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Re: Signs, Martha, was Fertilizer, etc.

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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:
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>
>>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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