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“Thisi is slike living in Camelot rain ‘during the night and sun- .. We had so few Italian prune plums last year, we felt we had -
shine i in the morning. os to do all we could to help! We won't know for a while if we’ ve:
-.» This morning, for the first time, it was 50 blesrece (10 Cel- — been successful, but we had to try!
‘sius.) at 6 a.m. When night temperatures are reliably 50 degrees "Jean called to ask if I might know what is causing ‘brown spots
- jat night it is time to plant beans and corn seed. » on her rhubarb leaves. This is a new problem to me, but per- ©
_.. Wait until we have had 10 Celsius at night for about a week, haps one of you could help? .-
‘though, to make sure the soil has warmed up enough that seed We have snails eating our ‘rhubarb leaves, which ales me
won't rot. crazy, but no brown spots. I asked her if her husband had been
Tam hardening off the ‘inal plants: now, and also the zin-- painting near the rhubarb, but itseems not... :
_nias and cosmos, but it is still too early to plant your petunias. She laughed when I told her about our rhododendrons un-
_ And don't even dream of ‘setting out: your tuber- der a trellis. They had hundreds of tiny brown
: ous begonias. ’ flecks on their broad green leaves. I looked at -

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spinach. You could also plant Teek seedlings ..
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