Comments on: 2014 pledge: more mulch, no spray (inspired by ruth stout)

By: louis desena

louis desena — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:58:22 +0000

thanks to your info over the years Margaret I use organic fertilizer,straw,mature farm compost,fish emulsion,bone meal,kelp meal,blood meal,pellitized chicken manure,pelletized calcium,cover crops of alfalfa and commom buckwheat,and Epsom salt.

By: margaret

margaret — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:15:05 +0000

In reply to Shannon Johnson.

Thanks Shannon for the personal insights, and welcome!

By: Shannon Johnson

Shannon Johnson — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:54:22 +0000

We use everything, even hair clippings, I our garden. I’m not much for sprays and fertilizers. They only seem to burn my plants. My grandparents taught us to compost by digging a hole in the bed and burying the organic waste. No turning or setting a spot aside. The bugs do their thing and the nutrients are deliver to the soil without more work. I had not considered layering my corn stalks over my growing beds. I use them over the winter months with evergreen boughs to cover perennials. As for the hair, if you were wondering, the smell can deter squirrels, raccoons and ground hogs for a while!