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Learning from Gardening

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Nov 19, 2011 | 11:27 AM PST

Here's what I learned this year from gardening:

1.  Bunny poop should also be called rocket fuel.

2.  My homemade organic spray works just as well as Sevin.

3.  The stake-and-weave method works really well for tomatoes.

4.  Inter-planting can save whole plants.

5.  As soon as you're ready to give up, your problem will get better or go away.

What dod you learn?

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barbie_b-45	Nov 19, 2011 | 12:50 PM PST I luv your 'new learned' pcs. of knowledge. Can you tell us your Sevin recipe? I learned that I will plant lots more fall potatoes next Aug., God willing. The straw-over method is so simple and the harvesting is so much fun. Also when you use an eye from a Red Potato, you really do get RED potatoes!! I love my worms in the garden and I try to sqwush as many grubs as I can, instead of using pesticides. I will also sow dwarf romaine lettuce in Feb. again, for replanting end of March. I'm just retired so will do more next time!!
barbie_b-45	Nov 19, 2011 | 12:51 PM PST Oh, yes, what is inter-planting? Thanks.
txrose	Nov 19, 2011 | 1:13 PM PST 1. That the tire method works for red potatoes. Making me feel like I can really garden. 2. You need water to make your garden grow. 3. Rain Barrels, & Drought resistant plants are much needed. 4. I love Lantana because it grows without any help from me...in many colors. 5. I will only commit to a garden area as big as I can take care of by myself. 6. Somethings are better left to buy from area farmers market. Last edited by txrose on November 19th at 4:57 PM.
hillbilly	Nov 19, 2011 | 2:14 PM PST 1. I'm old and crippled, but I ask God for another year of gardening.
sinclair45	Nov 21, 2011 | 1:25 PM PST hillbilly I love your comment..that is how I felt this year..hahaha
bussete1	Nov 21, 2011 | 3:11 PM PST I love it, Hillbilly! Inter-planting is when you plant more than one thing together. For example, I let my pole beans climb up my corn this year. The beans saved my corn from japanese beetles.
bussete1	Nov 21, 2011 | 3:20 PM PST Here's my recipe that works just as well as Sevin. 1-2 cloves garlic ceyenne pepper Vegetable Oil Dish Soap 1 Tbsp baking soda Crush garlic and put in small sealable container. Add ceyenne pepper and enough oil to cover the clove(s). Seal and let soak 8 hrs. Strain into an old Windex bottle. Add HOT water till almost full. Add a couple drops dish soap and baking soda. Spray at dusk or the soap will burn the plants. Garlic and ceyenne keep most pests away. The soap will kill all soft-bodied bugs. Hot water activates the soap. Baking soda helps ward off diseases. I think I got this recipe from this site, but I can't remember from whom.

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