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Re: Signs, Martha, was Fertilizer, etc.

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

But the question that remains in my mind is why are "bio-friendly" subjects like
sign planting considered by some to be OT, yet long, quasi tech talks of light
meters and foot-candles, (some pointed out as wrong info) considered very topical?

Psuedo-political threads on "evil companies destroying the earth" are OT. Anything
that is a method ot knowledge directed towards helping us increase our personal
garden yield are more than welcome.

Rick in lake effect upstate NY zone 6

Patricia Santhuff wrote:

> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> Ah, well, BIll, you and I have different ideas of what's OT. And that's fine.
>
> To my way of thinking, the purist approach (yours?) would limit the list to
> discussing sq. ft. spacing, Mel's suggestions for amending the soil and
> building the beds (including raised, tho he doesn't specificaly go into
> that IIRC), and whatever else Mel specifically said in one of his books or
> elsewhere.
>
> I think Mel's really done terrific work (and I'm grateful to him), but as
> others have pointed out, he didn't invent intensive gardening. Or growing
> vegetables.
>
> To me, if it's about vegetable gardening, it's not OT.
>
> I don't understand why people can't just DELETE topics that are of no
> interest to them. Of course, it helps a great deal if others cooperate by
> appropriately changing the subject line as a topic drifts, and not everyone
> is courteous enough (or remembers) to do that.
>
> As for me, I've spent entirely too much time being entirely too chatty on
> this list over the past while, and I think it's time to leave. I've
> thoroughly enjoyed the list, learned a lot, and wish everyone great
> gardening.
>
> Best,
>
> Patricia
>
> P.S. Thanks for the invite to your OT list, Bill, but I think I'll pass.
>
> At 07:53 PM 3/30/00 PST, you wrote:
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> >>I've also heard that if you're digging post holes, you'll not have enough
> >dirt to fill the hole or too much, depending on whether the moon is waxing
> >or waning. (More on that in a minute.)
> >
> >*I add a tiny touch of cement to the dirt.  A little bit does it.  (Is my
> >pocket protector showing?)
> >
> >But that would be a Sq Ft hole and square post, Right?  Martha does ecology
> >work too.  But I'm surprised no complaints yet.  I felt there were 20 of my
> >OT-Fishheads as Fertilizer Subject thread Titles, so I KNEW someone would
> >point out that in an Urban environment, varmits may be attracted.  Plant them
> >down a ways, add a couple inches of soil, then impact it with a 2-4" post, to
> >innoculate it with soil & organisms.  Or egg shells or bonemeal for calcium,
> >and normal amendments...  But there were maybe 1-4 posts out of the 20-ish,
> >related at all...  Makes for hard deleting... :>) ?
> >
> >Patricia, the
> >http://www.egroups.com/group/an-ot-garden/info.html
> >An OT Garden
> >
> >...would be a great place Planting by the Moon Signs; a micro thread which is
> >OT here, but yet IS Garden.  I'd like to see this topic.  Tho' meant more
> as a
> >tech-site (because I'm a techhie) it fits OT but Garden Content Micro-Thread
> >Profile fine, and Micro but OT Garden threads brought An-OT-Garden to be.  So
> >ALL who wanted, could share, w/o laborious 5-way emails.
> >
> >PERHAPS you guys interested would announce the topic here briefly, and
> >if interest is apparent but OT, announce posting it there for any who are
> >interested, so all may share, who care to do so.  And YOU, Patricia, may have
> >a moderator position if you wish, considering all your qualifications and the
> >effort you put out to share...
> >Bill
> >San Fog'cisco Bay Area, CA, 9.4973, Barometer 30.09 & steady.
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