Posted on 03/16/2018 4:46:50 PM PDT by greeneyes
He is currently distracted from that project by his decision to smooth out some rough edges of the greenhouse concrete floor. After that he has decided on a second painting of the floor. Just as I was thinking I could start moving shelves and stuff in for plants etc.
I ran across another formula for week killer:
1 gallon of vinegar; 2 cups Epsom Salts; 1/4 cup Dawn Dish Washing liquid;
Spray in the morning - dead by dinnertime.
Have a great weekend. Prayers up for all. God Bless.
Pinging the List.
My husband is an absolute fiend about weeds and our wild violets nearly have him killing everything in sight, trying to “take them out, once and for all!”
I’ve assured him they are almost prehistoric, like roaches, etc.
Any way, I’m just across the MO state line in KS and my yard is my garden with lots of perennial flowers but still some grassy areas, along with flowering shrubs. I’d love to get some weeds w/out using stronger chemicals, that when the “mass weed murderer” I’m married to sprays away even on windy days!
I’ll admit, this killing of some of my prized flowers and shrubs, does put me into visions of revenge of my own so I just go in and try to make lemonade and think of the beautiful gardens in France and England and maybe a cruise to the Greek isles!
Greetings from the planet Hoth (aka CNY)
At the end of February, I went out, got some manure, turned over a section of garden, and started a few pea seeds indoors to plant ASAP.
We have not seen the ground since two days after I planted the seeds and there’s more *global warming* on the way with ANOTHER nor’easter forecast for Tues/Wed.
It’s been one a week for the entire month so far and with each one, we are getting slammed.
February was so nice and then winter came back for another try. With a vengeance.
Just like last year, and I hope the summer isn’t as bad as last years was. I do hear tell that Joe Bastardi is predicting a hot dry summer.
BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
If you have been following the national Weather, you will know that New England has been competing with Siberia and Antarctica for a new world’s record for BLIZZARDS in March.
AND...we are keeping up and in the running for World Championship!
Argh!
Unfortunately, this formula will kill it all.
I’m hoping for a decent growing season this year too. The last 2 years have been pretty icky.
I had hopes but feared it might.
I hate to say it, but that matches the weather map changes that I ran across during my Grand Solar Minimum research.
Sometimes we even get snow in April here in Mo. And that was while we were still in a more or less warming stage.
If I use it, it’s along fence row, and well before I plant anything.
Then for my experiments with nutrients.
I'm old. Retired. Need something to keep me off the streets.
Me too. Old retired, and tired of paying for food rumored to be the source of E-coli etc. I can buy a packet of seeds, for less than one trip to the store, and harvest enough for a year.
The weather forecast for Sunday is for 5-8 inches of snow.
Ugh. Bundle up.
So it’s SOLAR Warming! (Or Cooling?)
Yes. There’s a bunch of scientists that have been pointing out and collecting data that the “climate” is strongly impacted by the solar activity.
There’s a lot of charts and graphs, and it seems that these periods have a repeating pattern. The last such period in the USA was in the early 1800s named the Dalton Minimum. These periods also tend to be ones of increased volcanic and seismic activity.
The huge eruption of Mount Tambora as well as other volcanoes is theorized to have lead to the “year without a summer”. This also corresponds to the period when the New Madrid fault zone had it’s big one.
The current minimum has been named the Eddy minimum. Predictions are for shortened growing seasons, and the corn belt etc. to shift slightly south.
Well, I just finished my weekly 3 hr drive to work on the rent house. Hubby found 3 yaupon hollies, 2 boxwoods, a small rose bush and what he called “a viney thing in a big pot” all free on Craigslist. He had to detour thru Ft Worth to dig the shrubs. So, I have new things in my curb appeal repertoire. (I am leary of the “viney thing. Hubby doesn’t even recognize poison ivy. I doubt it’s that... maybe)
It was 86 here today and sunshiney! I drove up with the top down on my car, radio blaring. Got here at sundown and temp still at 80. I’m so sorry for so many people’s snow but God knew when He created me that I need heat. Below 80 and I need a sweater if I’m not workin.
We need to go do maintenance work in Springfield, Mo. too. That’s about a 4 hr. drive. Need about 6 weekends without rain. Loosing battle in the spring.
There is a 3-book series by Jeff Lowenfels. “Teaming With Microbes”, “Teaming With Nutrients”, and “Teaming With Fungi”. I’m still working my way through them, but the fungi one has some information in it that changed my crop rotation plans, and also describes ways to make crops more resistant to drought. Given that there’s a drought expected this summer, I highly recommend getting these books!
Sounds good. I currently have a stack of about 30 books, so I might have to wait before I buy anymore. LOL
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