Irish Potato Famine Bug Wrecking Mass. Crops


	Irish Potato Famine Bug Wrecking Mass. Crops

rachel923

8-8-2009 3:12 PM

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potatoes, blight, fungus, garden, massachusetts

rachel923 says:

Yeah, and it's wiped out my tomatoes and soon to wipe out my potatoes.

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8-8-2009 7:12 PM

mcsmithblack

Strange weather, ain't it?

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