Archives for September 2008
Frontgate – Compost Tumbler
Transform kitchen, lawn, and garden scraps into rich, organic fertilizer with our Compost Tumbler. The above-ground tumbling bin rotates on a stainless steel axis, creating compost in as little as three weeks. Compost is rich with nutritional benefits for your garden or landscaping. This outdoor accessory is perfect for urban or backyard gardeners.Constructed of UV-protected polypropylene plasticA handsome, deep green color blends nicely with your decorEquipped with dual, twist-lock, animal-resistant vented lidsUnique tumbling action tips the contents from the top to the bottom, providing maximum aerationGrass clippings are composted easily on their own or with other ingredientsSome assembly required.Hose off to clean.
Organic way to kill ants?
Despite the fact that my house is spotlessly clean, I have a problem with ants. I steam clean my kitchen every day and in between wipe down with vinegar solution, but the mites are coming in and on my worktops. I hate using insecticides – is there anything organic or natural that they hate?
You might try baking soda, they won't cross it. They obviously found a food source and you also need to find where they are getting in. Follow their trail in both directions. Find what they are feeding on. Then find where they are coming in. Do whatever you want to get rid of the ants that you see and get rid of what they are feeding on (probably something in a food cupboard). Lay down the baking soda near the entry point. Now if you have access to the outside of where the entry point is, look for the entry point on the outside and the location of the colony. I use a garden hose to flood them out of the ground. After flooding them wait a few minutes and you should see them, perhaps thousands of them, coming out and looking for high ground. At that point, you use a good commercial grade insecticide (for outdoors) and zap them. Repeat the flooding and insecticide a few more times. The reason you are doing this step outdoors is that these ants are getting food from the ants that came into your house. When their friends fail to return, they will start coming in on their own, so you have to get rid of them also.
How do I know if Hemlock Wooly Adelgid is dead?
We recently had our hemlocks sprayed with Merit to try to control the wooly adelgid that have infested them. The guy said that the white stuff stays on the branches after the insects are dead, so how do I know if it worked? Also, any ideas for organic controls?
After a bit, squish them. The "blood" or hemoglyph will not be as viscus and will be a different color. Eventually they'll be completely dry inside.
Manure for fertilizer??? Can you use this for a small home garden?
Will it be safe to eat the stuff we are going to grow? It seems weird to me. We are doing a veggie/fruit garden over my mom's house and she wants to put "organic fertilizer" (POOP!) in the dirt. What is the proper way to do this? This is the first time I've grown anything so any tips would be helpful! Thanks!
You can however…with what cows and horses are fed these days..the manure isn't that rich in anything that benefits the plants. Your best bet is to go to a nursery and buy some bagged fertilizer. Fertilizing also in the heat will burn your plants.. so do so wisely.
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