Comments on: Ivory’s Garden Flop-o-rama http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/06/ivorys-garden-flop-o-rama.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Wed, 23 May 2012 01:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 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

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