Re: CONFESSIONS and PATIENCE
Bob Shelby/Maura O'Neill wrote:
>
> ** Reply to note from Janet Smithen <jansmithen@earthlink.net> Thu, 09 Dec 1999 18:47:54 -0800
> I very much appreciated (and enjoyed) Moira and Dianes
> postings on the effects of not using chemicals in their gardens,
> as I have discovered much the same results in my own. (snip)
we have discovered that the fruit trees do
> just fine without spraying (actually they keep improving with
> bumper crops) and
> I don't need to use any fertilizer (keep meaning to use sea kelp 1x a
> year, but keep forgetting), just adding my homemade compost,
> and having some plants which attract butterflies, bees, etc
> seems to work, and
> I actually enjoy watching nature balance itself,
> -so maybe my plants don't flower as spectacularly as if I fertilized
> (but maybe they do), just enjoying my garden through all its
> stages is more rewarding,
Maura
So glad you have "joined the club"and found it rewarding.
If your crops are not only holding their own with just your own compost
but actually imporoving it seems that you probably already have a full
kitset of elements, but there is always the possibility that some of
these may run short in time, especially if you are growing and regularly
removing to eat fruits and vegetables. I do myself try to to remember
that yearly dose if kelp powder, which will so conveniently and
effectively replenish them. The easiest way to apply it is along with
the yearly dressing of compost.
Moira
> Maura O'Neill, Boulder Creek, CA, USA
> (on the San Lorenzo River, in the SLValley, aprox. 15 miles east of
> the Pacific Ocean, as the crow flies,
> -about 10 miles north of Santa Cruz
> and about 70 miles south of San Francisco)
> Sunset zone 15 (more or less)
--
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
