but that was by hand. Keep a trap set 24/7. I had no idea...
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    Any Ohio-ains out there???

    NE Ohio here.Near Y town.
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    What's Your Secret for Losing Weight?

    I am doing a juice fast.Once I have lost the weight I want then I will be sticking to a vegan diet.I lost weight before eating lots of soups with added veggies and oatmeal,but then went back to a higher meat diet.
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