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Ray Kruse's avatar

Most of your garden tools go away if you use the deep mulch method for gardening. (Search 'Ruth Stout Gardening'. Minimal weeding, no til, no watering. Been using this for almost 20 years and I'll never go back to bare-dirt gardening. Instead of using hay or straw, consider wood chips from your local tree service. Cheaper by the ton and better coverage. Hay mulch compacted on my asparagus, but chips work as well and don't compact.

I only need a small hand spade and a dibble. Pretty much it. Oh, and a cattle panel for a trellis for beans, cukes and other climbing stuff. Tomatoes don't need cages as the mulch keeps the fruit high and dry so no rot.

Ray K

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Sara Starn's avatar

My husband read Ruth's book many years ago.We have managed to grow tons of food with this method .So much less work.

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Nancy West's avatar

Wait, didn't Joe Joe say Putin lost the war in Iraq a couple of weeks ago? Shoot, I can't keep up with the times these days...

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Sara Starn's avatar

😁

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Beth Thompson's avatar

Greatly appreciate all you do M.D.!!

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Sara Starn's avatar

Me too.

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SaltyDog's avatar

Thanks MD - solid list, like it or not these be facts ladies and germs ... its all part of the plan... for chucks sake they say as much.

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Harry's avatar

MD thanks for the update. Hope you have a great weekend. God Bless

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Tim's avatar

Great newsletter as always!

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COMSEUR's avatar

Making a Lodge dinner. Will answer soon. Prolly point per point. Snowflakes: Beware, ahm too old for this...

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David Russell's avatar

Great points again. My feelimng are biden is not a old cool that he know what is going on. That secret burner phone joe an hunter have paints a different picture. To hear hunter talk that he wanted delivery right now an more words said leads me that joe is just acting. When he acts like he is off in a different world people by nature in this country would over look thing an blame old age. Bill clinton in the hight of that sex scandle played a old out of it old man until the heat passes. If he did not act like an old out of it man they be at him with pitch forks. The digital currency some other nations are rejecting it like south Africa for one. Many will reject it in America an if we refuse to go with it then it is dead in water. Civil war or revolt is very close. Barter would be another option outside digital crap.

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Larry Cummings's avatar

Good info as always

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Tri-Lobe's avatar

Well Joe has no idea where he is let alone what country is at war.

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Cate Taylor's avatar

I don't have much to add except to say thank you for your hard work in keeping us informed.

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Deborah's avatar

Hollywood actors on strike... some good news from that mountain of influence!

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Lisa Johannson's avatar

Great newsletter M.D. Thanks! Hope you had a wonderful day. God bless! 🙏 💘

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JMD's avatar

Thanks for taking the time to provide us with all of the information.

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Steve Young's avatar

well we know its Ukraine that has already lost, because ANYTHING that comes out of these deep state puppets mouth's the opposite is true.

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Denise's avatar

Yeah riight! The blunder n chief, sharp as ever. I wish we could send him to Russia as a booby prize with our apologies.

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