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will try to answer questions about soil preparation, sprinkler irrigation, grains, potatoes, mint. Maintaining equipment. Not an expert but will try to help you.

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Been farming in Southern Oregon at 4200 foot elevation for 35 years. Make my own decisions of what crops to plant, what and when to fertilizer, irrigation with sprinklers (hand line and wheelline). Maintain my equipment.

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2009-10-14 manure cropping:

Cole I know of no harm of using manure in raising a crop. Just make sure that it is finished "cooking". That means it is completely broken down. You will get some use from using manure but you will

2009-08-13 ornamental goards:

Darlene Growing gourds are fun as you can see. When the stem turns hard and dry, then you can cut the stem leaving about two inches on the gourd. Store them in a cool dry place until you need them

2009-08-06 top dressing corn:

Cindy Your observation sounds correct. Not knowing where you live and the corn is not tasselling yet you might be able to feed it some nitrogen and get some results. I would use a water base nitrogen

2009-08-03 New PLant Growth:

John There are two things you may try. One is to get some charcoal and break it into small pieces, cover the ground where you want the plants to grow, then water that place to flush the chemicales on

2009-07-19 stump and root removale:

Doug What kind of trees do you have? If they are of a soft wood they will decompose faster than hard wood. The best way I found was to drill 1/2 holes around the stump. This lets water in and and will

 

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