I am for comfrey. and I have a goat, tell me how to USE goat poop without burning up the plant roots?
Very neat bags. I have the 18 lb cat chow bags that I need a use for. hmmmm
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2013 N Central TX RU April 21st in Arlington #1 TRADE
If it's properly aged, it won't burn. Just let it set for a year and you'll be fine.
Thanks, Angel, for the offer of bags, but Waco is 90 miles east from where I live and I seldom travel that way.
I am putting the goat poop in black trash bags inside heavy plastic livestock feed sacks. Seems appropriate. lol
I am so sorry I am going to have to miss this year's trade as I have booked a craft bazaar for the same day!!! Hope the weather will be good for you all!! Going to miss seeing everyone too!!!!
Gypsi, got you down for the blue salvia. Just a little more info: it's some kind of guaranitica, light blue flowers, spreads like wildfire. Kim (blueeyes) gave me a tiny little start 3-4 years ago, and the next thing I knew it had filled a 4x4 area. I wish my black-and-blue would do that! It's very pretty, but you might want to pot it.
I have 3 or 4 little (2-3") Texas native gold columbines coming up that I can share if anyone wants them. Not big enough to bloom this year, but will next March.
Here is one of several discourses on manure. this one is from Dogsnpetunias (glenna)
Llama poo is not a hot manure, so can be used directly on the beds. I would suggest that you first put it out in the sun, maybe in a wheelbarrow or tray, to get a lot of the weed seed to germinate before spreading on your beds because it does contain weed seed. A little sun and a slight bit of moisture and you'll see lots of germination.
In its "natural" form, llama poop is a very firm "bean." So what you received from me has been crushed. I just don't like the looks of llama "beans" in my yard but some people use it without crushing it. It breaks down really slow in that form. Llamas select a few sites in the pasture as their potty spots and all go there. Even the little babies will go to the potty spot within a couple hours of birth. So it is easy to gather the manure but, of course, weed and grass seed gets raked up with it, along with what seed has not been killed by the digestion process. Llamas are what is called a modified ruminant. Their stomach has three compartments and destroys more of the weed seed than, for example, a horse whose digestion goes through one long "tube" and straight out without processing it as much.
And I'm sure that is FAR more than you ever wanted to know but now you do !! LOL.
I thought that I had read somewhere that goat and rabbit manure are also "cold" manure but maybe someone knows more about that than I and can chime in.
That was great info Marty.
Glenna is such a neat person, I remember she gave us the llama manure in lovely little muslin bags with a drawstring, a wonderful prize indeed.!!!
Oh yeah the bags are sown into totes, sorry I wasn't clear on that LOL. I go through a large bag of dog food every week and a half so I should have a few of these made up before the swap.
Steadycam3 - of course you can have one! You are gifting me so much from your garden I don't mind at all bringing you one. Remember they are Poly Fiber Material so they are not "soft" they are a bit stiff although as you wash them in cold water they do break down a bit over time and are not so stiff. They are perfect for the garden or toting wet things from the beach since they are practically water proof.
I harvest my potatoes with them instead of using baskets, then I can leave the potatoes in them as long as they are not zip locked all the way closed, until I can get the storage ready for them. Then when I am ready to wash my taters, I just put water in the bag and wash them right there. So handy!
I can see them being used for other root veggies as well.
Stephanietx - Sure! Door prize coming up! Might have 2 that I can donate for that, I will let you know. I keep getting called into work on my days off so it depends on time of course.
Angel
SORRY EVERYONE....WE HAVE TO MOVE!!!
Now that I have your attention, LOL, we need to move to a new trade thread. With 250 post on this one, it is time. Going great! I will put the links at the top of the next one too!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1303416/
See you there!!
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Gypsy:
Looks like I will only have one banana pepper plant. The others got destroyed in a gardening accident ( I only had 3) I can bring you the one, but is there anything else I can offer you in trade in addition to that for the iris?
Angel
Does anyone have any spare small pots? The size small perennials or annuals come in?
Cheryl
I have PLENTY. How many do you want?
24? I hate to seem greedy but I am all out of small pots now.
C
I am bringing some pots, but probably not any little ones that don't have plants in them. Can you use 1-gallon trade?
I appreciate the offer but I do have larger pots. I use the smaller ones for a lot of things and always seem to run out of them.
oops, moved to second thread.
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Stephanie, please don't worry! You and I have had something in common - we have both been fighting illness. I understand about the oregano, please don't stress about it.
Angel
Angel, the Cuban Oregano was a cutting taken last fall. It's been on my kitchen windowsill for months!