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Comments (2)Why would you want to add to air pollution by burning material that is better either composted or buried in the soil? There is lots of research out the that shows that by either composting or burying diseased plant tissue in the soil, providing that soil is good and healthy, the soil bacteria will develop anti bodies to that disease and lessen your chance of having it in the future. The garden writters that recommend burning or otherwise destroying diseased palant tissue are simply following decades old advice that should no longer apply. Here is a link that might be useful: Dr. Hointinks thoughts on disposing of garden waste...See MoreBetter Price on Heavy Duty Garden Clean up Bags?
Comments (25)th you hostaholic. will report back from the battlefront!(the searching battlefront, that is!) along w the rest of you who depend on these bags, some of my fav things about them are: they are MAJOR lightweight- like a feather- and because of this and their loosely formed structure, they can be set down anywhere, even temporarily on top of plants. they don't have a 'rigid' bottom, like the barrel form of them, so they can just be tossed on the ground and they will open up to receive your tossed debris (their wideness makes exact aim not so critical as it is with other clean-up receptacles.) i think i made up that word,'wideness'? 'Width' just wasn't a big enough word for me i guess. Anyway, i am notorious for going out into the gardens unprepared; yanking out my snippies and willy nilly pruning away and tossing stuff on the ground. And in this perpetual cartoon, My Love is running up behind me and tossing down the clean- up bag! anyway, now that i'm actually starting to remember to grab one on my way out, we want more of them, so thus The Quest. best, Mindy The Cotton-Arbo retum...See MoreVeggie Garden clean up?
Comments (5)If I can, and that all depends on all kinds of different factors, I pull everything up and compost it, because at the same time I'm generating all kinds of stuff from canning and processing and lawn mowing and leaf raking, and make a good -sized compost heap to start cooking. Call that compost heap "A". Then, I roll up my black polypropylene weed barrier, and all along the vertical hog panels, I lightly turn in compost from heap "B", which is at least 18 months old, since it takes forever for newspaper to break down. In the spring, when I want to plant stuff, its pretty well broken down and mixed in, and I can very easily mix it up a bit with a hand trowel. I used to till fall and spring, but I don't any more, too much trouble to take down the panels and set them up again. Now I only till where I plant the garlic, and even that I may not do this year. Instead of a dedicated garlic bed, I'll try to plant it along the panels, and 'companion plant' tomatoes, melons, and so on next year. I pull it before the rest of the stuff gets big. Anyway, I really like to be able to just wander out and plant things in the spring, and not have to worry about the soil....See MoreIs your garden all cleaned up?
Comments (8)Here in Green Bay there are still masses of bright lemon yellow mums, which will bloom until Thanksgiving. The ornamental grasses are at their peak right now. Shrub roses Bonica, Iceland, and Carefree Wonder keep spitting out a few flowers. There are a few Stella daylily flowers, sweet alyssum flowers, some Blanket Flowers. Every single flower is good for the soul! Spirea bushes have glorious yellow, orange and red leaves now, as do the blueberries. My vegetable garden still has Bright Lights Swiss chard, kohlrabi, and carrots. I finally picked the last of the butternut squash today. As flowers and vegetables finish up and are no longer beautiful or edible, I remove the litter. I am happy to keep working in my yard into December!...See More- 6 years ago
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