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February 2008
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I'm back after a relaxing few days for the Christmas holiday... and of course I spent some of my time off in the garden -- cleaning up. I've been worried about Limey.... Mexican lime trees do not like the cold, and we've had some very cold nights lately. Some of the new growth froze and some of the leaves have dropped, even though we covered the tree with a frost blanket. To help, we moved our rain barrel to right next to the tree and filled it with water. I'm hoping that the barrel is absorbing heat from the sun all day, which it will then release at night, helping to keep Limey warm. I also cleaned up the vegetable beds in the front yard. I pulled out the old tomato and squash vines that had shriveled up and threw them on the compost. Then, I turned the dirt over with a shovel to encourage the old cedar mulch to decompose. Once the beds were nice and clear, I spread a winter ground cover over the beds. I read that Hairy Vetch is a great winter grass for tomato beds, in fact, some gardeners have yielded much more growth in their tomatoes if they used vetch in the beds. |
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