Archive for August, 2008
Aug
30
Posted by Adina
The longer I garden naturally the more I understand that there are just a few hard fast rules for how one manages or lives with the garden. The rest is fluid, not so rule bound. If it works right your organic garden is a part of your property’s micro-ecosystem.
The rules I have chosen to [...]
Tags: organic insect control
Aug
27
Posted by Adina
I have some new friends. They are Rabbits. They are my guests, and they are my employees too.
Here’s the deal; I adopted them from Creature Safe Place. They needed a loving home. I built them a bunker. O.k., it was supposed to be a hutch but it is so predator proof that [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Bunny Rabbits
Aug
26
Posted by Adina
I made the acquaintance of a lovely lady tonight. I am sure we will be fast friends. I was a guest in her home and I brought her a plant from my garden for hers. She recognized a garden advocate in me and asked me about how she might control some pesky [...]
Tags: organic insect control
Aug
24
Posted by Adina
This is an excellent article from the Cornell Waste Management Web Site.
I don’t know about you, but it makes me want to run right out and see how many of these invertebrates I can find in my compost heap.
Invertebrates of the Compost Pile
Written by Nancy Trautmann, Cornell Center for the Environment
In small-scale outdoor composting [...]
Tags: Composting
Aug
22
Posted by Adina
Ahhhh Manure. Where to start? One can’t very well be a great natural gardener without recognizing the power of the poo, the might and magic of manure.
Manure is compost, manure can be added to compost, added to garden soil, or even used as a side dressing for established plants.
Those creatures whose manure we [...]
Tags: Manure
Aug
22
Posted by Adina
Creature Safe Place is an awesome not for profit wildlife rescue organization as well as a great friend of ours here at Manure Depot.
My amazing friend Wynn with the help of her also amazing husband Bob nurse, house, rehabilitate, and sometimes provide hospice for injured wild life. At any given time at Creature Safe Place [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Wildlife rescue
Aug
21
Posted by Adina
Leaves are gold. Leaves are a compost lover’s dream. If you want black gold for your vegetable garden there is nothing better than brown crunchy leaves, and up north a bit where many of the trees are deciduous that is the gold mine.
I grew up in Maryland in the suburbs. My father always kept [...]
Tags: composting