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slugs, N2, etc.

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		 I HATE slugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
There are little nodules that are on the roots of certain plants, I think
mostly or all legumes, and these have a kind of bacteria in them. These
bacteria are kind enough to take the Nitrogen in our atmosphere,and change
it into a solid kind that is in the soil and that plants can utilize.  I
don't think that pumping the gas into the soil will do anything, especially
when Nitrogen is so easy to get when it isn't a gas, like in horse bedding,
etc.

I have decided not to use blood meal or bone meal any more, because I heard
that there is a slight chance that you can get mad cow disease from it, and
I have enough problems of my own with my brain, without importing the
problems of some cow or something...

Interesting the comments on peat pots.  Once I tried them,and those Jiffy
pots, and I  did not like the results at all. I am most happy with the
plastic cells, and also, the plastic containers that you get mushrooms in,
in the supermarket.  These are perfect for starting seeds if you don't mind
that they are all together in there and you will have to separate them. 
Just remember to make holes in the bottom.

The okra I planted were up in 6 days, not 3 weeks like somebody said. I
have been dragging all my flats outside for the last few days because we
are having a heat wave, and they are all very happy being out in the bright
sun.  Tomorrow it is supposed to be cooler and rainy, so back to the
artificial lights they will go.  Everything is growing, EXCEPT for some
reason, not the sweet or hot peppers.  Usually they are up at the same time
as the tomatoes, but not this year.  Since our soil temps outside are up to
50F, I planted a few short rows of Misato Rose radish, plus some red kind,
spinach, coriander, and bright lights chard.  Also, Sugar snap peas, of
course.  Every day in the AM I go to my town's composting facility and get
a car load of mulch, which I then put on some bed around the yard.  I put
my tarragon, sage and Egyptian walking onion outside of the fence on the
weekend. I am hoping that the woodchucks find their foliage too flavorful
for their taste. I will tell you if it is actually TARRA-GONE or what.  The
peach tree's flowers are about to open, and there is not a pollinating
insect to be seen.  If I don't see anything flying around when the flowers
are open, I think I will tickle each flower with a paintbrush. Does anybody
think this is stupid, good, or do you have a better idea?

When I start my seeds, after they get to the first set of real leaves, or
sometimes before, I occasionally give them a feeding of very dilute water
soluble plant food.  By the way,I found that some of the cells dry out
faster than others, especially when they are outside. My solution to this
is the dispenser that you buy Hersheys chocolate syrup in.  You have a lot
of control over how much and where you are directing the water.  I am
hoping that the lettuce is chocolate flavored.

Has anybody ever used the pots you make out of newspaper?  I remember
seeing an advertisement for a tool to make them in a magazine, and I
figured out how to make them, using 2 small, different sized cans, but I
never used them.  

I grow lupines, but only for decoration.  They are starting to come up in
different places in the yard, which is very nice. I love the way the leaves
look just after it rains.  They always seem to hold a very large drop of
water, and it looks really cool.  There is a children's book about a lady,
Mrs. Rumphius, I think, who went around planting them everywhere.  It is a
very nice book for any age person.

I don't have the space to store a  shredder, or the $ to get one.  But, I
do use my lawn mower to chop up leaves, grass, thin brush, and stuff like
this.   It makes compost break down faster, and also the pile is a lot
smaller than if you put the stuff in whole.

If you have compost with stuff in it, you can either pick it all out, rake
it all out, or screen it all out, or just ignore it.  The town I live in
makes its own compost, and it always has weird stuff in it.  Sticks and
rocks wouldn't be so bad.  I only use it for ornamentals.  Not food.
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