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Re: Intro,Slugs,Composting

> >        The real "tomato question" here is which variety tastes best green?
 :)
> >Colleen Cornish
> >Forest Grove, Oregon
> >
I've heard that the variety Green Zebra tastes very good.  I saw the
seeds for these in several garden catalogs, including Sheperds Seeds.

 the acknowledged "best" gardener on the street called me into
> her yard, gave me a bunch of her garlic to plant in my yard and said "you
> had the best tomatoes of anyone". Ahh, vindication.

Which variety was it?  (And congratulations!)

 Be happy that you've other gardeners around you.  Everyone in my cul-de-sac
doesn't like to garden.  One lady in fact told me, "Why don't you just rip out
 all
those plants and put concrete in?"  She is a lost cause I'm afraid.

> Finally, a question about composting: I put used paper towels in mine, but
> have wondered about the following: tissues, paper or cardboard which held
> food, dryer lint, tobacco from cigarette butts. Anyone have advice for this
> compulsive composter ?

I wouldn't put tobacco from cigarettes in your compost pile as the
tobacco is not "pure" tobacco.  They add a bunch of chemicals to
cigarettes.  Safer not to add them.  Also dryer lint is okay to add
(although there is debate over this), but make sure its natural fiber
dryer lint.  Polyesters etc. won't decompose I've heard.  Any paper
products is fine, except for those that have a glossy finish to them.
Do you compost newspapers too?

=^=^ Death = Silence ^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^
> =^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^ Which dead speak to you ? ^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=
> ^=^=^= Which dead do you speak for ?  ^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^
>
Just curious.  What is this above about dead speaking?

Kim Kiernan
kimk@pacbell.net
Laguna Hills, So. California

zone 9, Sunset zone 22/23
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