I will absolutely agree that a fresh edge makes all the difference! I could never afford those fancy tools, and at age 72 I still get down on my hands and knees and cut my edge with a serrated knife. (For now…..😂) ….waving to you from across the lake…👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Winged Loosestrife is native to Wisconsin and a well-behaved plant, unlike the dreaded Purple Loosestrife. They are both in the genus Lythrum. You picked a good plant!
Erin, I know just what ya mean about quality tools. For years, I bought whatever pruner I could get cheap, only I found I was having to replace them @ least every other year. Then I bought a higher end pruner, but still not a great one. I could change blades, which helped, but I still wasn't satisfied. Then, as a Christmas gift to myself last year, I got a set of Felcos. What a difference, & not just in the cutting capability or the fact that I could replace the blade. You see, I have small hands. The previous pruner said it was made for small hands, but all it was was a larger pruner modified by shortening the handle length. In contrast, small-size Felcos are actually designed from the get-go for small hands--shorter length, smaller grip, &, best of all, lighter! I just wish I'd have spent the extra & gotten them years ago!!! 😊
@@terrivance8750 I think it’s especially important to have a good hand pruners because you have to take care of your hands as far as any repetitive motion.
Thank you for sharing this. I've been feeling bad about how bad the weeds have taken over my garden. I work a lot of overtime, so my garden has been neglected. This encourages me not to mow it down and start over. There is still hope for it.
I learned 35 years ago to buy quality gardening tools from Barbara Damrosh and Elliot Coleman. The first tools I bought were a garden fork and spade that I still have and use all the time. They were a bit more costly but in the end they were a great buy🙂
Well I’d love to get the hoe and edger after watching you use them. Also would like to know more about the jumping worms? Where did they come from? What do they do?
Thank you, Erin. I’m always motivated by your practical and realistic approach to gardening. Completely agree that good quality tools make all the difference and will last for years.
Anchusa I grew from seed 2 years ago and can grow up to 3 feet. It will grow in sun to part sun. Has flowers similar to forget me not in clusters up a stem. Can be purple, blue and magenta. It will self seed and is drought tolerant. Can grow in gravel too.
I just took my new garden wagon (from Costco) out for a spin. It is an organizing game changer in terms of time and energy spent in the garden. Thank you for this suggestion Erin! ❤🙏🏻
Love those tools....I have two of them on your recommendation and you are right it will out live me...God forbid someone invade my home when I defend myself with one of these tools.
The edging lifts the garden with how it delineates the garden from sod. It looks great. When I lived in Portland, my garden had brick walkway and interior chamomile paths to wander on. I used to edge those and became a favorite because of the the fragrance. That edging makes everything look better, maybe a little prowder. I agree that sharp tools are such a huge help. We will all hit the pillow tonight and dream of owning Sneeboer tools after this and thank you for going over the plants in the bed again. I always find things I want to add to the ever growing list I've created while watching your videos. ~Patty~
Excellent example of what a little time can really accomplish!! I know I have areas that I will put off. Then once I get going I wonder why the hell I didn’t do it sooner 😜 And having the right tools, which doesn’t always mean expensive tools, can really make it easier and more fun 😊 I am so excited to learn about that company!! Your mini spade seems to be next after your pruners, as far as what you always have in hand or nearby in your videos. I think I need one of them, and I have a birthday coming up. Get gift for myself!! 😉 Thank you so much for your time and sharing your beautiful gardens!!
Great video! Have have a few beds that really need attention, just the inspiration I needed! I am fighting bind weed and lordy, my gosh. It's a mess. Anything that deer won't eat, I'm in! Its like Dr. Doolittle around here. Thankfully the foxes keep the rabbits under control. Though I have found they will dig up new plants if I use Biotone. Must be the smell. Edging is magic. It really makes a garden shine. I love drone shots, you can really see the garden structure and shape. Love your videos! Just ordered me a dutch hoe. I am excited.
Thank you for the late season encouragement Erin! Have you ever considered building a fruit guild or smallish food forest? Seems like either would work well with your gardening style. Love your style!
Hi Erin, thank you as always for your entertaining and informative videos! I have been following you for at least three years now. I hope you decide to edit and post the jumping worm video soon. For those of us who are dealing with them, it would be helpful to know your experience and perspective. I’ve had jumping worms in the garden for a few years, and I am starting to see what I think is the beginning of their damage. Primarily, I think they’ve ruined my bearded irises. 😢
Love your garden style! You have inspired me to weed. Not kidding. It’s that time of year and I was almost over it. I think the seed heads would look great in your Christmas arrangements painted gold.
I have a garden like this, and every time I look at it I become overwhelmed at the amount of work it will take to wrangle it in. I’ve been so looking forward to this video. ❤
Looks awesome. It had been sp hot and humid for several weeks some of my areas got way out of hand. I managed to get one area edged and it is so fresh and crisp!
I do not have a large garden, and most of the work in my garden revolves around bad choices I have made. Moving or removing plants, buying and planting replacement plants, etc. I know most gardeners say the job never ends, and I get that. But I do wish the job would evolve into purely maintenance mode. I don't mind watering, fertilizing. weeding and pruning (aka "tending"). I don't really do annuals (just two pots on front porch) so I wish I could just get to the point of an established garden that just needs a little love from me.
Hi Erin, I am loving your real life gardening videos. Thanks for including the time taken to accomplish the activities - weeding, etc. Question - where did you get your tool holster? TIA
The one I'm using in this video is from Niwaki. It only fits a hand pruners, which actually works out for me because lately that's the only thing I really carry on me in the garden.
Hi Erin. Very motivating video! Going to root through my shed and haul out the Dutch hoe. I think all my tools need a good sharpening. Do you recommend any special sharpening tools?
Erin, are you not bothered by ticks? I thought a deer-heavy area would have them in the hundreds. We're in the metro Chicago area and cannot go into our suburban lot w/o picking up at least one.
The invasive loosestrife is Lythrum salicaria or purple loosestrife[: 2] a flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. Your loosestrife is also in the Lythraceae family, but it's a very large group.
That hoe 😍 I've had a dutch hoe on my wish list for a couple years, but with one small raised garden i didn't really need one. I'm moving soon, and expanding the garden space next year with new beds. So now i have a *Royal* Dutch hoe on my wish list 😂 And thanks for the tip on an edger i can sharpen.
Thanks for another inspiring video: focusing on one area really doesn’t take that long to spiff up. And edging makes such a difference! Sneeboer tools - worth every penny. You said your amsonia was storm cloud? You sure it’s not string theory? (Either are great plants!)
I know what you mean, I'm living IN fear WITH them!! They've taken over my yard. They're just EVERYWHERE. and it's a constant battle. And it's a battle that I'll probably be fighting for the rest of my life, too. That's bcuz their silk egg casings are impervious to everything. Well, almost everything! I have one natural resource on my side! THE SUN!!! I now dig up patches of my soil and bake the soil under the Hot Texas Sun!! That's the only thing that kills the eggs - high heat, for 3 days straight!! Ironically, what kills the eggs is wearing me out, too! It takes a lot of time for me to do that chore these days... (I'm no Spring chicken!) But mostly it's hard bcuz the Hot Texas Sun is soooo darn hot for me too!! Stupid Jumping Worms!!! aarrrgggg!!! I really do hate them. Plus, they're super disgusting, and smelly to boot!!! Just all around nasty creatures. Oh, and unfortunately for those of us who have lovely mild Winters, the adult j.worms DON'T DIE OFF during the Winter months like they are reported to do where it does get very cold. So anyone who is trying to find out about them thru research (which is slim pickens, that's for sure!) You can cross off the "fact" that they only live 3 seasons of the year, and will automatically die during the Winter months. That doesn't always happen. It just depends on how cold it gets, and how long it stays cold. I'm in Central Texas, and last Winter we finally had a mild Winter once again. (I was starting to wonder if climate change had taken that away from us!) By "mild" that means the Winter temps basically ranged from the mid 50's to the mid 40's. I say basically bcuz it did fluxuate, and only 3 times it got down to freezing this last Winter. And each time it only lasted one night. THAT is the wonderful Winter weather we all LOVE over here!! Well, apparently the Jumping Worms love it too bcuz they're sticking around to see another year at my house! Here, they definitely do NOT die when the Winter is mild. They just grow bigger & fatter, and start laying MORE EGGS even sooner as it warms up!!! I can say those things are true bcuz I proved it ALL during this past Winter. I dug them up throughout the whole Winter season. They acted like they were hibernating, & I was finding the big ones just below the soil surface. The smaller ones were deeper. No 24 hour freeze event will kill those creepy crawlers! Although- The cooler temps means they wiggled around a lot less, and that made them easier to bag! The cooler the weather, the less they move around & they don't even try to get away, so - yay for me! The unfortunate ones I find go right into the burning fire. There will be NONE that escape my yard!!! (Insert maniacal laughter here!!) "Honey, start a fire in the pit, I'm goin huntin!!" I don't freeze them in plastic bags & then throw them into the trash can, nothing tame like that! I just don't want their eggs hatching from their deceased bodies into the city dump to live on & continue to terrorize our continent! And they ARE in being found in almost every state across the country, ocean side to ocean side! And that includes the Gulf of Mexico! I even saw one research paper talking about how these freakin' eggs survived the harshest of Canadian Winters!! Wild animals, actually, ALL animals, will eat these disgusting worms, both dead & alive, if given the chance. But the problem there is the eggs that are inside those gross worms will make it through the digestive systems, & then hatch out wherever they are dropped ! I know I sound dramatic. But that's bcuz on THIS subject, I AM dramatic!!! And that's bcuz THIS PEST IS dramatic!! I have 200 & 300 year old Oak trees that I do NOT want to watch die from this invasive pest! They've changed my entire style of gardening. I can't grow anything in the ground. Not that I have much soil left bcuz most of it has eroded away bcuz of the worms! Also- I can't even seem to EVER write a short comment about them either!! I'm not sure HOW Erin is so nonchalant on the subject !??? She's shown nothing but a cool & collected attitude on the subject! How about it Erin! Are you just a good actress & those Jumping Worms are actually making you as nutty as they make me???!! Inquiring minds want to know!!! All joking aside- I look forward to hearing what she has to say about them. I'll listen to anyone's experiences with them! This seems to be a new subject in the academic world, so I figure hands on experience is the best source of information these days! Meanwhile, I'll stick to my current methods of fighting to get my soil back! Good Luck to ANYONE having to deal with them!!
Just found Jumping worms in our veg bed! Argh! would love some ideas of what will survive the nutrient desert they create. Starting to solarize where possible and add earth diatomaceous in top 2.5" of soil
I will absolutely agree that a fresh edge makes all the difference! I could never afford those fancy tools, and at age 72 I still get down on my hands and knees and cut my edge with a serrated knife. (For now…..😂) ….waving to you from across the lake…👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Great video! The garden bed looks great! Thanks for introducing those amazing tools!!💚
Drone shot really showed off all your hard work Erin! Looks great.
Spray paint those allium heads white or silver and add them to your winter containers! They look great painted.
Winged Loosestrife is native to Wisconsin and a well-behaved plant, unlike the dreaded Purple Loosestrife. They are both in the genus Lythrum. You picked a good plant!
I don't often get to garden with my favorite ho but I love it when I do! She's the best! 😊
Erin,
I know just what ya mean about quality tools. For years, I bought whatever pruner I could get cheap, only I found I was having to replace them @ least every other year. Then I bought a higher end pruner, but still not a great one. I could change blades, which helped, but I still wasn't satisfied.
Then, as a Christmas gift to myself last year, I got a set of Felcos. What a difference, & not just in the cutting capability or the fact that I could replace the blade. You see, I have small hands. The previous pruner said it was made for small hands, but all it was was a larger pruner modified by shortening the handle length.
In contrast, small-size Felcos are actually designed from the get-go for small hands--shorter length, smaller grip, &, best of all, lighter! I just wish I'd have spent the extra & gotten them years ago!!! 😊
@@terrivance8750 I think it’s especially important to have a good hand pruners because you have to take care of your hands as far as any repetitive motion.
Thank you for sharing this. I've been feeling bad about how bad the weeds have taken over my garden. I work a lot of overtime, so my garden has been neglected. This encourages me not to mow it down and start over. There is still hope for it.
I learned 35 years ago to buy quality gardening tools from Barbara Damrosh and Elliot Coleman. The first tools I bought were a garden fork and spade that I still have and use all the time. They were a bit more costly but in the end they were a great buy🙂
After I saw your Sneeboer last year I bragged to my husband so much he ended up surprising me with one.. thank you Erin!
@@irma_brenton Yay!
Well I’d love to get the hoe and edger after watching you use them. Also would like to know more about the jumping worms? Where did they come from? What do they do?
Thanks for the push to change up a bed. I needed that and some new great tools.
Can we have a post on how you sharpen your tools?
@@patty-m2d You bet!
Thank you, Erin. I’m always motivated by your practical and realistic approach to gardening. Completely agree that good quality tools make all the difference and will last for years.
I’m with you on a clean edge. It’s almost sexy! 😂
Thank you! And there's no almost about it. :)
Love this video!! I'm definitely requesting the suggested tools for Christmas 😊
Anchusa I grew from seed 2 years ago and can grow up to 3 feet. It will grow in sun to part sun. Has flowers similar to forget me not in clusters up a stem. Can be purple, blue and magenta. It will self seed and is drought tolerant. Can grow in gravel too.
Edging is the key! Love those tools!
I just took my new garden wagon (from Costco) out for a spin. It is an organizing game changer in terms of time and energy spent in the garden. Thank you for this suggestion Erin! ❤🙏🏻
Enjoyed the video! Your 20 mins is my 2 hours because I am ughhh 10 times older than you 😀🫢 But, you help me dream and give me hope!
My husband is an edging fanatic. He does all the edging and mulching for our beds. Think I’ll reward him with that amazing Snebor edger.
Love those tools....I have two of them on your recommendation and you are right it will out live me...God forbid someone invade my home when I defend myself with one of these tools.
I agree 100% on the edging. You Always share great information. Once again your property is beautiful. ☺️
Oh I love this video, thank you
Great video, and haven't we all done something stupid with our gardening tools! That bed really does look so much better!
I think I need an edger!
Thank you for links to Sneeboer tools! I will start my wish list for these hand crafted tools.
Ive been recleaning beds and re-edging, it makes a difference. Yours look better.😊
Always so satisfying to faff up a neglected bed!!! (If you cut back the Clematis recta it will send up fresh purple foliage.)
Love your erganomic garden tools, Erin.
Great video of how not to be overwhelmed by an overgrown garden. Jo😊
I think you edited out the words you said when you broke your Sneeboer, because I'm sure you said words. 😂
Words were definitely uttered. :) Well, mostly just the one word.
Oh no not the Sneeboer!
The edging lifts the garden with how it delineates the garden from sod. It looks great. When I lived in Portland, my garden had brick walkway and interior chamomile paths to wander on. I used to edge those and became a favorite because of the the fragrance. That edging makes everything look better, maybe a little prowder.
I agree that sharp tools are such a huge help. We will all hit the pillow tonight and dream of owning Sneeboer tools after this and thank you for going over the plants in the bed again. I always find things I want to add to the ever growing list I've created while watching your videos. ~Patty~
Edging is my favorite job!!
You are my people!
Excellent example of what a little time can really accomplish!! I know I have areas that I will put off. Then once I get going I wonder why the hell I didn’t do it sooner 😜 And having the right tools, which doesn’t always mean expensive tools, can really make it easier and more fun 😊 I am so excited to learn about that company!! Your mini spade seems to be next after your pruners, as far as what you always have in hand or nearby in your videos. I think I need one of them, and I have a birthday coming up. Get gift for myself!! 😉 Thank you so much for your time and sharing your beautiful gardens!!
Great video. Inspiring. Love my sneeboer tools. It really does make a difference to have good tools.
Thank you. This is an inspiring video. I have been slowly doing this, and you have helped me to get my tushy back out there and finish it!!!❤😂😊
Very nice to see problems. Thanks😊
Your energy is inspiring! Love your program, my favorite USA YT
Great video! Have have a few beds that really need attention, just the inspiration I needed! I am fighting bind weed and lordy, my gosh. It's a mess. Anything that deer won't eat, I'm in! Its like Dr. Doolittle around here. Thankfully the foxes keep the rabbits under control. Though I have found they will dig up new plants if I use Biotone. Must be the smell. Edging is magic. It really makes a garden shine. I love drone shots, you can really see the garden structure and shape. Love your videos! Just ordered me a dutch hoe. I am excited.
Love your edging. My more patient helper is not least interested in edging. I will try after watching this video to do edging more often. Thanks
I so enjoy your videos! Thank you!
Loved this video. Very encouraging to make me want to clean up and edit spots in my garden beds!
Thank you for the late season encouragement Erin! Have you ever considered building a fruit guild or smallish food forest? Seems like either would work well with your gardening style. Love your style!
Way to go! Thank you! I love a great clean edge too!
Hi Erin, thank you as always for your entertaining and informative videos! I have been following you for at least three years now. I hope you decide to edit and post the jumping worm video soon. For those of us who are dealing with them, it would be helpful to know your experience and perspective. I’ve had jumping worms in the garden for a few years, and I am starting to see what I think is the beginning of their damage. Primarily, I think they’ve ruined my bearded irises. 😢
Thanks, Erin! So motivating!❤
Very inspirational segment ❤
Anchusa: in my 9a garden it flowers in spring and, while not invasive, is definitely an enthusiastic spreader. Upside is beautiful, true-blue flowers.
Love your garden style! You have inspired me to weed. Not kidding. It’s that time of year and I was almost over it. I think the seed heads would look great in your Christmas arrangements painted gold.
Great work, and I'm inspired to go clean up one of my garden beds now. Thanks!
Thank you for the inspiration!!!
I have a garden like this, and every time I look at it I become overwhelmed at the amount of work it will take to wrangle it in. I’ve been so looking forward to this video. ❤
Thank you, looking great!
Love a nice edge 😉 Thanks for sharing 😄
Looks awesome. It had been sp hot and humid for several weeks some of my areas got way out of hand. I managed to get one area edged and it is so fresh and crisp!
I do not have a large garden, and most of the work in my garden revolves around bad choices I have made. Moving or removing plants, buying and planting replacement plants, etc. I know most gardeners say the job never ends, and I get that. But I do wish the job would evolve into purely maintenance mode. I don't mind watering, fertilizing. weeding and pruning (aka "tending"). I don't really do annuals (just two pots on front porch) so I wish I could just get to the point of an established garden that just needs a little love from me.
Erin, have you made a video about how to sharpen tools?
I have but it’s past time to update it. Consider it on the list.
Hi Erin, I am loving your real life gardening videos. Thanks for including the time taken to accomplish the activities - weeding, etc.
Question - where did you get your tool holster? TIA
The one I'm using in this video is from Niwaki. It only fits a hand pruners, which actually works out for me because lately that's the only thing I really carry on me in the garden.
Hi Erin. Very motivating video! Going to root through my shed and haul out the Dutch hoe. I think all my tools need a good sharpening. Do you recommend any special sharpening tools?
Erin, are you not bothered by ticks? I thought a deer-heavy area would have them in the hundreds. We're in the metro Chicago area and cannot go into our suburban lot w/o picking up at least one.
Yep! I'm in Connecticut and would never garden in shorts. Long pants and high socks .... always!
Looks so good. I can't even get a spade in the ground, it's so hot and dry where i live.
The invasive loosestrife is Lythrum salicaria or purple loosestrife[: 2] a flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. Your loosestrife is also in the Lythraceae family, but it's a very large group.
That hoe 😍
I've had a dutch hoe on my wish list for a couple years, but with one small raised garden i didn't really need one. I'm moving soon, and expanding the garden space next year with new beds. So now i have a *Royal* Dutch hoe on my wish list 😂
And thanks for the tip on an edger i can sharpen.
Thanks for another inspiring video: focusing on one area really doesn’t take that long to spiff up. And edging makes such a difference! Sneeboer tools - worth every penny. You said your amsonia was storm cloud? You sure it’s not string theory? (Either are great plants!)
Can you do anything about the jumping worms?
My boxwoods looked so nice Erin this season and my son trimmed the tips and the tips turned brown is par for the course?
I live in fear of getting Asian Jumping Worms. 😬
What do the jumping worms do to the plants ?
I know what you mean,
I'm living IN fear
WITH them!!
They've taken over my yard.
They're just EVERYWHERE.
and it's a constant battle.
And it's a battle that I'll probably be fighting for the rest of my life, too.
That's bcuz their silk egg casings are impervious to everything.
Well, almost everything!
I have one natural resource on my side!
THE SUN!!!
I now dig up patches of my soil and bake the soil under the Hot Texas Sun!!
That's the only thing that kills the eggs - high heat, for 3 days straight!!
Ironically, what kills the eggs is wearing me out, too!
It takes a lot of time for me to do that chore these days...
(I'm no Spring chicken!)
But mostly it's hard bcuz the Hot Texas Sun is soooo darn hot for me too!!
Stupid Jumping Worms!!!
aarrrgggg!!!
I really do hate them.
Plus, they're super disgusting,
and smelly to boot!!!
Just all around nasty creatures.
Oh, and unfortunately for those of us who have lovely mild Winters,
the adult j.worms
DON'T DIE OFF
during the Winter months
like they are reported to do where it does get very cold.
So anyone who is trying to find out about them thru research
(which is slim pickens, that's for sure!)
You can cross off the "fact" that they only live 3 seasons of the year, and will automatically die during the Winter months.
That doesn't always happen.
It just depends on how cold it gets,
and how long it stays cold.
I'm in Central Texas, and last Winter we finally had a mild Winter once again.
(I was starting to wonder if climate change had taken that away from us!)
By "mild" that means the Winter temps basically ranged from the mid 50's to the mid 40's.
I say basically bcuz it did fluxuate,
and only 3 times it got down to freezing this last Winter.
And each time it only lasted one night.
THAT is the wonderful Winter weather we all LOVE over here!!
Well, apparently the Jumping Worms love it too bcuz they're sticking around to see another year at my house!
Here, they definitely do NOT die when the Winter is mild.
They just grow bigger & fatter, and start laying MORE EGGS even sooner as it warms up!!!
I can say those things are true bcuz
I proved it ALL during this past Winter. I dug them up throughout the whole Winter season.
They acted like they were hibernating, & I was finding the big ones just below the soil surface.
The smaller ones were deeper.
No 24 hour freeze event will kill those creepy crawlers!
Although-
The cooler temps means they wiggled around a lot less, and that made them easier to bag!
The cooler the weather,
the less they move around
& they don't even try to get away,
so - yay for me!
The unfortunate ones I find go right into the burning fire.
There will be NONE that escape my yard!!!
(Insert maniacal laughter here!!)
"Honey, start a fire in the pit,
I'm goin huntin!!"
I don't freeze them in plastic bags & then throw them into the trash can, nothing tame like that!
I just don't want their eggs hatching from their deceased bodies into the city dump to live on & continue to terrorize our continent!
And they ARE in being found in almost every state across the country, ocean side to ocean side!
And that includes the Gulf of Mexico!
I even saw one research paper talking about how these freakin' eggs survived the harshest of Canadian Winters!!
Wild animals,
actually,
ALL animals,
will eat these disgusting worms,
both dead & alive,
if given the chance.
But the problem there is the eggs that are inside those gross worms will make it through the digestive systems, & then hatch out wherever they are dropped !
I know I sound dramatic.
But that's bcuz on THIS subject,
I AM dramatic!!!
And that's bcuz
THIS PEST
IS dramatic!!
I have 200 & 300 year old Oak trees that I do NOT want to watch die from this invasive pest!
They've changed my entire style of gardening.
I can't grow anything in the ground.
Not that I have much soil left bcuz most of it has eroded away bcuz of the worms!
Also-
I can't even seem to EVER write a short comment about them either!!
I'm not sure HOW Erin is so nonchalant on the subject !???
She's shown nothing but a cool & collected attitude on the subject!
How about it Erin!
Are you just a good actress & those Jumping Worms are actually making you as nutty as they make me???!!
Inquiring minds want to know!!!
All joking aside-
I look forward to hearing what she has to say about them.
I'll listen to anyone's experiences with them!
This seems to be a new subject in the academic world, so I figure hands on experience is the best source of information these days!
Meanwhile, I'll stick to my current methods of fighting to get my soil back!
Good Luck to ANYONE having to deal with them!!
Just found Jumping worms in our veg bed! Argh! would love some ideas of what will survive the nutrient desert they create. Starting to solarize where possible and add earth diatomaceous in top 2.5" of soil
I have been looking for gloves that don't make my hands sweat! I need to wear them (allergies) but the fabrics just don't breathe.
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Do you not grow solemn seal?
I do!
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