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Post by happyskunk on Oct 25, 2009 23:51:18 GMT -5
I love to garden and this will be my first year with my own back yard to garden in. No more apartment life for me!! I have been working for the forest service for the last ten+ years and am currently a lab technician. I do research on forest pathogens (mostly genetics / phylogeography). Besides gardening I like fishing, hunting, camping, cooking, and wine. I plan on growing out a lot of varieties of just about every kind of vegetable I can think of next summer. I hope to have a lot of fresh seed to trade and share about this time next year. I'm so excited to have a 1/4+ acre garden in zone 6b!! The growing season here can be 175 to 200+ days and my soil is very fine sandy loam will excellent drainage. I just hope the neighboring trees don't block too much sunlight. You can also watch my garden here myfolia.com/gardener/Happyskunkand maybe here happyskunk.blogspot.com/Just getting started, John |
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Post by happyskunk on Oct 26, 2009 0:15:32 GMT -5
Why does it say gopher under my name? This is quite insulting to a skunk.  |
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Post by grungy on Oct 26, 2009 1:58:17 GMT -5
Hi John,
Welcome to our "gang". Hope you enjoy it here. As for the "gopher" title it just indicates that you are fairly new to the board. As you post you will notice that you will move up through several titles.
By the way - howdy neighbor, I see that you are just a hop, skip and a jump south of us as we are just above the Idaho panhandle and below Kootenay Lake.
Cheers,
Val (grungy) and Dan (grunt)
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Post by Penny on Oct 26, 2009 5:52:32 GMT -5
Hi John, and Welcome,
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Post by pugs on Oct 26, 2009 7:08:16 GMT -5
Welcome John! It great to have you here.
Pugs
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Post by bunkie on Oct 26, 2009 12:11:37 GMT -5
welcome aboard john! we're north and west of you.
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Post by lavandulagirl on Oct 26, 2009 16:52:31 GMT -5
I'm southedy-south of you. Glad to have you here!Your folia info is cool... pretty detailed. How did your garlic planting go? And what kinds did you plant?
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peapod
gardener
Zone 4, acidic soil, and sandy loam that I have worked on for 4 years. Fixing the bad stuff.
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Post by peapod on Oct 30, 2009 15:03:02 GMT -5
Welcome Welcome Welcome....
Enjoy!
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Post by happyskunk on Nov 1, 2009 1:45:46 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. The garlic is growing already. I checked and the roots of the Kettle River Giant were already over an inch long. |
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Post by canadamike on Nov 5, 2009 7:25:44 GMT -5
Welcome from Ontario, my smelly fellow,and proud of it on top of that...  Need something? Just say it... |
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