Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 22 (Keywords 2) June 1, 2012

Friday, June 1, 2012 | JustaDumbBlonde

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Good morning and happy June to my gardening FRiends and fellow gardeners!

You may have noticed that I titled last week's thread "Keywords", and then totally forgot to write the first word about the topic. That illustrates perfectly how frazzled my mind is these days. As I was getting ready to hit the post button, I kept thinking there was something I was forgetting, but finally convinced myself that it probably wasn't *that* important, and I posted the thread. I apologize.

There has been more than once that great information has been posted by one of our members, but I can't remember exactly which thread, or sometimes even who posted it. My idea is this: So that we can use a search engine such as Yahoo! or Google to find what we seek, let's actively use the keyword feature on each thread.

For example, if you post pictures of your garlic patch, add "garlic" to the keywords. If you are illustrating how to mulch a garlic patch, add the keyword "mulch" as well. You could go so far as to add the mulch material too, such as "ricehulls". (special mention for Mr. Bender!)

Both Red Devil_232 and I have used a search engine to find a particular comment by entering something like "Free Republic potato planting", and you will usually find several threads that way. If we use the keyword feature to document our threads, it will be even easier.

I'd love to be able to sit down and make a keyword list for the thread every week, but I simply don't have the time to do it. If each one of us will add a word or two, it should become ultra-easy to search our topics.

If you have any ideas to improve this method, please let us know. If you have a totally different idea that will work better, bring it on!!! We love good ideas!

Here in NE Louisiana, we got a storm line through yesterday and about an inch of extremely beneficial rain. We were beginning to get really dry due to the high temps of late, and on the farm we were turning on all of the wells. Would rather have rain any day! The high will be around 80 in the area today and we are pretty excited about that. It has been scorching hot lately.

Look forward to reading about your week and, as always, photos are appreciated.

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you.

This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked.

It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread ... there is no telling where it will go and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us!

[dervish]

BT is not a chemical pesticide. It is used in organic methods. It is a Bacteria (Bacillus Thuringiensis) that destroys the guts of certain insects and catepillars. It is safe for people and other wildlife like birds. It is also considered safe for many beneficial insects. It is also used as a mosquito control in standing water.

[Darth Reardon]

When you made habanero powder, did you do anything with the seeds? I dried the peppers the other day, now I’m wondering if I should have seeded them first. TIA.

[Graybeard58]

I didn’t exactly grind them to a powder, more flakey actually and I ground the seeds also, the seeds are very hot.

[who knows what evil?]

Give them a few days...you may see new growth shoot forth from what is left of the stem...a neighbor (from the blackest pit of Satan’s kingdom) lets her dogs loose to plague others broke two of my tomato plants. I left them alone (there was only an inch or so of stem left), and they both grew back...a KBX and a Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye. As an added bonus, the b*tch got fined by the cops for violating the leash law...she’s been laying low for a bit.