It turns out that some of my 'mostly ready' compost that I used in the flower bed was a little more alive than I thought. I swear that I have a regular potato plant coming up amongst the flowers.
/johnny
Posted on 05/02/2014 12:25:41 PM PDT by greeneyes
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The truth about this came out several days ago and people aren't reading the article. It is cows/bulls BELCHING that releases methane. That science was proven and the article was on FR and it amazed me the Freepers kept making fun of cows and repeating over and over on that thread, jokes about cows’ flatulence.
I suppose a belch is not nearly as much fun as jokes about a cow's rear end. The people who insist on telling flatulence jokes did not pass potty training.
Be the first one on your block to know belching is the culprit that causes global warming - it's all bunk, however - weather systems can be traced by history and they repeat that pattern over many years, and Joe Bastardy explains that very well, but liberals would rather die by global warming that isn't happening.
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“The potatoes won’t even have small new potatoes until they have blooms.”
Oh, crap, I didn’t know that. I’ve got lovely stalks in those three Walmart pots, but NO BLOOMS. Crap.
“I like mine plain, sliced and on a plate with pepper. I can easily eat two large ones per day in the season.”
“If” I get tomatoes, I’ll slice them, put a bit of extra virgin olive oil based dressing on them, then sprinkle with pepper and salt and eat them every day that way.
Glad it is of interest. I like to post a few items now and then when I refresh my memory, just in case someone else might be interested too.
“Buzzards???”
The buzzards have gathered to be ready for the next time the scooter dumps rightly on the ground.
Glad to hear from you. Keep us updated on your progress. Are you going to install an automated window opener? I have seen some of these reasonably priced. Could be very useful for those times when the sun comes out and you aren’t around to open or close the window as needed.
Relax, it’s way too early for blooms.
LOL. That’s not NICE. Let’s hope that Rightly can at least dodge them, if that happens while they are there.
Yep
—dumps rightly on the ground—
The way I ride it, it’s just a matter of time, especially in the sand, kinda reminds me of dirtbiking. LOL
It turns out that some of my 'mostly ready' compost that I used in the flower bed was a little more alive than I thought. I swear that I have a regular potato plant coming up amongst the flowers.
/johnny
You’re welcome, my FRiend. I think I still have pictures of the drip lines going into the garden when we first established it a few years ago. Same process for flower beds, either system controlled by a cheap timer from Lowes. Containers use just a little different method, but it’s all there at the site. We have used a different company for 12 years, but had to change to this one over customer service and prices are better. When we get ready for a weekend away, we just load the car and go. NO more being tied to a waterhose in the garden. In our hometown, when we first put in the drip, it lowered our water bill $30-$40 per month over spraying the hose.
It’s all good!
Do you have hard water or soft water there? My daughter installed a drip irrigation system at her place, but the water here is full of lime. It clogs up her little nozzles, and such every so often, and she has to declog it A few times she’s had plants get close to croaking if she doesn’t notice a jet or nozzle is clogged..
She loves it when it’s working properly.
Marcella's Container Garden Report:
I decided to count some veggies so I, and you, would know how many of certain ones are out there (I really didn't know at this point):
24 tomato plants, two of the older ones, have blooms. There are 24 because I couldn't stand the throught of killing those little plants after they made their way from seeds to plants. There are no store bought tomatoes out there.
11 pepper plants, the only hot ones are hot banana peppers and mixed hot pepper plants (they came that way, a mix of hot pepper seeds - have no idea what each one is except it's hot). No sign of peppers. Grown from seed.
6 Tromboncino squash. Grown from seed.
10 cucumber plants and almost all have blooms. There is more than one type. Grown from seed.
7 tobacco plants that are in good shape. Grown from seed.
3 or 4 very small Lemon Balm growing. These seeds came from Sockmonkey. Grown from seed.
I'll tell you what - if you want a seed to grow and can't make it happen, send it to me - I can make seeds germinate. Now that isn't bragging, that's saying I can actually grow seed and most come up under the grow lamp in my house. I am amazed when a plant grows from a little seed.
30 Cilantro little plants. I'm so fine - grew them from seed.
I get a nice handful of strawberries every day. See, I can grow some food. Bought plants. There are small green blackberries growing on the three plants. Bought plants.
greeneyes, what is your formula for making a soapy mixture to use for little flying insects that get on plants? I see some weird flying iridescent little fly looking things but they are not regular flies - is that an aphid and does the soapy water put on plants drive them away? OK, I don't know jack about flying insects that want to murder plants - I just need to know the formula you use for that soapy mixture stuff.
The water is soft, in that it will lather very easy, but there is mineral sediment in it that stains. I check all lines for flow each year before start up. Sometimes I can just use a toothpick to clear out the obstruction. One option is to use an under counter type water filter that catches the chunks and pieces, but we have not had to do that on the drip lines, only in the kitchen sink and the fridegerator.
We would have any other way of watering.
Thanks for the link to the composting article, much appreciated.
We got a LOT of rain this past week, over 4 inches on Wednesday, but it was needed! This weekend we are planning to rebuild the raised beds and put out some seeds — the only “food” things growing right now are in the herb garden — thyme, chamomile, lavender that is perking up and a gorgeous clump of chives. And the berries are starting along the fences, yum!
Wife and I are removing the frost blankets and hoops from our raised beds. Bird netting now surrounds the rectangles, held up with 2 inch pvc pipe. We also added fence posts and wire for the tomatoes to grow up on. This looks a bit industrial but it will hold up to the wind we have from time to time.
We created a fourth raised bed for squash and melon. It's still covered.
My spelling of “Globull” should have been a clue to you, that I too believe it is all bunk.
Oh well.....
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