All that newspaper & straw took nearly forever to spread around (I ended up having to call in the calvary for a few extra hands),
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Granny, you must have a special exclusive pipeline to be able to call in the calvary. Most of us would have called in the cavalry.
I love your posts and you say you don't live that far from me here in the NE so why not consider driving over and visiting if it isn't too far.
As for me, I've explained here about my past experiences with companion planting after buying and reading Louise Riotte's book referred to above. And that was many many years ago b'c that book has been around a long time. My own experiences, using controls to see the possible effects of companion planting did not encourage me to pursue it. For others it might work out, but not me.