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If I had to guess, this is the plan of the plants they are breaking ground with as they appear to be mostly cooler weather plants. Living in NC I am just starting my garden with lettuces and chards. Here I will wait till April or May to put in tomatoes and peppers. It seems DC would have to wait longer still to put in "hot weather" plants.

Peaceyall -

You don't need a soil test but it is helpful, esp. if what is growing there now doesn't look too great. If there are pine trees in the yard then the soil will probably be on the acidic side. If what is there now looks pretty good I would still add some compost (either your own or bagged from the store) but not do too much else.

I share a community garden at my apartment complex and the biggest problems I have found beside the poor clay type soil is turning up the soil deep enough for the roots of the plants.

I would conside a fence, even a small one, a good idea. It will tell passers-by this is not a free-for-all though i doubt it would do much good for rats or squirrels. I have been told, do not know if it is true, that squirrels do not like the smell of marigolds.

Thanks for all the links. The link from Dvizzl states, at the bottom, the European Union has required all eggs be clearly labeled as to what "free-range" actually means so this may mean good news for the Hellmen's chickens as no such requirements are used here.

I think if people actually knew what "free-range" means in America (possible access to the outdoors, open warehouses, beak cutting and starvation to increase molting still allowed)vs the picture of happy chickens out in the farm yard that are on the carton there would be public pressure to improve conditions. Hopefully we are getting closer to transparency as more interest in food evolves.

Ridge, I thought your chair was the Grace chair from R & B but wasn't sure, lucky you finding such a great deal! I have been looking at the Grace chair for awhile but haven't had the cash to spend on another chair. I am in North Carolina, but will send the picture anyway.

annaholl, i think posting as a big list is ok as long as you can add pictures. telling people you are moving and have a deadline may also be helpful though the biggest draw would probably be bargain prices.

as to remorse, nothing on CL but i had my eye on a oval coffee table at ebay that was going swell, less then 100.00 with about an hour to go when out of nowhere the price got jacked up to 450.00 and it quickly went out of my price range.

I did mean the blue chair, though all of your place looks great!

Pteetsa - For the record when my sister recently moved she sold a bunch of stuff on CL right out of her place with no side affects (though she was also moving across the country in about a week).
I have only had people not show up once and was able to re-schedule with little hassle. I try to pick places i would normally go... coffee shop or lunch place that way it really isn't out of the way to bring whatever i am selling with me.

The story of the table reminds me of this bright orange steelcase desk chair i sometimes put on CL but am ambivalent about selling. I don't really use it but just can't seem to give it up. I was hoping for an experience like Ridge's table where someone would be really into it and it would get better use then just sitting on my porch.

love the idea of ice and light! (even if there is no ice)

the mountains and the ocean all in one spot... on the east coast it seems you only get one or the other!

Dutch oven - Guinness beef stew... though the rectangular pan would be good for some mac and cheese! yumm... i think i need to go to lunch

so pretty and warm

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