Organic Gardening Tips!
Tips, Tricks
Rid your garden of Slugs, snails and many other pests. Bigger healthier apples! Better consistant pollination of veggies and fruit trees. It's not so difficult when you think in prganic natural terms. Gardening does not have to be an unending battle with nature. Try using nature as your partner instead of treating it as your enemy. It works for me and it can work for you! Join me on the Farm this morning and I will explain my methods and how they can work for you. My indoor gardening channel: http://www.youtube.com/Voodoogarden Add me on Google+ to be updated with new episodes AND to snoop on what I say about things in people's comment sections. It's all in good fun and YOU are always welcome. :) https://plus.google.com/u/0/112451401581293941739 Today is a Good Day!
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Somebody once told me to break egg shells on your garden and the slugs and snails won't bother your plants because they're to sharp for them to glide over. Have you ever tried it? Btw, your videos always make me smile. :-)
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LOVE thistle... my family can NOT understand why I let things go to "weed" around my garden, but I firmly believe that a completely barren garden (besides the produce rows), isn't as healthy as it can be... and we are in a new home this summer, so even though this garden area we have was always a "traditional" garden, we have discovered that when the garden is "let go" a bit, we have an INCREDIBLE amount of Purslane.. which is good for us, and is really tasty when pickled! I love my weeds!
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The people around here seem to prefer lawns to gardens, so I don't have any flowers that help draw bees to the yard. I don't even seem to have many 'weeds' that I can let grow aside from the clover in the front yard (garden is in the backyard) In your experience, what flowers seem to best draw the bees? It looks like I will have to get some for next year. As always, thank you for all you do! :)
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Ray,
Great tips as usual. I try to do the same with my lawn. In fact having clover I find it helps keep the rabbits from trying to get in my garden.
The tip about watering in the morning really makes sense. In my garden now I just planted some lettuce seeds. So I have been watering frequently in those spots to keep the soil moist. Would it work still to water those spots in the morning and let it dry out by night (we are having some hot weather here in the North East).
Thanks,
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You need a Rascal-Cam.
Since you're talking about bugs, do you ever have a problem with horn worms on your tomato plants like I do every year? -
Are you feeling better Ray?! Please let us know. Get well soon
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I so admire your common sense,personality,and how you do things 'your way'. You are at peace and it shows👍
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Forgot to add milk of your choice to the Turmeric Golden Tea...sorry :-)
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Hi Ray. I seem to have a crazy infestation of sugar ants all throughout my garden. I have read they help pollinate and I have read they are bad. What do you think? Do you have a suggestion to eliminate them?
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Last year, you reommended that I plant a Tiny Tim tomato plant on my very small balcony. So far the plant is thriving in one pot and is nearly 5 feet high. Can i pinch the top growth back so that it won't grow any taller?
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Ray, explain to me how birds are controlling your slugs when slugs come out to feed at night and most birds feed during the day.
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Enjoyed your video ray that's to bad about your arm I hope. It gets better so you can trim your apple tree again
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I like the those thistles fo shizzle ma nizzle LOL
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I went through the rotater cup problems, too while working. The shot is painful, but the surgery was much worse. I had tendon torn from bone and bone spur. Puts a real damper on gardening so had surgery in Fall. Surgery did work and all is well now, so worth it in the long run. Good luck to you!
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That ending! ❤❤
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What a beautiful garden you've got there.
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Ray I remember you used to get black bears around your garden at your 80 acres home. Any advice on making them not want to come into a garden? My sister woke today to find large and small bear prints in her garden, as well as a bunch of dug up plants and half eaten corn stalks. She only had a weak wire fence. I suggested to her to plant something farther away from her garden in the bears likely path, maybe they'll settle for that. Any ideas you can share?
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Sorry about the arm. I thought you were going to say frozen shoulder. I had it but got rid of it after 9 months. That damn cortisone shot! I refused it.
I hope it goes well for you. You will be amazed at how you find ways to compensate for that bum arm in other ways.
Thank goodness it wasn't in the spring when you needed it for your large projects.
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All the Best and good recovery "one armed gardener".
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