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Weekly Gardening Thread --- Seed Swapping
Plenty Magazine ^
| April 4, 2008
| Tobin Hack
Posted on 04/04/2008 10:30:40 AM PDT by Gabz
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I know, it appears to be a pretty greenie-weenie site, but I thought this was a good article, and I found a few other of interest as well.
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:30:41 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; billhilly; Alkhin; ...
Howdy all.............sorry I’m so late getting this posted.
I had to run what should have been a quick errand over on Chincoteague Island. Well there is only one way on and off the island in a vehicle and unbenkownst to me a cable had broken on the drawbridge at about 9:30, I left here at 10:15.........the bridge didn’t reopen until 11:30........I’m not a happy camper!!!!
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:35:52 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: Gabz
I take my leftover seeds and spread them/plant them in vacant lots that are just going to grow weeds anyway. It’s always fun to see what comes up and I think the locals get a kick out of seeing the veggies there.
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:37:31 AM PDT
by
ZGuy
To: nw_arizona_granny
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:38:01 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: ZGuy
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:43:46 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: ZGuy
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:55:47 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Gabz
Questions about compost. I had two very nice big piles of compost one is almost gone. I mixed it in when I started and tilled the area for my new garden area and also added it to my two raised beds from last year. I used five nice sized wheel barrow loads of it when I tilled my new vegetable garden. The new garden is only 20' x 15' did I use enough compost? I can hardly tell that I tilled it in now.
Now I am worried about "Pill Bugs", "Roley Polly Bugs"! The other compost pile has them all through it along with ants. What to do?
Also can I use the compost as a mulch?
WOW! Tornado Emergency in Jackson, Ms area ... 90 miles east of me and moving this way! Damn!
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posted on
04/04/2008 11:12:42 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Gabz
Bump from a country boy.
Gardens are GREAT for teaching a child about fortitude and delayed gratification.
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posted on
04/04/2008 11:18:47 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Red_Devil 232
My garden shop lady may not agree, but I whack them with vinegar, but you’ll have to put the acid back in the soil unless you have a very low ph....5.5 to 6.5.
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posted on
04/04/2008 11:26:28 AM PDT
by
CIDKauf
(No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: Red_Devil 232; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl
YIKES on the tornados..........take care.
Hopefully when the gals get done with work they will be able to answer your compost questions, I’ve never been able to successfully get a compost pile going, but I’m going to try again..........
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posted on
04/04/2008 11:33:17 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: Just another Joe
Hey JaJ!!!!!!!! Good to see ya!
One of the first of these weekly threads I did was about kids and gardening, I was even interviewed last summer by a local paper about kids and gardening for an article about keeping summer vacation boredom at bay.
Speaking of kids, how’s that grandbaby of yours?
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posted on
04/04/2008 11:36:21 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: CIDKauf
How do you whack them with vinegar? Do you use a mixture or just the vinegar? At the moment I am not worried about the soil just my compost pile. Thing is I read that the "Pile Bugs" are good for compost.
If I whack them with vinegar in the compost pile should I worry about Ph if I use the compost as a mulch?
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posted on
04/04/2008 11:41:02 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Gabz
Speaking of kids, hows that grandbaby of yours?Shhhhhh, people don't know I'm that old.
They're both doing well, lol.
We rode the motorcycle over to the daughter's house on Saturday to visit.
When we pulled up in the driveway the boy looked out the window at us with a puzzled look. When we got to the door and pulled the helmets off he say, "Gampa! What you doin?"
Had to laugh.
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posted on
04/04/2008 12:15:07 PM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Gabz
What’ll you give me for a few pounds of kudzu? Makes a great salad!
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posted on
04/04/2008 12:21:08 PM PDT
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: Gabz
We have roofs blown off homes and trees down across roads in the city of Meridian and Lauderdale Co. Winds in excess of 70 mph. Kinda a calm right now but another wave of storms is right behind this one.
Damn Again! Tornado Sirens were going off!
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posted on
04/04/2008 12:26:18 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
I requested the Mods remove my post #10. It was a weather radar that has no relevance now ... I thought it would just slow down down loads for those without a high speed connection.
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posted on
04/04/2008 12:56:58 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Just another Joe
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posted on
04/04/2008 1:20:07 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: patton
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posted on
04/04/2008 1:20:53 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: Red_Devil 232
I just caught a bit on FNC about the weather down your way..........hope all is well.
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posted on
04/04/2008 1:21:55 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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