Pappy

we never have any luck with onions. I may need some pointers for next year.     My peppers are the same steelnut very small plants but they are yielding peppers. Nothing like the previous years where I have huge plants and got arywhere from 10 to 15 plants on each plant over the season. Now it is still early so they may perk up.

well junk the gate to the garden is unlocked.

Anyone else hany pics.  Rank63 any pics on your end. especially those potato's. We will have to see if it worked. I am thinking my yield wont be to big condidering I let threm grow to big before sadding dirt. but they spurted up so fast it was hard to keep up with.

well found the post where I said about the potato bin but the pic was gone.  I do believe I let mine grow to tall before adding more dirt and this stunts the root growth and they become stems instead so Hopefully I can get 25 pounds of potatos out of it and not the hundred or so I was hoping or maybe there will not be any or only a couple handfuls. Either way it was fun doing it.

I did find the instructions again on the web.

well after reading this thread again My apple tree this year still has nothing on it I may have to have cut it back like dogg did and see but no worries because I did find that small farm I was looking for and it just happens to have lots of apple and pear trees on it.

I have never had tomatoes ripe this early. Heck usually it isn't till late August /September before we do. The peppers usually are out way before the tomato's are. I am hoping my tomato's don't all ripen up before I get my peppers. I love my wife's spaghetti sauce especially when she uses the hot peppers in it.

I couldn't find the thread but I did see where a member Bub likes to grow potatos from back in 2009. Maybe he/she I am guessing  he can give us some pointers.

I just put newspaper down and cover it with mushroom compost but you could use anything that you want to till back into the soil. I am thinking leaves would be great not the first year but second. I have piles of leaves that have been composting a bit(lol just lying in the woods where my wife threw them.) She has a vac(It is a leaf blower and vac.) that she uses to suck them up into and into a garbage can and then dumps them. They are shredded nice and compost quicker.

I did the same thing we had some heavy duty pallets that were being thrown away so I tore them apart and used them. I did post about this last fall or in the winter I believe about making these bins it may still be on GoDuBois I will have to look. I just filled up with mushroom compost I had left over from last year and also some soil just laying around form old flower pots etc.

The plants are around 40" tall right now as big as the corn my wife has planted. I do have to add another board on today as you can see and finish filling it up to the board you see now. I am out of soil so may have to stop here in a bit and get some more compost I think. I could just buy bags of soil but I would need a lot as this bin is 42"x42" square.

If you look you can see potato's outside  the bin that sprung up long before we planted these and they are only about 24"tall

as you can tell I hate weeds also and weeding so the upper garden with the potatoes has newspaper layers with mushroom compost on it and the lower garden the one with the tomato's has weed cloth and mushrrom compost- horse manure on it. It may be the manure or the rain is all I can figure as to why my plants are small. Althoug since I put my pipe in the ground to support them and it has been sunny they sure have perked up quite a bit.

I have red tomato's already. The plants are not as bushy as they have been in the past but I have lots of fruit on them and that is all that counts. I never have had tomato's this early before and I planted about the second week of June. My potato bin is working great as far as bushy and tall potato plants. They are up to the middle of my belly and should grow to between four and five foot tall but not sure if there are any potato's on the plants though. Maybe I will take a pic of the bin I made and in a few weeks pull the bottom board off and see if that layer has any potatoes.

I had this in my facebook a few days ago. I have never tried it.  Not sure if the baking soda will harm your plants though.

INGREDIENTS
1 empty water bottle
(Cut it down to about 2" tall)
5 Tbsp of baking soda
5 Tbsp of powdered sugar
3 Tbsp of water

The very best way of eliminating ants is truly simple:

Take a small amount of powdered sugar (also called icing sugar) and mix it with an equal amount of baking soda (formally called sodium bicarbonate) and water.

Powdered sugar is essential. You cannot use the larger grains of sugar for this..

Mix the two powders together and then place small amounts against the walls or other areas where you would not normally walk but where you would normally see the ants.

The ants will be attracted to the sugar and will eat some of it and collect more to take home to feed others, so all of them will get their share.

The sugar and baking soda powders are similar in size and, once mixed together, the ants cannot separate the two items, so, as they eat the sugar, they will also ingest the baking soda, which they would otherwise never touch. This is the reason for using powdered sugar.

Once the ants eat the baking soda it will react with the formic acid in their stomachs and cause gas. The bodies of ants are unlike humans and they cannot eliminate gas so it will build up inside and eliminate them.

Wow I am speechless. I never met her except to chat on here and through messages and knew she had some health issues but she never complained and said all was well. She will be missed here and in RL. Prayers for her children and other family members. I enjoyed her comments and she will be missed. It is strange how someone you never met can have a deep impact on your life.

What Would Life Be

by Scott Wheeler, Sr

What would life be with out friends like thee
I'll tell you, like no longer being free.
Imagine what life would be so sad and blue
To go through life without that special you.
And I know we live so far away
Through the internet we are like castaways
Never get to touch or hug you for this I only pray
For some day I hope we can meet
To hug and laugh and dance to the beat
I know this would be a treat
For now this is all I see
Is my good friend here with me
Just think what life would be
Without friends like thee

 

http://ewao.com/a/1-he-holds-the-patent-that-could-destroy-monsanto-and-change-the-world

March 9th, 2015

If there's anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically shift the world in a variety of positive ways.

And as Monsanto would love for this article to not go viral, all we can ask is that you share, share, share the information being presented so that it can reach as many people as possible.

In 2006, a patent was granted to a man named Paul Stamets. Though Paul is the world's leading mycologist, his patent has received very little attention and exposure. Why is that? Stated by executives in the pesticide industry, this patent represents “the most disruptive technology we have ever witnessed.” And when the executives say disruptive, they are referring to it being disruptive to the chemical pesticides industry.  

What has Paul discovered? The mycologist has figured out how to use mother nature's own creations to keep insects from destroying crops. It's what is being called SMART pesticides. These pesticides provide safe & nearly permanent solution for controlling over 200,000 species of insects - and all thanks to the 'magic' of mushrooms.

Paul does this by taking entomopathogenic Fungi (fungi that destroys insects) and morphs it so it does not produce spores. In turn, this actually attracts the insects who then eat and turn into fungi from the inside out!

This patent has potential to revolutionize the way humans grow crops – if it can be allowed to reach mass exposure.

To tolerate the use of pesticides in modern agriculture is to deny evidence proving its detrimental effects against the environment. Such ignorance really can no longer be tolerated. For example, can you imagine a world without bees? Monsanto's chemical concoctions which are being sprayed all over farmers' fields around the world are attributed to the large-scale bee die off. While a growing number of countries are banning Monsanto, it's still being used in  in nations who should  be aware of its dangers. To say that  new methods  need to be implemented before it is too late is an understatement.  

Monsanto presently generates $16 billion dollars per year (as reported in 2014), therefore you can be certain they do not want anything interrupting that flow of revenue. Such income gives them nearly limitless resources and abilities to suppress information that may be damaging their reputation.

April 18, 2015

by Samantha Keene

Vanilla Cashew-Almond Milk (makes 4 cups)

~ gluten free, vegan, sugar free, soy free ~

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup raw almonds
• 1/2 cup raw cashews
• 1/2 vanilla bean pod, beans scraped
• 1/4 tsp of Himalayan sea salt
• 4 cups filtered water

Directions

1. Place your raw nuts in a container (or right in the blender to save yourself from washing more dishes), cover with water, and soak overnight.
2. When you

Wouldn't it make more economic sense to buy a couple of chickens and if it "doesn't work out" make soup? I don't suppose you would need much of a coup for  two chickens. Those still warm eggs have to cost around $10 a dozen and I don't suppose they provide food and bedding. Wonder what the hourly billing rate for a chicken is? Probably more than your plumber or lawyer. 

you would think they would realize they could do this for a lot less than renting chickens(had to laugh when I read this)  but there are people who live in large cities who think they are educated but are complete morons. I mean look who they elected. Duh!  I could probably sell them used toilet water and they would drink it. Kudos to the guy who thought of this because he knew you could sell anything to people from large cities just wish I would have thought of it first haha

yep all three are rotties of a sort. The top right one is full blooded the other two are mix.

old3dogg and shmoopie had a good Idea posting their adopted pets. Here are mine.

and the youngest

Dogs are the best. Except mine. He's a pain in the butt. I recently renamed him In And Out.

 

And I just typed this silliness to keep this post alive.

 

I love my dog.

nothing silly there

Thought I would post a few more pics in case people did not want to go to the article.

15 Before & After Pics Show The Difference A Day Of Adoption Can Make To A Shelter Pet

February 3, 2015 by Arjun Walia.

I found these pictures floating around on the web and had to share them. I grew up with a dog who was abandoned and dropped off at a shelter. He had many problems, so much so that it is highly doubtful that another family would have taken him in. He would have been euthanized.

I have also grown up with a dog that was not adopted out of a shelter, and I feel that animals who are taken away from crummy, heartbreaking circumstances display a higher

If you are in my area I recommend feeding the Gator especially pasta or Chinese or better yet Elk Steaks and Elk Burgers..        

   LOL

Sorry for your loss Etsaunt.

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From the silence of your pain I heard my name
       and on the wings of light I have come
              to see the sadness in your eyes
                     that cry without tears

Can you see me, I am here
       I will always be near you
              to calm your shattered heart
                     and to make you smile at the memories

Do you feel me, perhaps a soft brush of fur
       You ache to believe it's real
              but you are afraid to hope
                     You brush away a strand of hair
                            But it was I, whispering.....

I am only here for but a moment
       The silver thread gently quivers
              I will leave behind my love in a dream
                     When you awaken, and without really knowing why

Your heart will know at last
           That it is all right, for now
                     to say good-bye