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Garden is first and foremost right now. I added more sq. footage and wish I had even more space! I'm waiting on some more seeds to be delivered. I keep ordering more - I can't stop myself! Seriously hope I can keep up with it. I have more time to spend on it - but will I have the energy lol? I'm about 75% planted. Only have a few things left. YaY!

Probably still several days to a week before the first kids get here. I've got some of the does separated and they aren't happy with me - eh...that's life for a goat.

DH is at the car dealership. His fancy dancy car is fragile...argh. Thankfully it's still under warranty because parts from Sweden are freakin' expensive! I'm about ready to trade it in on a Prius - even though the last thing I want to do right now is buy a car. Ugh.
 

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I worked all day yesterday in the garden. I have a section that I am going to try weed cloth on. I’m planting Painted Mountain corn in it for cornmeal. Then I’ll plant Texas Gourdseed corn, also a cornmeal type.
 

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I curse weed cloth, lol! If you do better than me and take it up at the end of the season you'll be ok. I'm planting sweet corn. I don't have a grinder so I'm not planting for corn meal. Won't buy one because we just don't eat enough bread(s) to justify it, so I'll just enjoy sweet corn if I can actually get a harvest.
 

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I curse the previous owners of this place every time I work in the garden area. They put landscape fabric and landscape plastic down in places, then never pulled it back up. It is now covered by grass and dirt so I don't know is it there until I try to plow/till/rake in an area. Every time I try to plant something more of it shows up. I have 2 piles when I weed - one is for the compost bin and the other is garbage -landscape fabric, black plastic, broken pieces of tools, wire fencing, weed wacker string.
 

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I feel your pain! Same thing here - but mostly only have myself to blame. I had a pig in the garden area and had a tarp up for shade. That pig buried that tarp so deep I almost never got it pulled out of there. And of course it disintegrated and in some places I pull it up one nylon thread at a time... :( N.e.v.e.r A.g.a.i.n!
 

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A friend uses red plastic sheet much for his tomatoes. He says that it helps with the attracting pollinators. He rolls it up every year also.
 

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I've heard about using the red for tomatoes but haven't tried it. I guess he has good luck with it if he keeps using it, huh?
 
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