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Tokyo Sidewalk Gardens

Posted 01-12-2008 at 02:16 PM by smgardener
PingMag shows that with a bit of creativity, you can garden anywhere. Even in a tokyo parking lot.




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Compost Tea: A Pretty Good Guide

Posted 11-06-2007 at 09:39 PM by smgardener
Updated 11-07-2007 at 09:21 PM by smgardener
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Compost tea is a great product. What it is is compost seeped in water and oxygenated. Two things happen, the nutrients are extracted and the microbes multiply. Compost Tea can then be used as a fertilizer, soil conditioner, foliar feeder, and disease or pest repellent.
As a follow on to my The Definitive One Page Guide to Composting article, here's a home brew method I picked up from The Backyard Gardening Blog.

A bit much for my limited space, but seems like it would work!

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Adding more links, wikipedia article about compost tea, and what is really the definitive guide to brewing compost tea, the Fine Gardening article on the subject.
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Ghoulish.... Cactuses?

Posted 10-30-2007 at 02:51 PM by smgardener
Updated 10-30-2007 at 02:54 PM by smgardener
Over at You Grow Girl, Gayla has posted a great photo of what she calls:

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...one of the silliest, most ridiculous crimes ever perpetrated on a plant for human amusement and seasonal decor.
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