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Although I cannot participate as much as I would like in food gardening, I still enjoy all those seed catalogs. One can dream, can't one?! And I can also live vicariously through your adventures!!!

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I'm intrigued by this seed bed sterilization! I would have thought heating the soil up would encourage the weeds to grow? I'm going to educate myself and maybe give it a shot for my own beds!

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the trick is to get it really hot - plus the tarps will block the light for at least the next few weeks, so any weeds that were thinking of popping up early should get knocked back. Use the darkest color you can find!

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Noted! I've got some heavy, transparent tarps, so I'll give those a shot. Thanks!

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I love the trick of using old billboards! Where do you find those? Is it a local supplier or can you order them online?

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I order them online from here: https://www.billboardvinyls.com/. Turns out this company is based in Nashville, so I paid shipping this time but...might have to pick them up in person next time!

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Very cool- thanks!

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