Naomi,
I have a greenhouse too - attached to my house. I tried an electric heater but
it was much too expensive. I plan on putting a thermal barrier in the floor
and then radiant hot water heating and then paving, will insulate the knee wall
with insulation board and then put polycarbonate she
I was finally able to get the link and zoomed in on the garden itself. What a
beautiful plan. Can't tell the exact size but it looks very large. Would be
interesting to hear how all this came about.
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I agree Pauline. It's great information and here's the website. I bookmarked
it for future reference. Plan on putting hot water radiant heating in the
floor of my greenhouse in the next year or so powered by solar.
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I haven't purchased from Burpee from years after I had some bad experiences
with them in the mid nineties. But I think that having Brooks Brothers owned
by someone else is very different from having a seed company owned by Monsanto.
I certainly don't want to knowingly contribute any cash to Mo
Whatever good Monsanto may be doing in the world, making seeds that grow plants
that don't reproduce themselves so that farmers have to buy the seeds every
year rather than being able to save them has to be classified as "evil" I
think. Been hearing about all the farmers in India who have been
I've been plagued by fruit flies in my worm bins for a couple of years. Have
twice completely cleaned them out and started over. Finally, this winter, I
think I may have found a remedy. I have a programmable thermostat and I set it
to 55 degrees down from 60 degrees at night. Now, I no longe
I can never convince anyone that this works because it just seems to be too
simple. My father had a vegetable garden in the middle of the forest in the
upper peninsula of Michigan for many years and I have had numerous gardens
in southeast Michigan in areas where there were deer and have never ha
I can attest that it would be almost essential to have an 8' high fence but
not for deer but to reduce vandalism. Eight-foot high chain link fence -
maybe $4K or so? Water hookup cost would depend on situation and urban
area.
Judy in Pontiac
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I'm going to repeat this because it didn't receive any responses when I sent
it before so maybe people didn't see it.
I can never convince anyone that this works because it just seems to be too
simple. My father had a vegetable garden in the middle of the forest in the
upper peninsula of Michig
I saw this process on a 6-part documentary called "Ecopolis" on the Science
channel. In the film, they burned organic garbage which was much better I
think than burning trees or food crops. It was wonderful in that the gas
products were used to produce heat in buildings and the biochar then wa
Here's a website which lists the companies that make biochar Kane. I agree
that this is a very exciting technology. And to think that amazonian
indians used it thousands of years ago . . .
Judy
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From: "kane"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:22 PM
Subject:
Oops - forgot link. Judy
http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/company
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From: "Judith Hainaut"
To: "kane" ;
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] BIOCHAR
Here's a website which lists the companies t
Biochar doesn't destroy crop residues. The people who advocate using it
that way do. We must advocate for it being used to recycle organic material
that would go to landfills and sewage - never crop residues. That is so
shortsighted that it has to have been thought up by nonfarmers or by the
ch
That's what I'm trying to help happen at our community garden Heide. It's
at a church and we're putting up a grape arbor this spring with a memorial
plaque for one of our members who died last year. And we have a grassy
space bordered by fruit trees at one side of the garden which we hope will
As far as the biochar discussion goes, I think it was very apropos to
community gardening since the context in which I first heard about it was in
a documentary about what technologies will work in large cities in 2050 and
it was just one of them that was being studied. Food production was
con
The attachment was scrubbed here George. What is the url for his website?
Thank you, Judy
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From: "George Campbell"
To: "'Community Gardens'"
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:02 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] from an expert
I had inquired about biochar versus
Does the sudan grass just die back Ken? And then you plant in the mulch?
I've seen some interesting experiments for larger farms where they're using
a roller that has ribs on it to knock down the weeds and immediately plant
soybeans and corn and both did better than in plowed fields because the
I think my interests are probably too broad for this list. If anyone knows of
a forum on "Sustainable Agriculture" where discussions of fish farming,
biochar, hoophouses, year-round growing, CSA's, farmers markets, selling to
restaurants, preserving food, cooking from the garden are welcome, wo
Ken, I would love to have that one-page description. Judith Hainaut
(jhain...@comcast.net)
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Benny, I would also put all the organic matter on top of the soil - not in it.
And, then, disturb it as little as possible and keep adding on top. This will
allow soil organisms to develop. In the soil, everything leaches and is
decomposed so quickly that it's very difficult to build any fert
Thank you Ken. First time I've read this. Also just noticed it as an
ingredient for the first time in some dog food.
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The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's
services to community gardeners. To learn more ab
The only way I know is to dig them out Jim. They send runners underground
and are a real pistol to get rid of. Judy in Pontiac
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The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's
services to community gardeners. To lea
Thank you Robin. I'll do that this morning. I'm also going to contact Oakland
University and Michigan State University. I only need to find the time to
reserch who to contact at both places. I really appreciate all the suggestions
I've received. They've helped immensely.
Judy in Pontiac
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Yes, Robin, I emailed a person at Oakland University this morning. She teaches
a summer class in urban sustainable agriculture. If she isn't the person whom
I need to contact, at least she should be able to direct me. I also have a
contact at MSU and will email him today to see if he can help
We have a woman, Bonnie Tout, in our Pontiac Agriculture Network who did a
camp for hispanic outreach kids last year and I forwarded the question about
the summer camp on to her. Judy in Pontiac
I found the 4-H materials the best and most complete
resource of all, Judy.
There's lots out there
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