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H/6/1974-3-

The Highlands: Radishes, lettuce, chard, Peas

A.D. Farquhar weather report for May
recorded the highest for the month to be 87°
on May 18^th, the lowest 31° on May 8^th, the average
high being 68°, and the average low 49°. The total
rainfall measured 2.3" on 10 days.

Birds
Elizabeth Ligon has a cardinal with a fluffy
white head, and a cat-bird that flies against
the eaves of the house or a window.

Ellis Manning claims that he threw a
shoe at a monsterous Whip-poor-will, and
Tom Canby is feeding two baby crows, one
of which has eaten so much that he has
lost his "caw."

Questions
A.D. Farquhar's beet seed did not germinate.
The secretary thinks the seeds are pyschic,
and know that Douglas doesn't like beets.

Iris Beall is advised to cultivate and
fertilize around the newly planted beech
tree which is not thriving. Also she
might clean away grass and use bone meal.
No help concerning English box leaves
turned brown. Can Rhubarb be organically
grown? Yes.

Jess Canby's baptisia doesn't bloom. Why?
No one knows.