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Originally Posted by Dutch
Tracy,
We grew though peanuts in soil on a low laying flat that was created by two hills slopping together and a rock wall made from years of pulling rocks from the fields to slow the erosion of soil before the rain water ran into a ditch along the road.
We used to grow strawberries there but as more and more people moved out to country, people started to stop and help themselves to the strawberries, the plants and runners. Worse of all they left a big mess that allowed the rain to cut big gullies.
The peanuts solved the problem. We planted them in hills in the spring. They sent out runners that kept the silty soil together during the early summer rains and the nuts were underground where no one could see them.
Dutch
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I can't believe that people were just helping themselves to your berries. That is a lot of nerve. Brilliant solution though!
Stacy