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July 05, 2007
Mid-season update

We had the first major success of the gardening season. I picked a half a 5-gallon pail of peas that produced 2 quarts of shelled peas for cooking.

They all disappeared with nine people at the table.

I loved getting the rain overnight. My rain gauge said 0.7 inches, which is higher than what was reported at noon in Portland. And more could be coming tonight. It will be good to put the sprinkler away.

We also had a quart of sugar snap peas as an appetizer for the Fourth. A good day all around.

Posted at 04:06 PM

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Tom Atwell has written the Maine Gardener column in the Maine Sunday Telegram since the spring of 2004. He has worked at the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram since 1974, about the same time he started gardening with any seriousness.

He gardens with his wife, Nancy. She not only is the better gardener of the pair, but also knows the botanical names of plants. They have two grown children and three grandchildren.

Tom was born in Skowhegan, grew up in Farmington and graduated from the University of Maine with a BA in journalism. His goal each year is to have continuous compost from his three compost bins, continuous bloom in his low-maintenance garden and more fruits and vegetables on his family table than the garden pests eat in the field.



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