tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post7939900468680355131..comments2023-10-23T12:39:50.538-07:00Comments on Maybelline's Garden: Fall Planting Part IMAYBELLINEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459481721591224275noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-49392095795845120192009-09-09T02:01:55.425-07:002009-09-09T02:01:55.425-07:00Thanks for the comment, Kavita. Your mom's fa...Thanks for the comment, Kavita. Your mom's farm sounds interesting.MAYBELLINEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459481721591224275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-79307635533106783552009-09-09T01:51:07.242-07:002009-09-09T01:51:07.242-07:00Hi Maybelline, this is Kavita from India. Your com...Hi Maybelline, this is Kavita from India. Your comment on Fuoriborgo about bones, calcium & vinegar brought me here, looking for you; that was good sense. Am I glad to be visiting you. I l-o-v-e the pooch. My mom has an 8-yr old leonberger girl who wears a similar look on her face. She has a farm with lots of medicinal herbs, mangoes, pears, guavas, lemon trees yes, but few vegetables.Kavitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10217013483503093226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-78125565884572529742009-09-08T08:07:54.761-07:002009-09-08T08:07:54.761-07:00Glad to help, Rowena.Glad to help, Rowena.MAYBELLINEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459481721591224275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-90655523824240742312009-09-07T23:52:24.396-07:002009-09-07T23:52:24.396-07:00You are the best role model for gardening that I&#...You are the best role model for gardening that I've come across yet. I started clearing out the garden yesterday, but didn't bother to take photos because I didn't think it would be of interest to anyone. <br /><br />But here, look at you! I love how you've got everything already set up. It's the "little shove" that I needed to finish clearing, weeding, turning the soil.Rowenahttp://theproudgarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-46742467416330216182009-09-07T16:20:03.625-07:002009-09-07T16:20:03.625-07:00See. Just what Mother Nature ordered.See. Just what Mother Nature ordered.Lisa Paulhttp://leftcoastcowboys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-12953846397190017142009-09-07T15:40:17.651-07:002009-09-07T15:40:17.651-07:00All the vegetation was yanked and toted to the com...All the vegetation was yanked and toted to the compost. I only turned earth onto earth. Just fluffing it up a bit.MAYBELLINEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459481721591224275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-42221124693838928672009-09-07T15:36:40.799-07:002009-09-07T15:36:40.799-07:00Be careful following too closely what the San Joaq...Be careful following too closely what the San Joaquin farmers are doing. Commercial agribusiness practices heavy rototilling as a cheap way to keep weeds at bay. Then they address the imbalance in the soil by heavy, heavy application of fertilizers. Which again imbalances the soil. Better to cut and carry your stuff to the compost pile then spade that through the soil when it's done.<br /><br />But then, you, with your spade, probably can't do the kind of damage to the soil that is talked about with over tilling. You'd probably be on par with the "tilling" a wild boar might do or a herd of deer with their hooves -- which is beneficial to the soil. So again, you with your spade are probably just what Mother Nature ordered.<br /><br />P.S. -- I'm getting a lot of this from various Rodale organic gardening books, plus an interesting interview with one of the country's most successful sustainable farmers in Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma".Lisa Paulhttp://leftcoastcowboys.comnoreply@blogger.com