Posted on 04/03/2015 1:24:44 PM PDT by greeneyes
I'm not sure that there is an 'un-natural' substance out there. It all came from God, one way or another, and I don't believe I have to participate in some food fetish for my body to heal. Lots of conflicting food fetishes out there, and now is not the time to experiment.
I'll stick with what works for me and feedback from the MDs. It is a GoodThing(tm) that I'm gaining weight and keeping it on. At least with feedback from the docs, I know the weight gain isn't tumor weight gain. ;)
/johnny
Your choice. Bless you.
Thanks for this, Marcella.
The blossoms appear unscathed this time. The plum trees were almost fully bloomed, peaches had just started to open, apples and pears not even thinking about it yet.
I was most worried about the plums, but I didn’t observe any dead flowers when I looked at them yesterday.
We’re not out of the woods yet. Couple years ago we had a hard freeze on April 20. All of the trees were most of the way if not fully leafed out. That one was rough. There was no fruit crop, no mast crop, no anything crop from the trees in this area. That stress added to several years of summertime drought conditions put a lot of mature oaks over the edge. I’ve got 20 or so saw logs laying in my back pasture waiting for the buyer to pick up as a result.
It's not currently spiked, although I have the ability if I need to. At this point, the weight of the stuff inside is holding it down, and doing a decent job of it. We had gusts of up to 45mph the other night, and it barely noticed. There was a little flapping, but I managed to hold down the outer flaps and it really made a difference. April is notoriously gusty (Farmer's Almanac is calling it 'squally'), so I've been watching forecasts closely and taking appropriate action as needed.
Thank you!
I'm glad I found it as I was afraid I as going to have to grow them on my garden go to- Cattle Panels.
Cattle panels - I haven’t tried this but my vet swears by it he is quite the gardener and homesteader. He plants his tomatoes all in a row and instead of stakes or cages he has a cattle panel anchored behind the row and leaning at about 60 degrees. The tomatoes vine up the panel and need no tying. The tomatoes hang through the panel holes and you can just go under the panel and down the row picking the tomatoes without damaging the vines. Sounds like a neatest up.
Nice!
You are most welcome! I hope it helps. There is more to come!
“I didn’t know Wayfair.com sold that sort of thing, but I found it there for $159 w/free shipping.”
That’s a pretty archway for roses to climb. There is a black one in this backyard but it is made of metal and the metal gets so hot in the summer, it cooks the morning glory vine that grows on it every year. I hope the one you got is not metal.
It's pvc, and has a twenty year warranty. I used to have a cedar one, but it rotted after about seven years.
Do either of you know how to start a new gardening thread? . . . Greeneyes hasn’t posted since 4/3/15 and I’m thinking she might be having computers problems again.
>>Diotamacious Earth (DE) is one of the easiest pesticides to use under leaves where most people don’t bother to look for pest infestation.<<
One of the first places I look for orange egg clusters is almost always underneath potato leaves. Getting rid of those can eliminate a problem before it starts, as well as alerting one to BOLO for other stages.
Always gratifies me to get a pair of potato beetles in the act of procreation. We have a pervasive native alternative host for them, so they can’t be eliminated completely.
Easiest way to apply Diotamacious Earth (DE) is to use a sprayer ,wetting the undersides of the leaves with water and a few drops of mild dishwaser liquid (surfactant)
The surfactant serves as a 'stickey agent' and allows the spray to spread, and acts as an adhesive 'in loco' .
Then comming around while the leaves are still damp , apply the DE to the undersides of the leaves.
The DE will remain to do its job of cutting up the chittinen exoskeleton of the beetles, thus drying them out , and eliminating them.
Another option is to employ the use of chickens that will attack any insect that it sees on the surface, but they don't do so well on the leaf undersides.
Catching the beetles in flagante delicto gives you a "two-for-one" option , or you can use a 'pheremone trap'.
The problem seems to be with your computer .
Empty out your Internet Explorer cache, and your 'temporary internet files'.
You just posted your inquiry on this weeks Friday 4/17/15 forum postings, sucessfully.
It sounds like the best of vertical gardening, and easy homesteading .
The heavier fruits will hang down as they mature, and are easily found .
Good idea !
Yeah , I heard there is a cold wave comming down east of the Rockies .
Here's hoping that the cold wave runs North of you , but have heard of storms and tornadoes even into Georgia.
I hope you and the crop come through this apparent last gasp of winter cold.
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