Working together is a great idea, I think. I need to get to Hicksville Agway somehow as well for the gritty mix ingredients - not just in the spring, but soon. I hope people are still watching this thread. What I have: * an apartment on Coney Island, Brooklyn, spacious enough to store ingredients or the mix, including temporarily for someone else, * time, health and willingness to help lift and screen the stuff for "the cooperative" (haha, let's call ourselves that), What I need: * outdoors space to screen the ingredients. I can screen indoors for myself only, but I'd rather do it outside in a well-ventilated space. * a car. My brother has a car and works 20 minutes from Agway, actually. Asking him does not solve the outdoors screening space problem though - so I like the idea of getting some of us together. It could be as simple as you offering the screening space, me delivering the bags there and us both working together on the mix. Gas /ingredients /equipment cost gets split proportionately. I need a bag or two of each ingredient for my mix (so, 3 to 6 bags total). Do you guys think we should exchange email addresses rather than communicate here exclusively? If so, hit me with yours through this site or directly to eugsko at gmail. Tell me what you need and what you can offer. For people who read this years later :-), feel free to email me as well, and I'll be glad to tell you what I know and if we still have an active "cooperative" at that time. Eugene. The coop secretary. :-) P.S. I wish we could just buy the damn mix!

Chinese Algae Eater (Gyrinocheilus) is not a good of controlling algae. What type of algae do you have? Is it the string algae, black or red brush algae, etc. Perhaps you could put some aquatic plants to reduce the excess nutrients, either floating or submerge type of aquatic plants, or both. Ramshorn snail is a good at controlling some of the algae that grows on glass, but you will need a lot of it.

Great way to test, Jeff! I fear ALL of my pots would pass this test! Too many other things shoving their way to the top of My List! Love your nude Kalanchoe! I kept alive the one from your garden (thanks again) for a long time before it succumbed to my neglect. Had I PIG, it would have done much better. Can you help me out with a post of yours from the past, when you making your potting lazy susan? Maybe some key words so I can find it? I hope to construct one of my own sometime soon. :)

Another glance that's a whole lot of bamboo in the back ground. Anyone in need of some bamboo? I have my back yard surrounded with it. Greg