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Getting into the garden is more than a work detail, although it certainly involves that, and only that, sometimes. I was thinkingof all the…Continue
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EDIBLE LANDSCAPE RESOURCE GUIDE
Vegetables and HerbsAbundant Life SeedsBox 157 Saginaw, OR 97472-0157(541) 767-9606www.abundantlifeseeds.comOffers 100% certified organic vegetable, herb, and…Continue
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EDIBLE OF THE MONTH: Lemons and Limes
Winter is citrus time in much of the country. Whether you're eating citrus shipped from warmer climates or lucky enough to live in a climate where you can grow citrus yourself, now is the time to enjoy these luscious fruits.While oranges and…Continue
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EDIBLE OF THE MONTH: CELERIAC
At first sight, Celeriac (AKA Celery Root) is a homely oddball. If you're not quite sure what it looks like, how to use it or even how to pronounce it…Continue
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Reminders For December...Then, It's All Downhill 'til Spring
Store Pesticides and Fertilizers ProperlyStore clearly labelled liquid fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides where they will not freeze.…Continue
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ROMANTIC COSMOS
In Focus: Romantic Cosmos When you think of Cosmos, you may be reminded of grandmotherly gardens from yesteryear~warm and sunny retreats with bees happily…Continue
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Welcome wee soozy! Nice to see you sign up...any questions...ask away! Make yourself at home and join in with comments, photos...whatever makes you feel good! We'll talk again soon...I'm always in and out myself! Jim
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Sandblasting Weeds??? Well, THAT Should Work...
Winter is a good time to catch up on my reading, and I recently came across an interesting article offering another method to organically control weeds. It's sandblasting! Actually it's more accurately called grit blasting. A researcher at the University of Minnesota is experimenting with grinding up walnut hulls or corn cobs into a gritty powder. Then he uses a conventional sand blaster to spray the grit, under high pressure, on young weed seedlings.
Frank Forcella, from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), tried this method on a corn patch this past summer, blasting the weeds while they were young and the corn was at the one to three leaf stage. He found that one blast of the young weeds at this stage gave the equivalent of 87% weed reduction at the end of the season in test plots. The yields of the corn in the blasted rows was equivalent to the hand weeded corn rows nearby.
He's going to continue experimenting with this blasting technique to control weeds, but it made me think this could be a simple method for a home gardener to use to stop weeds before they get out of hand. Of course, the key with this or any mechanical method, such as hoeing or flaming weeds, is to start early in the season while weeds are small. Once the weeds get out of control, you might as well head to the beach.
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