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Posted by msb on February 20, 2005 at 11:02:13 from (12.203.208.136):
In Reply to: Wanting to start small hobby farm posted by Kevin on February 20, 2005 at 07:36:32:
Back when I was in high school in the 1950s,I built a hotbed and sold bedding plants to some of the neighbors.I really enjoyed doing it.Built a wood frame,dug it out about a foot deep and put in a foot of horse manure/straw.Covered that with 4 inches of woods dirt.Covered the frame with old storm windows.Planted the seed about mid March.Horse manure would heat up and generate plenty of heat to germinate the seeds.Only cost was for the seed packets.On really warm spring days, I would have to rush home from school and pull the windows off for a while or prop them open in the morning if it was supposed to get warm that day.
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