Ruth,
We had our first asparagus in April!
Signed South of the Banana Belt

PS  WE used to call the route 9 valley the Banana Belt

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From: When I'm in NH I'm a tourist. Ruth
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Barton
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:57 AM
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Subject: Re: What our preservation mafia is up to... (Chapter 22)


Now that's more like it!!  Did you get your gardening done?  We finally
got most of our veggies in but it's still a bit early for tomato plants.
The flower garden needs mucho help and the asparagus bed needs to be
renovated and I hope to get some strawberry plants in but that's all.
LOL  Ruth




At 9:34 AM -0400 5/19/03, Pam Stevenson wrote:
>Ruth -
>
>>From one weekend of trying to get the front of the house to stop
>>looking
>like an eyesore - rip out shrubs, turn over compost (home grown
>variety) into the dirt and then planting stuff that we seeded two years

>ago that's trying to take of the cold frame, I'll be days just getting
>the dirt out from under my fingernails.  Those activities alone are
>ample time in which to contemplate the spirituality of manhole covers.

>Only difference is that it's done alone (best time and company in which

>to contemplate spirituality of ANYTHING), rather than in the company of

>a mass of thousands at The Javits Center.
>
>- Pam
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