Math Is Not My Strong Point
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Comments (15)You can't sterilize your garden in winter. You're probably thinking of solarizing it, but you have to do that in the hottest part of summer, and it takes four to six weeks. Below is a link from Davis University explaining how to do it properly. There are no shortcuts. If the late blight (Phytophthora infestans) that has been causing a lot of trouble the past two years is what your problem it, solarizing may help, but you won't have a garden next year. Technically, late blight is not a fungus but a protist, or 'water mold' causing a disease that thrives and produces spores in humid environments and CAUSES INFECTION ONLY WHEN FREE WATER IS ON THE PLANTS. So, making a point of planting in the warmest, driest, sunniest spots will help prevent disease. And don't plant them too close together. The quicker the dew dries on your plants in the morning, the better their chances of survival. Don't overwater -- stick your finger into the soil (down to your second knuckle) around your plants; if the soil is damp at your fingertip, don't water, they're moist enough. Try to use some kind of drip irrigation instead of spraying them, and don't let the hose splash soil onto the leaves. Cleaning up all the contaminated debris in the garden and disposing of it (NOT composting it) off the property will help, too. Rotating the crops in your beds is crucial. Tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers are all in the affected family, so try not to plant them in the same beds more than once every three or more years. If you have any wild plants from that family (nightshade, any of the Physalis, datura and petunia nearby, get rid of them as they can harbor the disease. But the spores that cause it are windborne. You can do everything you can, and still have the spores blow in from somewhere else. Infected plants have been found at garden centers. Prevention is possible by applying a commercial copper spray or Bordeaux mix at least once a week when weather is humid or rainy, but BEFORE the disease attacks. Copper is accepted by most organic producers. READ THE ENTIRE LABEL, not just the mixing part, and follow it exactly. The pH of the water must be above 6.0, and more is not better. Another possible preventative is hydrogen peroxide (cheap, and less toxic than copper), sprayed as a 0.5% to 1% solution. Regular drugstore hydrogen peroxide is 3%, so you would mix a pint bottle of HP with two pints of water for a 1% solution, or with four pints of water for a 0.5% solution. I think. Math is not my strong point. But, really, you should get a soil test (ask your local Cooperative Extension Service/Master Gardener where) and use OMRI*-certified natural nutrients to bring it up to par. Healthy soil produces healthy plants. No, they're not totally immune to everything, but you'll give them a far better chance. *OMRI: Organic Materials Review Institute. If a product is on their list, the product will have a small OMRI logo on it. Sue Here is a link that might be useful: UC Davis- Solarizing garden soil...See MoreDish garden
Comments (31)Very nice! The subtle pattern on that fabric is perfect! It echoes their patterns nicely! I really like that yellowy one on the left. It is so intriguing! it appears to have great depth. I also have an amethyst geode somewhere. . . my brothers got it for me for a present once. I'm not up on all the terminology though. What is a nodule? I was also interested in rocks from a VERY young age (not as far away for me) =), and I used to collect them all whenever my parents would take me for a walk. Even common gravel was interesting to me. I have always taken long walks on beaches every year when my family would go camping to look for interesting rocks, so I have rocks from half-way across Canada. Haven't been to the east coast yet, but when I do, you can bet I will come back with some rocks. =) I found a rock once that I believe to be a geode. Someday I will get it cut open to see. It is perfectly egg-shaped, and half of the outer crust was broken off when I found it. There is also a chance that it is a fossilized dinosaur egg, I guess, but it would have to be one of the smaller dinos. I also used to break rocks open by smashing them with a larger rock, to see what was inside. You find lots of cool stuff that way! Lots of glitter and stripes and stuff that wasn't on the outside of the rock. One thing I've always wanted but never got was a rock tumbler. Someday. . . =)...See MoreWhat is this in the pit of my stomach?
Comments (88)What happened today, warmfridge? Going private is just as well. No one else is following us;-) That's a wierd looking faucet! I still like your pulls though. They look used. I bought some "fancy" brass and white pulls for a buck apiece but they aren't going to look right, I don't think. I'll know for sure after I get a real cabinet to hold them against but they're just not right. AND I was going to use oil rubbed bronze faucet which has a coppery undertone and the brass doesn't do anything for the faucet! Now I'm rethinking the faucet choice, too, because of our hard water. If my carpenter ever gets home from FLORIDA I'm going to ask about a wall mount. My window is only a couple of inches from the counter and I don't see how I could fit a faucet there. If I don't hurry up and get this kitchen finished I'll have enough stuff for THREE kitchens. It WAS only TWO kitchens two weeks ago. My carpenter is due home Feb.1 so I figured he'd be here that next Monday. I'm going to start taking trim off and cabinet doors off. Anything I can get off that won't really impact the room since it isn't insulated. I'd like to start on the walls but not until I call him and find out for sure what day he's coming. And I need to know if I should go ahead with the floor cardboard or if he wants to patch the hole that will be left from the peninsula first. One little project I need to be working on is thawing the overhead door on the building I keep "stuff" in. I'm a pack rat, reduce, reuse, recycle. He is too, thank goodness! We can make anything work with what we already have. But these constant snow storms have frozen everything shut and every door that isn't used daily has a 4 foot drift in front of it. That's good news, though, because they used to be 6 feet deep! I think my machine shed doors are still buried that deep. I have a couple of doors out there that I might use in the house but I didn't get them out last fall....no hurry. Now I can't get them out....See MoreLongest Blooming Daylilies 2018
Comments (30)I bought a daylily called Witches Hand in early May. It's bloomed from day one with only a 5 day break and is still going strong on Aug 24. It has 2 open flowers and at least 5 more buds. It's a red/yellow spider. I have about 8 other daylillies and none have even come close to this. Tried to get another [Bayport Flower House on LI] but they had none left. It's a Trophy Taker so i'm pretty sure i'll be able to get another next season. It's not even in my most sunny location....See Morerob333 (zone 7b)
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