Posted on 08/30/2013 1:16:25 PM PDT by greeneyes
Yes, it was - “Better Living through Chemistry”.
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So relieved to know that my memory is not totally non existent.LOL
Me too. But I might be better off just getting new one, it’s been a learning experience for sure.
I planted russet butte, and hubby planted pontiac something or other. I plan to try yukon gold next year, along with another bunch of russets.
So what sort of preparation of your soil do you do? I can get mushroom compost, and walmart compost which is mostly clay and manure it looks like. We are going to have to increase our winter plantings of wheat and rye etc to get sufficient compost.
The failure of my sunflowers and amaranth was a big blow to the compost plans this year.
We have been improving the soil here for over 30 years and also add a commercial palletized fertilizer when we spade the patch. We have room to spare so I plant the tators 30’ apart and try to hill 3 times after they come up. We have the potato blight in the soil but try to grow the crop fast before it hits. The hills we have dug had good results
Thanks so much for the square foot info. about certain plants. Bush beans 9 per sq foot is amazing, would not have thought that many in that amount of space. I have copied what you wrote to save that about the beans and the others. That really helps.
Thank you! I just wanted y’all to know that there might be someone who is disreputable. This has been my experience. I’m very happy to read your information!
Poor little thing...but he never knew what happened, I hope.
/johnny
I know what you mean about “liking” all of nature. Hubby keeps telling me that they need food too. But up went the cover. I just dislike squash bugs and fireants.
Thanks.
Always glad to help.
Soil improvement is the never-ending chore with respect to gardens, I guess. So far we don’t get near enough to add to our gardens, which is why I had big hopes for the sunfloweres and amaranth.
I am thinking about planting double the wheat and rye this year to make up for the small amount of compost this summer.
Oh great. He’s good in the garden. Do frogs hibernate?
I assume they do. I certainly don't invite them to overwinter in the house with me. ;)
/johnny
LOL Well you could have.
I have a lot of energy, except in the heat. Then I water my plants, complain about the birds pecking and eating my new
tomatoes and complain about the grasshoppers chewing on my
Wolf tomato. The I come in and sew, one of my favorite
pass times.
Come fall and “winter” really fall, I’m outside moving stuff
around and doing what needs attending to.
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