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Veggie gardens. Pizza gardens. Micro-gardens. Growing the food we eat. Join the wonderful Gayla Trail, author of "Grow Great Grub" and "You Grow Girl", for a one-hour conversation on gardening. Bring your questions, ideas, tips, tricks and favorite photos, and we'll have a fantastic live Talk together!
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Nutritious Gardening with Gayla Trail
May 10, 2010 Monday, 1:00pm EST - Add as Favorites
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Category:HOME AND FOOD
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- Maria Melee 12 comments
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Would love some tips for DIY fertilizer/compost/bug stuff. I'm growing mostly flowers, herbs and a couple of varieties of cherry tomatoes in containers. (10 inch pots.)
about 1 year ago
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- magpie 12 comments
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I put in blueberries last year - but I think I'd like to plant a groundcover under them (I hate the naked dirt). Is there anything that would be okay? Like woodruff maybe? Or is mulch better?
about 1 year ago
adivinenature
I have 2 different ones - yeah! will test soil for acidity.
about 1 year ago
magpie
@adivinenature: they suggest that you have at least two different kinds, so that you get cross-pollination. are the two you have left the same, or different? also, they like acid soil.
about 1 year ago
adivinenature
I have been told that you need 3 blueberry plants to produce. I planted 3 last year and lost 1 in the freeze. Do I need another one? So far they are a bit lanky, not bushy, is this because I didn't prune? sunlight issue? Soil conditions? Thanks!
about 1 year ago
Brandie
Yeah! When I get strawberries maybe we can trade ;-)
about 1 year ago
You Grow Girl
I love blueberries and second Renee's suggestion. Tricky to find a plant that will coexist in tat acidic soil.
about 1 year ago
magpie
Sure, Brandie - they're already setting fruit.
about 1 year ago
Brandie
I wish I could have blueberries too!! Can I just come over and pick some of yours? =)
about 1 year ago
Renee Garner
Magpie--they'll get about 10 inches. It's Vaccinium macrocarpum (there are several plants known as American cranberry)
about 1 year ago
Amie/MammaLoves
i love my sweet woodruff. This is the first year in a few where it hasn't come back thicker than years past.
about 1 year ago
magpie
renee, how tall will the cranberries get?
about 1 year ago
ThisFullHouse
This will be our first year planting blueberries (on order, along with a couple of raspberry bushes) so, I'd be curious to know, as well.
about 1 year ago
Renee Garner
I just put American Cranberries in under my blueberries.
about 1 year ago
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Amie/MammaLoves
I've been longing for a worm composter for years. My husband keeps telling me he just knows he'll get in trouble if he buys me one for a gift. I've assured him he won't. Need to find inside space for the little guys though. Love the idea that they'll eat all of our junk mail.
about 1 year agoEmily
Oh, my daughters are going to NAME theirs!!!!!
about 1 year agoYou Grow Girl
I LOVE my worms too. They are like my other pets....
about 1 year agoEmily
My girls are going to LOVE the worms! They'll think I got them a present.
about 1 year agoYou Grow Girl
I love vermicomposting (a worm bin) for small spaces. You can do this year round indoors, it makes incredibly good, light compost that is perfect for fertilizing container plants (and doesn't smell), and kids love the worms... a good education for them.
about 1 year agoRenee Garner
You actually shouldn't have a problem with putting cooked food in as long as you're burying it. You want it to be at least 6 inches from the edge and a foot deep. Your pile should heat up pretty quickly as you add food (raw or cooked) and basically be eaten by the microbes within a week. The problem with smelling comes from too much water, too much nitrogen, or too little air.
about 1 year agoBrandie
It smells, it rots, and it attracts animals. I know some people who put small amounts in anyway, but it's not something I'm willing to try out!
about 1 year agov2br
Brandie, thanks for the tip on not placing cooked foodstuffs in the compost bin. What happens if you do?
about 1 year agoAssertagirl
Don't add anything to your compost pile that contains fats or oils. No dairy, no meat products. I would just add fruit and veggie scraps and coffee grinds/filters, egg shells as far as food is concerned...
about 1 year agoBrandie
For compost - never ever ever ever ever compost food that has been cooked! We made our composter from a cheapo garbage can with a locking lid and my (poor) husband drilled a bunch of tiny holes in it and it has worked. And also, it as super cheap and not all composters come cheap! We put uncooked food scraps and we mix in a bit of dirt, cardboard, and a few leaves so it's not just food. Also important is turning it! I'll be curious though - adivinenature mention having 2 separate compost piles and I've never heard that before so now I'm wondering if we should have two or if it is okay to mix it all together! I=)
about 1 year agoMaria Melee
Oo thank you! We have some white roses (we're renting) that were here when we arrived. I know NOTHING about cultivating them but when they bloom they're so pretty.
about 1 year agoThisFullHouse
I have one buggy tip I learned from my Hungarian grandmother I use most especially for aphids (they love to suck the juice out of my knock-out roses) add dish washing soap and warm water into a spray bottle and blast those little suckers with it.
about 1 year ago