Comments on: Ivory’s Garden Flop-o-rama http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:41:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Maven Koesler http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-4819 Maven Koesler Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:14:45 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-4819 Oops! I just saw where Don recommended the same stuff. COF. It's no big deal to mix, and my feed store got me in all the ingredients except the copra meal. I subbed cottonseed meal - not real organic, but better than harvesting 3 rows of 1015 "scallions" instead of onions! The onions really took off with this stuff. Oops! I just saw where Don recommended the same stuff. COF. It’s no big deal to mix, and my feed store got me in all the ingredients except the copra meal. I subbed cottonseed meal – not real organic, but better than harvesting 3 rows of 1015 “scallions” instead of onions! The onions really took off with this stuff.

]]> By: Maven Koesler http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-4818 Maven Koesler Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:10:48 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-4818 I use the organic fertilizer from Steve Solomon's _Gardening When It Counts_ http://www.amazon.com/Gardening-When-Counts-Growing-Mother/dp/086571553X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262541826&sr=8-1 It has done WONDERS for my over-worked, sandy/clay ex-wheat field of a garden. I only did potatoes and onions last spring due to moving/building/etc, but WOW. Compared to what I'd (weekend gardener) grown out here previously, it was fantastic. If you don't want t get the book - I bought it, but the library has it on Inter-library loan - Here's the article from TMEN with the recipe. It really does wonders. http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-06-03/home-and-garden/17300937_1_lime-bone-meal-organic-fertilizer I use the organic fertilizer from Steve Solomon’s _Gardening When It Counts_

http://www.amazon.com/Gardening-When-Counts-Growing-Mother/dp/086571553X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262541826&sr=8-1

It has done WONDERS for my over-worked, sandy/clay ex-wheat field of a garden.
I only did potatoes and onions last spring due to moving/building/etc, but WOW. Compared to what I’d (weekend gardener) grown out here previously, it was fantastic.
If you don’t want t get the book – I bought it, but the library has it on Inter-library loan – Here’s the article from TMEN with the recipe. It really does wonders.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-06-03/home-and-garden/17300937_1_lime-bone-meal-organic-fertilizer

]]> By: Liz http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-758 Liz Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:47:53 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-758 Don, I made up that fertilizer this year and almost everything is doing well. My garden is 8 miles away from my home. This is my first year using this garden and I haven't had a chance to add much to the soil. Just be careful adding in the lime. Don't breathe it in and protect your eyes. Kelp is supposed to have something like 80 nutrients in it. Good stuff! Liz Don,
I made up that fertilizer this year and almost everything is doing well. My garden is 8 miles away from my home. This is my first year using this garden and I haven’t had a chance to add much to the soil. Just be careful adding in the lime. Don’t breathe it in and protect your eyes. Kelp is supposed to have something like 80 nutrients in it. Good stuff!
Liz

]]> By: ivorysoap76 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-733 ivorysoap76 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:54:51 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-733 @Sheila--It takes forever to learn the lessons, huh? TL has about fifteen years more gardening experience than I do, and she keeps telling me that I probably won't settle in till the ten year mark. @Sheila–It takes forever to learn the lessons, huh? TL has about fifteen years more gardening experience than I do, and she keeps telling me that I probably won’t settle in till the ten year mark.

]]> By: ivorysoap76 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-732 ivorysoap76 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:53:35 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-732 @Don--FANCY!!! @Valerie--Glad to know I'm not the only one. It's been raining like crazy here. @Ang--I've been doing the fish emulsion thing. @Rowena--YAY FOR YOUR RADISHES!!! Doesn't it seem like magic to eat thing out of your yard? It still freaks me out. @Don–FANCY!!!

@Valerie–Glad to know I’m not the only one. It’s been raining like crazy here.

@Ang–I’ve been doing the fish emulsion thing.

@Rowena–YAY FOR YOUR RADISHES!!! Doesn’t it seem like magic to eat thing out of your yard? It still freaks me out.

]]> By: ivorysoap76 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-725 ivorysoap76 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:38:34 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-725 @ Viki--I think turnips, since they had little turnips at the bottom! HA! @ Viki–I think turnips, since they had little turnips at the bottom! HA!

]]> By: Viki http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-713 Viki Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:12:06 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-713 I've had success using Bacillus thuringiensis (BT for short) a bacteria that only effects caterpillars, you dust it all over your plants, (some gardeners even inject it in the stalk where the borers are) and wallah dead caterpillars, doesn't effect anything else. There is even a BT product specifically for mosquitoes that works great. Do a google search and you'll find lots of info. Ivory I was going to say those looked like mustard or turnip greens, definitely not collards! I’ve had success using Bacillus thuringiensis (BT for short) a bacteria that only effects caterpillars, you dust it all over your plants, (some gardeners even inject it in the stalk where the borers are) and wallah dead caterpillars, doesn’t effect anything else. There is even a BT product specifically for mosquitoes that works great. Do a google search and you’ll find lots of info.
Ivory I was going to say those looked like mustard or turnip greens, definitely not collards!

]]> By: Don http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-703 Don Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:01:53 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-703 Try some COF - it works great. Also you can work some manure in in the fall. I rarely have any bad plants. COF - http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2006-06-01/A-Better-Way-to-Fertilize-Your-Garden.aspx Try some COF – it works great. Also you can work some manure in in the fall. I rarely have any bad plants.

COF – http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2006-06-01/A-Better-Way-to-Fertilize-Your-Garden.aspx

]]> By: Valerie http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-701 Valerie Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:46:47 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-701 This has been a rough year for gardens. My seedling did well in the house, but went downhill once they moved outside. We had about 15 inches of rain in one week in April, which wiped out some, and made the rest unhappy. Just when they were rallying, we had over 20 inches of rain during a 2 week span in May, and that almost did them in. The pepper plants are still about 8" high, even though they do have a few small peppers on them. Everyone I know is having a rough garden year this time. This has been a rough year for gardens. My seedling did well in the house, but went downhill once they moved outside. We had about 15 inches of rain in one week in April, which wiped out some, and made the rest unhappy. Just when they were rallying, we had over 20 inches of rain during a 2 week span in May, and that almost did them in. The pepper plants are still about 8″ high, even though they do have a few small peppers on them. Everyone I know is having a rough garden year this time.

]]> By: Sheila http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html/comment-page-1#comment-700 Sheila Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:10:46 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/?p=354#comment-700 We ll bless your heart! I've got to pull stuff up too, but I didn't know better. I planted my corn, peas, and lettuce too late. It just got too warm too fast here in Central Florida. The dirt is sandy , but I'm learning. I've got a pile of compost going.and we've still got time to make a garden. It'll be good, you'll see. We ll bless your heart! I’ve got to pull stuff up too, but I didn’t know better. I planted my corn, peas, and lettuce too late. It just got too warm too fast here in Central Florida. The dirt is sandy , but I’m learning. I’ve got a pile of compost going.and we’ve still got time to make a garden. It’ll be good, you’ll see.

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