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carrots in a small space

Similar techniques: I didn't start the carrots in the hoop house using egg cartons. However, he prepares the bed for planting with a spading fork and rake. I do the same and was doing that in the distant garden when it was 30' by 200' and larger.

The shovel was never given up but the spading fork is preferred for loosening the soil. Often, I will use a 4-prong, long-handled cultivator to break up clods. Sometimes, that's enough for leveling a bed but usually the rake follows the cultivator. A rototiller has never been my best choice but I used it quite a lot during the last few years with that garden. The tractor guy was only an Autumn visitor.

I like the egg carton idea and it obviously works .

Steve

 

[ducks4you]

I finished the Valentine's Day package for middle DD and family. I bought a yard of red polka dot fabric, folded in, ironed down the edges, then hand stitched in the following items with black thread:
1) flannel shirt, "Sangria Fox" pattern for middle DD (GS is named "Fox")
2) Fox head knit hat for "Fox"
3) black ski gloves for SIL
4) emery board
5) rhinestone heart button with backing (you can buy these for garments, NOT permanently stitch to a garment and remove for washing)
In this case, the button is also a gift.
Here is the sentiment, which I couldn't figure out how to rhyme.
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Let it not be said that Duckums does not take care of her eggchicks!!!

Happy Valentines’s Day!!!

This is NOT a pillow.​

There are 5 items in front of you. Your mission is to find them all. They are:
Rhinestone heart button
Plastic button clasp
Something to make things smooth
Something to cover your digits
Something to cover your head
Something warm and “winey”

None are breakable. You need a tool to open this package, a seam ripper. Everything is handsewn in black thread, so that you can find the thread. The fabric is one full yard.

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It took 2 1/2 hrs to assemble and I am mailing it tomorrow, February 6th. I am pretty sure it will get there in time. I found the 1 yard 100% cotton fabric at WalMart, of all places. I think it was packaged for quilting.
Note the paper towel that Eva had grabbed on the floor. She also sends her love.