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    Please think and help me I have a question that keeps getting dodged.?

    I'm getting a divorce. My income far outreaches my wife's because I am bleeding money from my IRA account to keep us going. I draw $69,000.00 from my savings each year, collect another $25,000.00 from disability each year. My wife draws $680.00 from social security, $700.00 from retirement...
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    Should I spray for fire blight after a storm?

    We in Tuscaloosa got the same storm system that killed 10 in Mississippi yesterday. We did not get any hail and I see no damage to my trees but we did get heavy wind, rain and lightening. I have been on a regular spraying schedule using streptomycin for fire blight and last sprayed last...
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    Why do fire blight warnings only concentrate on apples and pears?

    Last spring I lost 7 fruit trees, the entire trees, to fire blight. Several other trees were damaged. However, when I read up on this disease they never mention it to be a problem in anything but apples and pears. I lost crosses between plums and apricots, cherry, nectarine, plums and apple...
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    Can you cook peaches before you use them to make wine?

    I want to make some peach wine but my freestone peaches are not coming loose like they should. I would like to cook or steam them so I can crush them to get the stone seperate. Will the cooking process kill anything that is needed in the fermentation process?
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