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Alafalfa pellets. Anyone use em? How do you use em?
Comments (18)I remember finding a recipe on rose forum...Lets me see if I can find it now.. Here is one post I kept: Angela, I do what Pete does, just put a cup or so of alfalfa pellets under the mulch and close in to the base of the plant, and then soak with a little water. But, to get to your question, a good recipe to start off with is probably the original recipe for alfalfa tea, as described by Howard Walters, the Rosarian Rambler, in an ARS article: "Alfalfa tea is a great spring or fall potion that doesn't interfere with normal seasonal processes. Alfalfa tea releases a growth hormone that makes everything work better. Just add 10 to 12 cups of alfalfa meal or pellets to a 32-gallon plastic garbage can (with a lid), add water, stir and steep for four or five days, stirring occasionally. You may also "fortify" with 2 cups of Epsom salts, 1/2 cup of Sequestrene® (chelated iron, now called Sprint 330) or your favorite trace element elixir. The tea will start to smell in about three days. Keep the lid ON. Use about a gallon of mix on large rose bushes, 1/3 that much on mini's. And keep the water going. When you get to the bottom of the barrel, add water to fill it up again! One load of meal or pellets will brew up two barrels full, but add more fortifiers for the second barrel. You'll see greener growth and stronger stems within a week." I stir the "witch brew" almost every day...Keep it or 3-7 days, and then water everything with it- other plants besides roses will appreciate the "potion". Gardeners from upnorth recommend using it a few times a year, but I use it here a lot more often. I like to put a trashcan out in the rain, so it gets filled up. Then, add the pellets and wait for it to brew. Hope it helps :) Olya...See MoreHow to safely install European Cooktop to use in US?
Comments (16)Most US residential households have 120V center-tapped two phase service (some big apartment buildings are different). Most European systems are 220V (confusingly called 230V) three phase service in a Wye configuration. The nominal difference between 220V and 240V is negligible in practice. All modern electric equipment is built to handle these small differences. If in doubt, check the appliance's documentation. Sometimes, you have to change a configuration option for optimal performance. Also, the difference between 50 Hz (Europe) and 60 Hz (US) is generally fine. You can in principle get away with smaller-size built-in transformers when using a European appliance in the US; and on the other hand, you'll drive any frequency synchronized equipment 20% too fast. It's unlikely this would affect your stove. And in fact, I'd expect the ratings plate to show you that the equipment is compatible with a range of frequencies. Some American 240V appliances use the center tap to drive a subset of the electronics at 120V and the rest at 240V. This is not really doable in Europe, and thus they don't require a 120V input. That's why you don't expect to see two hot wires and one neutral wire on these appliances, whereas American appliances frequently have that. Instead, you'll have one hot and one neutral. When you connect the appliance in the US, you'll instead connect it as if it had two hot wires. The neutral on the appliance becomes the second hot wire. This is not what the manufacturer expected, but it doesn't really matter much in practice. European equipment doesn't rely on polarized plugs (there is no such thing). So, it is always designed to be compatible with two hots, even if it never would be connected that way in Europe. The reason this sounds scary is that really old US equipment didn't distinguish between ground and neutral. In Europe, whole-house GFCI has been a standard for more than half a century. So, this was never an option. Neutral would never be connected to the chassis. So, even if the appliance has something that is labelled as neutral, it is fully interchangeable with the hot wire. This is all really basic physics. But electricians are frequently trained to memorize regulations instead of understanding the underlying principles. This makes it difficult for them to transfer knowledge from one domain to another one. My best suggestion is to find a different electrician who is more comfortable with cross-referencing both physics and local regulations. I can try to explain the physics, but you obviously need a trained electrician to figure out how to apply all of this so that it results in a safe and approved configuration. If your electrician regularly works with commercial equipment, he might be more comfortable with how electrical systems can be configured....See MoreHow some could have changed US$7,900. into US$9,700. in 6 - 8 mos
Comments (6)One needs to be careful where one exchanges currency. Some time ago a young person who'd spent time in western Canada and then lived in the southwestern U.S. (TX, OK, etc. I think) had an aunt die in Canada, leaving her 20 - 30 thousand dollars from her estate. When the lawyer sent the cheque, in Candian dollars (which was what the bequest had been), when she took it to a bank in her area, they wanted something over $1,000. as an exchange fee, I think ... she came on here asking what to do. I think that many smaller banks, unfamiliar with such activities, are unfamiliar with how to do it efficiently. I told her to send it back to the major Canadian city where she'd lived, where they do that all the time and where they knew her (for ease of dealing with the cheque, not related to the exchange aspect of the situation), that they'd give her appropriate exchange, usually about 1% (or less for larger amounts). She did, and paid a low fee. (I told her that she owed me a dinner, some time when we got together). Her husband had been U.S. military, I think. The more that one knows about money, the more effectively that one can use it. During a number of years as a personal finacial advisor, I've said to a great number of people that learning how money works is an interesting hobby ... and it pays well. A local guy, authour of a book, "Financial Freedom without Sacrifice", has said for years that they should teach kids in school how to manage money. I agree: I heartily dislike seeing people get scammed, especially financially. ole joyful...See Moreshow us how you use old dead stumps
Comments (8)OK... here are some pictures of stumps/logs used in our garden. We had a dead pine and a dying pussy willow taken down last fall. Here is the 'Wolf Eyes' dogwood we planted this spring by the pine stump. I would have liked to plant it closer to the stump but the dogwood tree - assuming this one lives longer that the first one we planted! - would block the paths in that area if we planted it closer to the stump. Hopefully it is close enough for the roots to get the benefit of moisture and nutrients held in the stump. And here is 'Empress Wu' hosta by the willow stump. With the willow gone, this area has now become quite sunny. It is in the 'wet corner' area so is quite moist in spring but dries out in summer. Hopefully the stump will keep the hosta supplied with moisture longer and help it cope with the sunnier conditions. The white trilliums here really seem to thrive with the trunk of a dead apple tree providing shelter. In May: Yesterday: The red trilliums in a nearby bed were not doing as well as the white ones so I added a small cedar log in May this year: Yesterday: I also use pine logs as edging in some areas - useful to make a somewhat raised bed. They last about 10 years before they need replacing. A few examples: (Beside the shed.) (In the north alley - the snails have been partying on the astilboides!) (This log helps direct surface run-off past the shed and towards the 'wet corner') Stumps and deadwood are very useful things!...See More- 24 years ago
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