Re: [cg] attack of the killer tomatoes

A beautiful film: 'microcosmos' And what about something 'lite' like 'a bugs life'?? Also, here in Melbourne our film and sound archive rents out films for projectors they have a huge list and also keep all local short films (often where you'll find gems which are in the subject fields you are

[cg] kiwi in Maine

Dear Sean Gambrel AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer, My kiwi grew from seeds about 13 years ago and were fine in the latitude of Harrisburg, Pa. for the summer. We gave them to a friend in Wash. D.C. because we had nowhere to plant them for the winter. Perhaps a very sheltered area or just replanting

RE: [cg] Coffee Chaff

Thanks to everyone for the great responses about using coffee grounds, coffee chaff, and burlap sacks. This will be great information to pass along. And Ray - I was curious about using burlap as worm bedding. This sounds great. Do you cut it into strips? How quickly does it decompose in the

[cg] landowner's cooperative

Hello, Anyone know of a landowner's cooperative in which member-farmers employ the coop business model for joint purchase of farmland? This would me similar to the housing cooperative in that members could benefit from reduced rent due to the greater buying power of the group over the

RE: [cg] Coffee Chaff

It is used as worm bedding in two ways. (1) I cover the worm bin with a folded damp burlap bag. This helps keep the moisture in, fruit flies down and provides a breeding ground for the worms. And (2) as it breaks down either as mulch cover (yes the little micro organisms see it as food) I fold

RE: [cg] Coffee Chaff

I did send a response the Corrie. I have used coffee chaff and of course burlap bags. Coffee chaff is a great source of nitrogen, it is not acidic by the way and will test with a ph around 6.5. It does need to be mixed with soil or other mulch materials, in that it will develop into a hard

[cg] bamboo stories, please

Anyone have bamboo advice? I just checked the archives and not too much discussion of bamboo-growing surfaced. I've been researching the types of bamboo suitable for northern climates (southeast Michigan is where I am)-- found one genus, Fargesia, that's a clumping type (as opposed to

Re: [cg] Starbucks

Ray Adam - I'm a person who has spoken up about Starbucks corporate behavior - but I consider it corporate behavior - not Ray's behavior. Starbucks does good things, and it puts small cafes out of business without blinking an eyelash. We've watched it in Chicago. People have watchd it

[cg] Fwd: Re: Coffee chaff

Corrie and all, I sent your inquiry off to Doug Foulk, who is one of the TC metro Regional Extension Educators(and a new community gardener at Dowling CG in Minneapolis--I've given him the membership pitch more than once, Adam). Here is his reply:From: "Doug S. Foulk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

[cg] posting from Ray Schutte

From: Ray Schutte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 May 2003 20:56:27.0910 (UTC) FILETIME=[F6802A60:01C31411] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Yep, Starbucks is competitive. However, well run small coffee houses often find that

Re: [cg] Coffee Chaff

think also of the benefit of chaff matting down as a barrier to slugs, esp around strawberries...the berries stayed perfect and I experienced less rot as they had a nice crust to contact. - Original Message - From: Ray Schutte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];