Your winter garden looks great. It must be very cheering to see all that green when the weather is at its coldest.<br><br>You were also very thorough in...
Hello one and all,<br><br>I'm Tony and just yesterday found this group and just this morning joined in. I'm so new to organic gardening that all I have at the...
Hi Capt,<br>I work on an organic site that might give you some helpful information. It has to do mostly with pest management, insect identification, and what ...
Thanks Marsha, Quite a critter list you have on your site! I'll have to keep it bookmarked. Hopefully by Spring I will have decided if I'm moving or not and...
I have three cats and there are plenty in my neighborhood. I have one litter box outside to givethe cats a more desirable spot than my beds. I use a variety of...
I have recently heard to use lavender oil on cotton balls and place out in the spots the cats are frequencing. I have never tried it so I can not give my ...
Hi Annodg: I am going to try that also . Thanks for the idea. I grew mugwort thinking it would make rats and cats stay away. But I realize now that it just...
i would like opinions about this idea i have. we asked our landlord to get us a recycling container, and he got us two of them. i am thinking of taking the ...
Absolutely it will work. Look on the web for "vermicomposting," and you should get plenty of information. I currently have a plastic bin that I use. I put in...
Red wigglers will take raw material, such as decaying vegetation, manure, paper, coffee grounds, and turn it into worm castings, which makes a great soil ...
I have a couple buckets of good stuff after changing the bedding just recently. I like working with worms. All my kitchen garbage, trimmings, eggs shells etc...
How do you work with the worms? Do you let them completely compost a bin and then you start all over with new worms? <br><br>Or, do you take the good stuff and...
Once you get your starter of worms you shouldn't have to get anymore. Set up your bin with bedding properly damp and add your worms. Then I just keep adding ...
Harvesting the castings from the worm bin is the trickest part of this endeavor. I basically do the same as the previous poster, but I hang a spotlight over...
... of ... why is that? i understand that animal byproducts attract rodents (which isn't an issue for me, since i'm a vegetarian), but why no citrus? and why...
Last year, I bought tomato plants, plant food, pots, potting soil, the 'works', spent hours with planting, used the wire tomato domes, plants grew, tiny...
Next year, I am planning on putting together a "mini grape vineyard". The vineyard will contain "desert grapes" not wine grapes. My growing area is Northwest...
I want to beautify an area where the pool filter is with flowering plants, such as roses or bedding plants. What effects, if any, would the chlorinated water...
... Hi, Kathy - I don't know about the effects of chlorinated water or diatomaceous earth, but some moisture-loving plants you may want to try are siberian or...
looking for approx 3-5 acres of land in southern new york state. to start an herb farm. have very little income and would like to barter, work exchange for the...
hi everyone-- i'm looking for approx 3-5 acres of land in southern new york state. to start an organic herb farm. have very little income and would like to...
hi everyone, i've just signed on to this list and i'm hoping you can help. i'm looking for approx 3-5 acres of land in southern new york state. to start an...
Help! My eggplants are being decimated by flea beetles. I am sure they are waiting to move to all the other plants. As I live on a creek, I cannot use a...
