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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    Well, not planting today, but I have my gardening blog going and have my extensive wishlist there! :tools Keep in mind that I have like .4 acres in town :gig http://ravenhawkendeavors.com/Gardening/:watering If ya play with the category links on the right, it'll take you to my posts by type...
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    Heirloom sweet corn

    I know Sand Hill has the golden bantam ... but it hasn't made my short list ... because I picked out really short maturity varieties, but I'll take a second look at it.
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    rabbits! - UPDATE: Ha!

    I'm moving the sibe this spring and planting the garden right beside his toilet area (not in it though). Maybe I'll let him go around the garden plot after it's tilled!
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    horse manure

    Well, I might just leave the manure at the barn and let my trainer use it in the pasture like she does. I plan on using black plastic as a "mulch" Will that decrease the chances of weeds germinating, if I leave it there to "bake" the soil before I plant anything?
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    dogs vs lawn

    thanks Pat ... its a chronic thing and its right off the patio block -- I guess if I follow the dogs out and "kick" the offender in the butt to make her go out further in the yard ... sometimes that doesn't work though :D I will give it a good raking this spring, lime it and reseed then. Any...
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    Heirloom sweet corn

    Thanks! Just FYI - Sand Hill Preservation Center has lots to open-pollinated heirloom stuff too! I don't know if they have Triple Play though - I'll check!
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    Best Seed Catalogs

    I will have to check out Baker Creek!
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    rabbits! - UPDATE: Ha!

    Can ya tell that to the rabbits that play in my yard just out of reach of my siberian husky before spring comes? :mow
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    Underplantings

    lol ... spearmint! Not really - but my bed with my rose in it has a rose, a few columbine, a few iris, a few daffodils and a S(*^load of mint. And I knew better when I planted it! Anyone near West Virginia need some spearmint? Only plant it in a raised bed by itself and kill all the runners...
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    What do I compost?

    I'm going to get at least a bin to help contain the new pile this summer. I haven't been real technical with it yet, so I have no idea what temps it gets too. Maybe I should be more technical about it this summer with the new bin!
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    dogs vs lawn

    ah ha! Thanks for the tips! Would it be the same for an area that has died because of dog urine? Or would you need to add other amendments?
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    Heirloom sweet corn

    My father and I are going to try open-pollinated heirloom corn this spring. We're both trying to get as much open-pollinated heirloom plants in our gardens as we can this year. Anyone have suggestions on varieties to get for zone 5B-6A, Growing season: May to late Oct, late frosts are common...
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    horse manure

    I have access to loads of it - any crops I shouldn't use it on? Any crops that flourish with it?
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    Mulching

    Are there any crops that you shouldn't use pine needles as mulch with? My father has 7-9 pine trees, so I've definitely got access to the pine needles, unless he uses them all for his garden once I give him this idea!
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    African Violets

    Anyone grow them? I saw seeds for miniatures in Park Seed, and I want to try them! Hopefully I can keep the yellow demon cat from eating them!
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    What do I compost?

    hmmm...I might have to go to the local coffee shop and ask for their used grounds :) I have grass clippings that we raked up (we often let the grass grow to 8 inches much to the chagrin of the city and the neighbors!) that we just put in a pile under an old fiberglass shell of something (I have...
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    sweet potatoes

    I want to grow a few sweet potatoes this year. I found Sand Hill Preservation Center which has like 60 varieties, so I know where to get them. Now how do I grow them????!!!????
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