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Post by meemo on Oct 19, 2012 13:23:12 GMT -5
Here ya go Valerie. We'll see how this goes.
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Post by Sheila on Oct 19, 2012 14:00:48 GMT -5
Got mine last week gonna start reading it this weekend.
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Post by bob on Oct 19, 2012 22:55:35 GMT -5
I haven't had much time this week to read Countryside, but I skimmed through and found the little article about growing stuff on a straw bale. That sounds kind of interesting. Page 15
It would save a ton of bending over, which is what I need if I am to do any amount of gardening anymore.
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Post by Valerie on Oct 20, 2012 10:37:53 GMT -5
I liked that article, too. It seemed to be much more permanent of an arrangement than some of those types of ideas. Just keep piling on more dirt and more hay! Oh, shoot, I just realized it is straw, not hay. I guess if I tried that I'd wind up with a giant bermuda grass ball.  That's the only stuff they sell in bales around here, besides pine straw. |
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Post by Granny Smith on Oct 20, 2012 13:21:20 GMT -5
Pine straw might work if you added some lime to tone down the acidity.
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Post by mysisteringa on Oct 20, 2012 13:30:48 GMT -5
Bales of anything around here are an invitation to rats and mice to make themselves at home! They love to burrow in the stuff. I'm afraid it might encourage fire ants also. They sometimes get in my compost pile and seem to be attracted to piles of anything. I even have to be careful about putting out too much mulch for the same reasons.
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Post by weg on Oct 21, 2012 9:58:33 GMT -5
Got my copy a few weeks ago.I havent taken the time to read it yet.
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Post by meemo on Oct 21, 2012 16:03:52 GMT -5
I havent tried anything like that here so I dont know if critters would be a problem. I'll keep that in mind.
Bob, not having to bend as far was my reason for wanting to try it. I think I would use tomato stakes on both of the long sides to keep it steadier.
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Post by Valerie on Oct 21, 2012 19:29:33 GMT -5
OMG, Mary, I didn't even think about fire ants. Every compost pile I've ever had turned into a giant fire ant mound. I'm glad you reminded me!
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Post by bob on Oct 21, 2012 20:19:03 GMT -5
Maybe it is only a good idea for those of us in a climate that is too cold to support fire ants. What a bummer.  I had a thought about putting chicken wire around the outside to keep everything in place. What do you think? |
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Post by mysisteringa on Oct 21, 2012 20:34:46 GMT -5
Chicken wire would work, but it's expensive here. (not sure about Wisconsin) Any kind of fencing wire would work, I think. Or just stakes around it. I sure wish I could use this method here. I love the idea of a high raised bed, but can't figure how to do it inexpensively.
Yeah, Valerie. You're welcome and they are probably worse down in S.GA.
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Post by bob on Nov 1, 2012 22:42:54 GMT -5
Somebody must have found something else interesting by now.
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Post by Valerie on Nov 3, 2012 17:24:44 GMT -5
LOL! I love the candy recipes, Bob! Actually, mine got moved when I was cleaning off tables for DJ's birthday, so I haven't been looking at it much this week. I usually read it the day it comes or the next day.  |
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Post by bob on Nov 3, 2012 20:30:10 GMT -5
I know what you mean Valerie. I look at it right away also and "plan to look at it later" Well, later never seems to come. I think we are all like that. Something else always comes along.
Tomorrow I am free, except for the Packer game, so I am going to try to read some more.
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Post by michelle on Nov 4, 2012 14:37:21 GMT -5
I loved the story about the pigs.
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That's the only stuff they sell in bales around here, besides pine straw.
