Woke up a little early. Had a rare bronchitis attack. Not severe and not long but left me with a headache. So, just got up and took some medicine and vitamins.
Allergies have been really bad lately. Apparently not just for me. When the weather cooled down, plants that had stopped flowering in the heat started again.
Going to call the guy about barrels today. He has steel barrels right now. He seems to have either steel or plastic but not both at once. I need one of each. Steel for the rocket stove heater and plastic for a compost tumbler.
Ordered some broccoli seeds. Spent a fairly large sum for seeds but for good reason. Most broccoli seeds are sold in very small packets, maybe 50 seeds. This is a bottle of seeds, 4 oz, so it will be thousands of seeds. Can't predict how well the broccoli will do. It's a cool weather crop and I know it will grow until frost. The question is, will it form heads before frost? Going to give it a shot. If it fails, it's good for the compost.
I like the system I finally came up with for the compost of placing the compost in large planters and topping it with potting soil. Saves on potting soil, seems to be doing really well for plants and any weed or grass seeds get fully composted. When I empty containers, I will dump them in the garden and start the cycle over again.
However, a compost tumbler would be good because it reaches higher temperatures and will deactivate weed seeds more effectively. I could conceivably place small amounts of dog waste in the tumbler for Phosphorous. The issue isn't nutrients but bacteria, which would be killed with high enough temperatures. Though if I do that, I'd probably just use that compost for flower beds due to the yuck factor.
Dogs are looking more confused. First the carpet and now I started mixing chlorophyll and mint with their food, which reduces their odor. So, I've gotten rid of their friends, the ticks, their stinky carpet and now taking steps to make them smell better. They don't know how to react.
Allergies have been really bad lately. Apparently not just for me. When the weather cooled down, plants that had stopped flowering in the heat started again.
Going to call the guy about barrels today. He has steel barrels right now. He seems to have either steel or plastic but not both at once. I need one of each. Steel for the rocket stove heater and plastic for a compost tumbler.
Ordered some broccoli seeds. Spent a fairly large sum for seeds but for good reason. Most broccoli seeds are sold in very small packets, maybe 50 seeds. This is a bottle of seeds, 4 oz, so it will be thousands of seeds. Can't predict how well the broccoli will do. It's a cool weather crop and I know it will grow until frost. The question is, will it form heads before frost? Going to give it a shot. If it fails, it's good for the compost.
I like the system I finally came up with for the compost of placing the compost in large planters and topping it with potting soil. Saves on potting soil, seems to be doing really well for plants and any weed or grass seeds get fully composted. When I empty containers, I will dump them in the garden and start the cycle over again.
However, a compost tumbler would be good because it reaches higher temperatures and will deactivate weed seeds more effectively. I could conceivably place small amounts of dog waste in the tumbler for Phosphorous. The issue isn't nutrients but bacteria, which would be killed with high enough temperatures. Though if I do that, I'd probably just use that compost for flower beds due to the yuck factor.
Dogs are looking more confused. First the carpet and now I started mixing chlorophyll and mint with their food, which reduces their odor. So, I've gotten rid of their friends, the ticks, their stinky carpet and now taking steps to make them smell better. They don't know how to react.
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