Posted on 04/03/2015 1:24:44 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Hi Everybody!
A Blessed Easter and Passover to you all!
(((HUGS)))
/johnny
Yes it is
Passover,
Good Friday,
A Blood Moon,
A Lunar Eclipse, and
a very bad deal with Persia, all on the same weekend.
Makes one think...
Posted this at the end of last week’s thread, but am reposting it on this week’s for any small space gardeners. I saw this on youtube, and thought it was kinda preppery, too.
bottle tower garden- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuykRRspWOY
Lovely pictures, thanks for sharing. Still too cold here in west Michigan but I usually start some romaine lettuce in a cold frame big pot on Easter weekend. Started it today. I have a pretty large pile still of goat manure mixed with old straw bedding. This is even though we have not had goats for 2 years now. When we cleaned out the barn we always made a tall a pile as possible, so only the very bottom is broken down to a fine rich soil. I put some on the big garden but mostly use it in my big pots for my peppers and lettuce and campari tomatoes. I hope to post more pics this year. Love reading about everyone who has already gotten started in warmer climates than mine.
That is kind of interesting, creative. That would work great for someone in the city even with a small patio.
I believe it was "Black Agnes", and I beleive that she noted that there is DE for gardens , and that there is a "Food Safe" DE, as well for food storage .
The DE (Diotemacious Earth) is made up of diatoms ; small hard shell deceased microorganizms shells.
They cut up the chitinen of hard shelled beetles, and soft-bodied insects like slugs.
It causes them to bleed-out , or puncture the hard chitinen insect shells so that pests 'dry out'.
Diotamacious Earth (DE) is one of the easiest pesticides to use under leaves where most people don't bother to look for pest infestation.
Best application is in a duster, as it can reach under leaves , and whatever falls to the ground will continue to protect plants on the soil surface.
It is a "two-fer, freebie ".
Terrific photos dware. Thanks much for taking the time to format and post them ~
Use dry cleaners plastic bags to cover the trees, if you can ,
and throw a 'trouble light' of at least 30 watts under each tree , and you should minimize any frost damage.
Take a old cold tater and wait http://www.potatogarden.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=PG&Category_Code=NSP
Thanks, I”ll keep looking for the real red potatoes, I think that they can be had if you buy the bulk/not bagged. But like I said, the franken potatoes were good- just not what I wanted.
To be honest, speak to the green grocer at your store. You do have a personal relationship, right?
Get to know the guy/guys that do that. They can steer you to great deals and warn you about stuff like stupid name changes. I hate it when that happens to me as a home cook.
As a pro, I don't do that anymore, but when I did, I knew what I was ordering, including demanding a sample if I was unfamiliar.
/johnny
I use WM and HEB here in Central TX, and I do talk to the produce people in both stores, and I do get some great advice in both stores.
During my time in fine dining training I got off at 3pm and was home way early. So I shopped every single day on the way home and got to meet all those guys.
My poor 3rd ex wife gained 40 pounds when I was doing that.
Nothing to do from 4 until 7 except make 4 course fine dining meals for #3 and her daughter as 'practice'.
Ex says I ruined the daughter for regular food, since she always got a 3 or 4 course sit down meal every night of the week. ;)
/johnny
I bet it's a lasoda. I like the little red norlands, but I did plant some red lasodas this year, too.
No, at least they are not Burpee Red Lasodas-
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http://www.burpee.com/vegetables/potatoes/potato-red-lasoda-prod001493.html
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I looked at all of Burpee’s potatoes, and didn’t see any that look like the ones I bought.
I have a bag of those, and the plastic tag says Red Chieftan on it. Guess they aren't lasodas.
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