Any ideas for grab bag 30.00?
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Comments (10)WARNING: In an attempt to enlighten, the following post may/will quote and/or copy verbatim portions of text that are copyrighted by individuals and business concerns that in at least one instance are not native to the United States of America. The miscreant begs the forbearance of concerns local and abroad displeased or injured by his well meant actions. "Light is the only plant food. All the other things we give a plant are just to help it digest and use the light. The more light a plant gets the bigger and fatter it will become, provided all other needs are being met. If there is not enough light, nothing else will make the plant bigger or produce more." That quote comes from a British hydroponic gardening website which link was furnished by RP1, a regular contributor. I grabbed it because it says in one succinct paragraph everything I try to say in six. I couldn't help but notice this line from fatplants last post "I won't be able to keep them outside in the shade much longer because temps..." With the opening quote in mind, shade is an absence of light. It can be the total absence of light or it can be partial but usually it leans more to total than not, regardless of what it seems to our eyes. Porches are not good places to grow orchids unless carefully studied for light supply. That opaque 100% shade roof makes only the low angle early morning/late afternoon sun available and because of other structures nearby those light sources may be absent to some degree. FP also says that "it is a phal. I know I can easily maintain it's temp. requirements, not so much the others." Which others? Phals don't have particulary 'easy' temp requirements for Zone 7. Yes during the height of summer but not at any other time of year. Most any other orchid you can name will be more willing to poke along for months at typical household temps (~70F) than phalaenopsis. Mehitabel says, "With orchids, you're always having to make judgment calls on what conditions to provide. Decisions, decisions..." 'Aint that the truth. But allow me to offer some simplification: for much less money than a mini-GH one can buy and operate a small light fixture with a 42W CFL light in it and this will prove of much more utility in regrowing roots and keeping life in indoor plants of all kinds. Every few months another orchid grower goes out of business. If orchid growers would recognize and promote the value of indoor lighting the way they promote their wares the future of the hobby and by extension, their livelihoods would be much more robust. H...See MoreCompost theory (grab a coffee, it's long)
Comments (8)Thank you takadi, luckygal and petalpatsy, Takadi, yes, that's where I started thinking about doing my large lot with a modified lasagna system. I had 1st heard about no-till last summer. I worked front office of the local daily paper when a woman came in to see if she could obtain some old papers that we'd be throwing out anyway, explaining her garden plans with a system she was going to try called "lasagna". This spring I had trouble securing a tiller and my corn (I know, not supposed to start corn inside, but OH WELL) was getting tall in the peat pots. Googled, learned, didn't have all the layering amendments, just wanted to get the darn things in the ground. Dug little holes, added bagged compost and the seedlings, surrounded them with wet newspaper and straw. Darned if the little buggers didn't start growing. Color me proud yet astonished! luckygal and petalpatsy, my bad. I wasn't clear on / failed altogether to mention a couple of things. 1.) I wasn't hoping for a totally changed yard by next spring. It was kind of an over-the-next-few-years thing that I had in mind. Sort of a "what can I do now, INEXPENSIVELY, to condition/amend the soil in my yard? If I don't need the space for anything important immediately, what can I grow here that will show a benefit in my soil down the line?" I know that 2, 3, maybe 4 years will be needed to show any noticeable improvement. I have no clear-cut plans for the space, but heck, I might want to put a Hawaiian-themed tiki garden there in a coupla years, and I can't see straw and newspaper as a fitting compliment to the MaiTais and the cute cabana boy. 2.) I would, of course, use my mower to chop/shred all materials except the large branches. Even if they were to decompose a little, I would just put what's left aside and throw them back in the following fall. Luckygal, OOHHH them skeeters! Yup, I got 'em too. I didn't mention that my woods out back is really the slope-y banks of a creek that runs thru my town, called Sewer Creek. Yeah. Capital S, capital C. The city actually named it that, and it runs thru MY BACK YARD!! It contains the drainage from several, nay, HUNDREDS of upstream residences. And when it's not been raining lately, it just sits there. Stagnant. Skeeters. My tiki torches WILL be citronella. The plastic...not sure if I need it, but a certain area of this back lot is visible to a certain area of the street, although not by much. I figure, having squares of plastic anchored in my lawn says, "Hey, I'm doing something/fermenting something/growing/germinating/fill-in-the-blank something", whereas a field of stomped, overgrown, left-to-die foliage says, "I don't give a rat's patootie how my yard looks." Oh, what does BTDT mean? Petalpatsy, lots of good advice there, thanks. I already had plans to hit our local breakfast cafe for coffee grounds, and the grocery store's produce manager for veggies that they can't sell. Hadn't considered the bale-o-straw displays, that's a new one to me. I had thought of ringing the doorbell at one house near mine, only to ask, "What is that breathtaking bush by your front door?" Seriously gorgeous, hasn't bloomed yet this year, but when it does, I'm goin' a-ringing'. And I remember you...you're the nice gal that puts compost blankies over struggling earthworms. That's cool. Joyce...See MoreHAVE: happy holidays - christmas grab bags
Comments (8)Updated list... Zinnia mix 2 wildflower mix 3 strawflower pink/white mix snapdragon mix 3 ornamental grasses morning glory mix - star of yelta double sunrise serenade and crimson rambler morning glory blue, purple morning glory pink, purple 2 datura purple datura fleur de lilac 2 flower of peru malva braveheart/zebrina dianthus arctic fire lupin mix lavatera jacob's ladder iris grasses tall mix gazania mix flowering maple datura mix 2 columbine mix 2 black eyed susan mix morning glory milky way, orange noah malva white trumpet vine hollyhock black powderpuff aster oriental poppy coreopsis lupin mix hollyhock burgundy calendula 2 campanula 2 purple coneflower datura candy tuft hollyhock light pink poppy mix 2 four o'clock yellow clematis hollyhock dark pink dianthus barbatus mix morning glory mix poppy purple...See MoreLost my keys!! Got any bright ideas for me?
Comments (39)"Minnie, the remote is in the bathroom or the kitchen. You absentmindedly had it in your hand when you went into the other room." that's what I thought too and even looked in the freezer. I found it after tearing the bedroom apart. it was on the bookshelf next to the bed on top of some audio tapes I listen to at night. It is the same width as the tapes. There was a twilight Zone or Tales of the darkside once that had an episode that when you leave a room these little guys come out and put everything in a different place and have to get it all back right before you come back sometimes they don't make the deadline!!...See Moremeskauskas
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