Anyone making or using compost?

:) I have horses for that!!

funnily enough...they say that Human waste is even better than horse manure....
I think it is Japan or maybe china where they recycle all human waste into their vegie patches..LOLOL
This is a reason I dont eat chinese food from restaurants....cook me own, or rather my wife does HAHAHAHAHA

We compost everything possible, emptying it into a homemade compost bin and covered with an old carpet. The carpet serves two purposes: one extra heat, two cats like sitting on it and so deter rats etc. Incidentally apparently its unwise to compost either apples or parsnips as both are favoured by rats.
As for garlic, planted randomly amongst lettuces etc it helps deter rabbits.
French marigolds help with aphids as does a plant nicknamed Fried Egg Plant (I don't remember its proper name)

I would like to know how you made your compost bin Nirvana..I have a corner in my back yard that would be perfect for one. Don't know a thing about starting one.

I have an oak tree that has something wrong with it and I don't have a clue what to spray it with. Some of the leaves look opaque but the vien is still green. My first thought was bag worms but that isn't the case. Does anyone know what to do for my lovely tree? ****HELP****

what kind of oak is it,Dolittle?

I have a corner in my yard that i have a large piece of heavy metal around it.My husband turns it with a big pitch fork and he pours pepsi on it to get it cooking.Than he covers it with a metal covering.I also use manure when our garden is first tilled.

Dootlittle maybe this site can help.

http://www.phytosphere.com/publications/Oakdiseaseinsect.htm

Human waste omg i heard of that.I never eat the meat in chinese restaurants only the veggies.Oh yuk i'll stir fry at home.lol

bwildman, I think that tree is live oak but am not sure. found out today from the University garden expert that it had oak leaf caterpillars. they said not to do anything to it..it will be fine. thanks for responding!!
and thanks also to Foxy for that great site!!

Dolittle which site? The one about the tree or the one with all the hints?

The one about the tree..guess I missed the hints one!

it's a great site from A to Z

This is a great site pass it along.

http://www.recipegoldmine.com/house/house.html?l

Already got that one Foxy from the recipe f/s and did pass it around. It's a great site!

To make one is easy: 4 wooden pallets attached to each other by large hinges, bought in any DIY store. Nail these together. Cover with old carpet.
A good alternative is a large square incinerator, the type that look a bit like a cage. Line this with tough plastic, and cover with carpet.

if you set your front pallet a foot or so higher than the rest..you can access the bottom of the pile to either use or circulate.

Your right bw my husband put holes all around the metal we have our compost in for the air to circulate.I like making a tea from the compost and watering my garden with that.

even without frame, no problem - for ventilation, some rough material, stem-fractions and
branches on the ground, then stuff chopped finer - everything covered with a sward blanket,
rain as starter - in years I composted almost everything but black tea leaves, successfully ... ~*~

A friend of mine does it that way.He puts twigs on the ground and in between the compost,seems to work for him.

something like that I wanted to 'assemble' by
'stem-fractions' - short of the correct word, thanks :") ~*~

Have the"baby" tapping on my window and stealing my birdfeed....Lovely Black/Brown creature he is!!!

Depending on where you live it's time to clean your tools,and put them away for winter.

When is the best time to put tulip bulbs in? I live on the east coast of Canada and last year I put them in late Sept and they started to sprout after Hurricane Juan hit! Not usually that warm here in Oct!

You should then plan on then popping out out of the earth in the spring depending on if you have early, mid or late blooming tulips. If you have had a hard winter and the deer are hungry for fresh foliage, they may eat the buds and then you can forget blooms.

If you have trouble with squirrels etc. digging up your tulip bulbs. When your planting them place several in a cage built of chicken wire.

Better yet, plant 3 times the supply so both you and the wild life can enjoy. Makes for a great country life that way!

I have thousands of these lil devils on my 2 trees (shrubs)
brazillian cherries

this is what we know as brazilian cherries....are there any recipes on what to do with them :)

oh yes - the amount of vitamin c is promising :D pharmacy should know recipes anyway. ~*~

I found taking all the hair off my brushes and putting it in netting,place it around your flower garden or veggies.The critters smell human and stay away

but I was looking more for actual recipes...as in chutney, sauces etc :)

hehehe......hair is like poop it is good for the garden...dig it in and it breaks down but if you dont the birds like it to build nests. LOLOL

we brush our dawg everyday and let the fur fly, so to speak and the birds build nests with it :)

Check out the recipe board

This is used to scare birds,chipmunks and etc from the garden not for fertilizer.

are there recipes on there for Brazilian Cherries??

Or are you just talking about chtney and sauces in general..

Im looking for recipes using the cherries :)

thanks anyway :)

You can post or ask someone for what your looking for,this board is for gardening.

There is a recipe board for those that don't know it.

Does anyone know if you have to cut them in the fall?

I cut mine down to the ground after the frost kills the tops. Have done this for years but no idea what the experts recommend.

same here,volant.

Tinned peas. :)

Thanks guys i guess i'll have to get hunny to start cutting

Thanks for that :) appreciated :)

No problem

Depending on where you live its garlic time........I planted 12 cloves and hoping i get some good sized bulbs.Garlic comes up in the Spring but not ready till late August early September.

what kind did you plant,Foxy?
I used to have a great patch of "elephant"garlic myself.Grows quick,hardy....and keeping 3 back,gives you the next years crop:)

Hi BW just the regular small cloves,but you gave me an idea.:)

I've been told that honey applied to cuttings acts as a rooting horemone. My question is has anybody ever tried this, and if so how successful was it?

Thats one i never heard of but i'd try it to see if it works.