Re: [Community_garden] aphids and ants

2011-03-25 Thread Ken Hargesheimer
.org > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20110325/689de508/attachment.html> ___ The American Community Gardening Asso

[Community_garden] aphids and ants

2011-03-25 Thread Jama Crawford
Hello friends We aren't gardening yet here in the Rockies, but we are already bracing for another season of aphids. I read up on aphids this winter - including their cozy association with ants. We have a lot of ants too, so I believe the two have ganged up on us, and their numbers are swelli

Re: [Community_garden] A couple more useful links on soil and gardening

2011-03-25 Thread Ken Hargesheimer
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[Community_garden] A couple more useful links on soil and gardening

2011-03-25 Thread Guy Serbin
Hi, Here are two more goodies forwarded to me courtesy the Soil Science Society of America: Garden silage and intensive gardening: http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/business/agriculture/31706.html Improving soil production capacity and resiliency: http://anrcom.msu.edu/news/article/improving_soi

Re: [Community_garden] re Interns for community garden projects

2011-03-25 Thread Jama Crawford
This is a belated follow up to the discussion of interns, and I hope I'm not repeating someone else's advice. You can also register your garden on Wwoofers - a website that matches volunteer workers with organic gardens. The catch is you must provide the volunteer with food and housing, which