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I planted some asparagus crowns 10 days ago and they are going like gangbusters. I’m backfilling the trench about 2-3 inches a day the past few days and some shoots are 3-4 inches taller the next day.
Try some of the purple variety. I planted my bed about 15 years ago and they produce every year. (Eating some tonight). They are sweeter and more tender than the green varieties, but turn green when cooked. They don’t get as woody as the green types.
 
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Try some of the purple variety. I planted my bed about 15 years ago and they produce every year. (Eating some tonight). They are sweeter and more tender than the green varieties, but turn green when cooked. They don’t get as woody as the green types.
Mr Fuller Good Morning the local weather reports you are having a hot time in Arizona. They seem amazed that the temperature can reach 113 without roasting everybody.
I told a few about our experience rebuilding the telephone line along the pipeline toward Needles Calif. Dodge trucks at idle and the temperature gauge readings were in the red all day long and at night sitting in Motel it still was in green the next morning.
Visiting Death Valley at a side-of-road table, my wife opened the lunch box and removed sandwiches for the kids and as they were eating the sliced meat dried with wrinkles and the bread turned into dried crust. a couple riding motorcycles stopped and visited they were spattered with oil dripping from the engines. also wondered if they would continue to run.
Read that Your greenhouse was doing as you planned
Health here has returned and 2nd 3 monthly check-ups will be next week think the cancer is gone
The place looks abandoned with weeds and brunch growing in fence rows. A young college student stopped and offered to clear the fence of the growth told him to is a total of one mile around the fence and almost as much along the road. He said would figure out the cost and so far has not returned. Sure not going to pay California Hamburger wages to do this cleaning.
Guess as in the past a spray of round-up will do it.
Have several calves in the field but they stay away from fence wiring the owner had used an electric fence charger. hot wire when they were younger.
Trust your health and family are all good.
ken
 
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Ken,
Doing well. We have 4 of our grandsons here for a week, so I am quite busy trying to keep up with them. They are now 17, 15, 13 and 11.

Glad to hear you are feeling better!
Yes, it has been hot here. Low 90’s, but at least it cools down to 58-62 at night. Unlike the Phoenix area where it stays hot all night long.
 
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Here we go again.
Starting a mud room.
 

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Tore out the old small porch and started on joists.
 
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On Thursday I finished the joists and on Friday we attempted the OSB sheathing. Trying to position the first panel, a gust of wind came out of nowhere and lifted the OSB, the ladder and me. Fell about 12 feet and spent the night in ICU at Flagstaff Medical Center. Fractured 6 ribs, so the project is on hold for a month or two. Extremely fortunate that I didn’t break my back or get a head injury.
 

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