RE: Miller in April

Germans have used this method for years, call it "dung water"...makes a big
difference...I think you might have an opportunity.


> [Original Message]
> From: Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/26/2009 5:35:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Miller in April
>
> I remembered something funny, don't know if I mentioned this before or
> not...you all know I have that website with the gardening catalogs
> right? So a couple months or so ago I got an email from a nice person
> asking for her company to be listed. She sells manure...packaged in 8 oz
> bags...to make "manure tea" with. For like $10. There's even gift packs.
> And it's from her own animals!
> I shouldn't make fun or anything because, sheesh, go for it if you can
> get it...but I did laugh. I'd be a millionaire if I could sell all the
> poop at my place.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:14 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Miller in April
>
> Hmm.  Well...I have LOTS of the fresh dung at my place!  Take your
> pick...horse, cow, llama, chicken, goat....as soon as I can save up for
> one
> of those "speedy" composters, I'm gonna stick a sign out front that says
> "compost for sale" right next to my "Chicken Eggs/ $3.00 a dozen".  LOL.
>
>
>
> On 3/26/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> >
> > Couple of interesting entries for April in Miller's 18th century
> > "Gardener's Kalendar."
> >
> > Planting melons. He says to make a small mound of fresh dung [he
> doesn't
> > say what kind but for some reason I think horse], cover the dung with
> a foot
> > of loam, plant the seeds on top, and cover the planting with a bell
> jar. The
> > dung, he says, will heat up the soil, which will stimulate germination
> and
> > root growth; the bell jar will keep cold winds at bay. As the plants
> > develop, he says, add a ring of fresh dung covered by loam around the
> hill
> > to encourage the roots to grow outward to support large vines.
> >
> > Insects. He says if you have insects in your orchard trees wash them
> out
> > with an infusion made with tobacco stalks. [Earliest pesticide
> > recommendation I know of. And they were still using nicotine in the
> > mid-1900s--200 years later.]
> >
> >
> > Inland Jim
> > Willamette Valley
> > 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > Elevation 148'
> > 39.9" Precipitation
> > Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > Heat Zone 5
> > Sunset Zone 6
> > Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> > Maximum 102 F [39 C]
> >
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> Jesse R. Bell
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