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Love the suggestions on reusing (recycling) things we ordinarily throw away

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>house and they line up to watch or peek thru the curtains.They thought I was
>loopy when I stripped all the branched off of the Xmas Trees left behind the
>dumpsters to use to protect my plants and bushes("the winter gardener
>episode something HGTV) and then actually PLANTED one  as a wind break for
>my hibiscus!(It worked. HAHAHAHA).I talk too much so I will shut up
>now.Still working on those beds so they will be ready for my babies-Teri

That was so funny, I am also a scrounger. I love the swap meets and I love 
to find new uses for old stuff. Here in the low desert around Phoenix, we 
have problems keeping enough moisture in our gardens so sometimes I resort 
to the 'pitcher' method used by the Native Americans years ago. That is 
sinking a vessel of some kind with hole or holes in it near plants and 
filling it with water to soak in slowly. Of course, I don't use pottery, I 
am 'modern', I use plastic jugs :-)) I also plant my little garden with 
dirt mounded up on the sides to hold the water in and use straw for mulch 
to keep the soil cool, which later adds much-needed humus to the soil. 
Needless to say, I have a compost barrel. I am currently in the process of 
renovating my flower beds by adding a lot of purchased soil amendment 
(mainly coarse ground bark), fertilizer, gypsum and a bit of perlite to 
help hold the water in. I guess the soil is pretty good as there are quite 
a few worms. My goal is to get the soil good enough so it doesn't take much 
to dig into it as it is getting a bit harder for me to dig as I get 'older'.

Pat


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