Raised garden bed seminar free!

[Carey]

It is fairly easy to clean oxidized copper (some of our smashed wire oxidizes in a month, some much longer... just depends on the month & all....) using acidic foods (vinegar, tomatoes & lemons are normal... but we have found that the killer sour citrus & bilimbi we have do the shining lickity split!)

[mella l]

Royall did you get to attend? Here is a vertical wall site I'm studying, I want to come up with a home grown system for Hawaii climates.

http://www.woollypocket.com/

These are for ornamentals but I think they would be possible for some items like herbs right outside the garden, or larger corn along the sunny side of the garage. Just fun to think about and see what one can come up with.

Love it that the class recommended using some of the soil JWFitz was talking about making the charcoal soils, that is very cool and I'm wondering where their supply at Rozettes comes from.

mella l

NO really! I don't, want to read your blog!

[rbonplaza]

Mella, here's another product you might want to look at. Pricey, but interesting for someone who doesn't have much space.
http://thewikigarden.3dcartstores.com/Th...n_c_1.html

RB

[mella l]

Hey Rob thanks for the link. It is interesting isn't it especially for someone with no soil, or say a very small area. I imagine we could make some of these out of say old pillow cases with some of JWFitz super soil and grow a pineapple guava! It would definitely be a plus for say an apartment dweller who wanted to have some fresh hers at hand, but only a small balcony area.

Did you read where the Atlanta punatic's might be having a remote PW party in Atlanta! What fun eh!

mella l

NO, really? Assume the best!

[rbonplaza]

Mella- it's me, RB (Ralph) not Rob G or Rob T, the cute ones!

Rosett's has some nice Early Girls which we always grew with great success in San Jose. A bit afraid of tomatoes here. Wish Rosett's would have another class for just tomatoes. Do we need to cover the raised bed with netting for the fruit flies or plastic for the rain? Grew great veggies for 20 years in CA, and now need to learn how here.

[Dinamight]

We bought some early girls - a small starter plant- from Paradise Plants in January and put them in an upside down planter (from Walmart). Rosett's had one too at the seminar. We also bought a small Roma starter and I planted it in a pot. And I bought seeds from Garden Exchange and when they sprouted put them in big pot. They are all doing very well.

We live across the street from the ocean and I have them behind the house so the salt spray does not get to them. All of our plants are thriving but I am astounded at how huge the plants are from the Garden Exchange seeds. I bought the U of H seeds, they have been developed for Hawaii, to resists local bugs. Before our tomatoes started turning red, we hung up a fruit fly trap (I got the lure from the Master Gardeners at Rozetts and made one from a plastic water bottle). Just as they said the trap would be full of flies in no time. We hung it on a shed wall and a green gecko helps it along by hanging around and eating as many flies as he can catch before they go into the trap. It's wonderful. Not a single sting on the tomatoes. This is the first time we've had any success so I am pleased. We just keep them in the sun and keep them watered and fertilized.