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this is an industry alert but it affects us all.
http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/11_Cosmic/110209.Sysco.Mexico.Freeze.pdf
http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/11_Cosmic/110209.Sysco.Mexico.Freeze.pdf
my new neighbor just gave me 60 or so straw bales he had left over from planting the grass seed last year, because he didn't have any idea what to do with them... I'm thinking of using them as a windbreak for my early veggies and as potato planters... I wonder how many potatoes I can grow in that many?BOHICA
Get your seeds and compost ready. I have a twin house with a small yard. We are up sizing as much as we can. We might put some containers on the roof this year. Maybe something light weight like potatoes in a straw filled plastic drum.
One industry group is downplaying the damage. Low Temperatures In Mexico Cause Some Crop Damage - PerishableNewsthis is an industry alert but it affects us all.
http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/11_Cosmic/110209.Sysco.Mexico.Freeze.pdf
put them in a big rectangle with an open middle and then find some old sliding glass doors and make a cold frame. or even some clear plastic.my new neighbor just gave me 60 or so straw bales he had left over from planting the grass seed last year, because he didn't have any idea what to do with them... I'm thinking of using them as a windbreak for my early veggies and as potato planters... I wonder how many potatoes I can grow in that many?
Just don't forget to remove that glass or plastic roof if you get an occasional hot day. Your tender young plants will burn up.put them in a big rectangle with an open middle and then find some old sliding glass doors and make a cold frame. or even some clear plastic.
Just don't forget to remove that glass or plastic roof if you get an occasional hot day. Your tender young plants will burn up.
Now how do I know that?:gaah:
that was pretty much my thought, but to also use the 'walls' as places to growput them in a big rectangle with an open middle and then find some old sliding glass doors and make a cold frame. or even some clear plastic.
Get an early start on plants, like lettuce, spinach, radishes and cole crops. and then when you harvest them you can use the rotting straw as deep mulch for your tomatoes and peppers.. Look up and read about Ruth Stout method of deep mulch gardening. or even lasagna gardening...
BOHICA -- so true. Get your seeds and compost ready, but also prep up for frost protection. Row covers are a start, 'water walls' work (I use them every year for tomatoes), cold frames, etc. I suspect it will be a cool spring.BOHICA
Get your seeds and compost ready.
This assumes the Sheeple understand the cause/effect relationship, or even give a rat's patootie, about why the cost of their pre-cut, pre-washed, USDA super dooper veggies skyrocketed. The blame game will go round and round and folks will still keep opening their wallets instead of thier eyes. Sad.maybe it'll encourge more Americans to get off their a$$es and grow food, we always fed the world with out Mexico.
Look in your area for dumpsters in front of houses and see if they're having their windows replaced... or contact local window installation places and see if they'll give you the old windows for free. Most just haul them away and then toss them. I saved all of our windows when we recently had ours replaced and will be making cold frames so I can get at least a month or two jump on the plantings this year. Using some scrap wood left over from work and my only investment is my time.put them in a big rectangle with an open middle and then find some old sliding glass doors and make a cold frame.
I started to collect seeds. Just yesterday I got 500 green pepper seeds for free. I have a "lasagna" or layered compost spread outside. It's been composting for a year now and is about 20ft by 20ft. I have a half acre to garden on thankfully.BOHICA
Get your seeds and compost ready. I have a twin house with a small yard. We are up sizing as much as we can. We might put some containers on the roof this year. Maybe something light weight like potatoes in a straw filled plastic drum.