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Gardening

HopeHoops

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6. Fuck that noise. Just direct plant them. They do fine on their own.

Reply to Tsiyu (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 12:09 PM

Feb 2012

I dense plant and have what looks like a hedge in June. They always produce more than we can eat in a season. We still have some from this past season ( most from the "seeds" from the previous season) and just ate some three nights ago.

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Oh Chit! A gardening technique for taters [View all] Tsiyu Feb 2012 OP

I did that by accident in the spring of 2010 Denninmi Feb 2012 #1

Who knew, right? Tsiyu Feb 2012 #3

Interesting NEOhiodemocrat Feb 2012 #2

Thanks NEOd Tsiyu Feb 2012 #4

hmmm ge26252se Feb 2012 #5

Fuck that noise. Just direct plant them. They do fine on their own. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #6

Well allrighty den! Tsiyu Feb 2012 #7

Three words: Johnney's Selected Seeds (Albion, Maine) HopeHoops Feb 2012 #8

They do send me a catolog Tsiyu Feb 2012 #9

They accept checks and money orders. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #10

And when the direct deposit hits Tsiyu Feb 2012 #11

Been there, done that. Didn't get the T-shirt because I couldn't afford it. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #12

lol Tsiyu Feb 2012 #13

Well, I can't get a steady job because I have "too much experience" - cost too much. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #14

Oh, don't I know it Tsiyu Feb 2012 #15

LOL! Oh yeah. That's all I do now. Consulting and my own company. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #16

I agree with you there Tsiyu Feb 2012 #17

Yeah, I thought about becoming a hooker but I look like Tommy Chong, not a chick. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #18

Some people are making money doing little chicken houses Tsiyu Feb 2012 #19

I could wear a white shirt with a tie and a plaid skirt. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #20

Trade a chicken palace to the local farm seamstress! Tsiyu Feb 2012 #21

Except that I'm vegetarian - minor detail. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #22

Well, hens can be raised for eggs Tsiyu Feb 2012 #23