Here is a short video from Scotland showing a farm that uses compost and rock powders to get beautiful healthy vegetables. I use lots of rock powders and I thought this was cool!
The rock powder used in the video is basalt which is an igneous (volcanic) rock. I use other rock powders like soft [...]
Hi Everybody,
Recently someone asked a question about organic insecticides and I wrote this response. Enjoy!
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I would be very interested to know what pesticides you use to grow your fruit organically. Thanks.
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Sugar is a nice insecticide.
Insects don’t have a pancreas so when they eat sugar it does not digest,
it ferments. The by-product of fermentation is alcohol [...]
Here is a real important gardening tip;
Plants consume 50% of their food
between flower and fruit.
What that means is, once a plant begins to flower, it consumes enormous amounts of food especially just before the fruit matures and slips off the vine or stem.
As I mentioned in my last post, the last three days before fruit [...]