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About Me
I have a Chocolate Cocker Spaniel named Miss Mocha Lisa, my man's name is Ace, he has a Black Pug named Silkie Raye. Together, Ace & I have 6 baby Chicks. We have a garden that currently has 16 tomatoe plants & 2 pepper plants.
I volunteer with the City of Phoenix as a Park Steward.
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I volunteer with the City of Phoenix as a Park Steward.
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- At 9:01am on August 5, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said… - I compost too but the worms give you the best fertilizer. I keep mine in plastic boxes in my laundry room, when the weather is nicer I can put them out in the garage. You can start with a plastic shoe box and move up to a larger size later. Once a week I shred newspaper for their food and bedding and give them some coffee grounds and any mushy produce I always seem to have. They give me back a lot of castings, it is amazing how much the little guys poop! The plants I use it on just love it! I have been stockpiling it for my fall container planting. When the weather is nice you can add them to the compost pile, summer is just too hot and they die. Chris
- At 5:39pm on August 4, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said…
- I noticed you may go to the vermicomposting class, they are so easy to raise don't know if you need a class as there are a ton of sites if you just google it. I have been selling the worms if you need any to get started. I had someone drive over from Mesa and I met another person that lives in Gilbert at my son's house in Chandler. Seems they are not that easy to find locally, let me know if you need any. Chris
- At 5:36pm on August 4, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said…
- Hi Dana, I was able to get on the extension site when I sent the address I had written down to my friend Kay and it was highlighted in blue in my email, she clicked on it and got there, sent me an email back and I clicked on the highlighted address and got there, strange. I mentioned the website "Organic Consumer's Association" in my note on Monsanto. I signed up for their newsletter and just got one from them. It is a very good site and they mentioned that the Food Safety Bill HR 2749 passed the House and now will go to the Senate. It could potentially hurt the people selling at Farmer's Markets as one would have to cough up a $500. fee and register. Check out their site it has a lot of good articles. Not sure how political to be on the Permaculture site. Chris
- At 9:44am on July 30, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said…
- Thanks I tried that too last night and several sites come up but not that one. With the other one I get one site on something from Georgia but not even close. I have tried every which way at this point and I am stumped. I sent my friend an email and asked her to try it. I may have to call the extension office .Chris
- At 9:19am on July 30, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said…
- Thanks for the tip but I tried it exactly and no luck. Here is what I am trying is there supposed to be a space somewhere or something I am missing?
http://rwh.arid.arizona.edu/moodle/ I have high speed and rarely can't find anything I want to.
- At 10:06pm on July 29, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said…
- Hi, I tried to go to the website for the class today and I could not find it although I am sure I wrote it down right, then again maybe not. Please tell me what you typed in to get there as I give up! Chris
- At 4:18pm on July 29, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said…
- Hi Dana, it was nice meeting you as well. I think I am going to enjoy learning on the site that they gave us today and pass it around to anyone I know would appreciate the info. I have been working on using the principles in my landscaping design and when it rains or I lay the hose down the water zig zags to each plant or planting area I have created. I live in an HOA that has 93 homes on 43 acres with a lot of space between homes with walking trails throughout. It is a unique neighborhood right in town with a lot of tall trees and open areas with a lot of wildlife. You might have noticed that I have been posting for a roommate, if you know anyone it is a great place to live. I decided to try to find someone who would be more into gardening and nature and haven't tried craigslist as the people looking for places sound like people I don't want to attract. I have a few acres next to my house and I have been playing with the area closest to the house planting a lot of desert plants, cactus and succulents. After seeing Brad Lancaster at the conference last year and buying his book I learned a lot about how to create berms and swales and started changing the way I was doing things. I have been working on landscaping my front yard the same way. I scored some free river rocks on craigslist that are really nice, spent days hauling them a load at a time and used them to create some berms. The caliche here is just under the surface and is difficult to pickaxe out to plant anything and despite adding nutrients to the soil the plants seem rather stunted. I am going to do some raised beds in the back garden and pretty soon going to do a few lasagna beds to get ready for fall. My produce efforts were a disappointment but I learned that I need to try a different approach. I make my own compost and try to do it all organic. I have a lot of worm castings separated out from the worm bins to use when I start the next round of seeds in a few months and I know that will definitely make a difference. Gives me time to make sure that any eggs I missed that will hatch I'll be able to pick out and not doom to die. Chris
- At 2:00pm on July 28, 2009,
Chris Allsopp said…
- Hi, thanks for taking action on the petition. I just "friended" you but clicked too fast and missed the part to add a note. Cute little chick pics. My grandmother was a farmer and once when we went to visit she had crates of them inside by the fireplace and I wanted to play with them soooooo badly. Your pics just took me back to when I was four years old, what a flashback. There is a free workshop on rainwater harvesting at the Maricopa County Extension office tomorrow Wed. at noon, the listing is under "Community" in case you missed it. I am going to go with two friends, it is a brown bag luncheon if you get a chance to go. Chris
- At 9:19am on July 24, 2009,
Debra said… - Yes, under Blogs, Apricot & peach pits.
- At 2:28pm on July 16, 2009,
Heather Welch said… - Hi Dana, Good eye for the clover! Either one will do just fine. I have ordered the crimson clover and had luck with it and I have not used the medium red on a property that I have worked with. This choice was based on my liking of the brilliant flowers rather any other benenfit. :) I have also commented back on Nick's page, so that info is up as well! Thanks, heather
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Hi Lynn - one pot big enugh for three herbs. One that is about 15 inches across at the top would work perfect!
I get those too. I think they're cabbage loopers.
Other than picking them off by hand, I'm had also been spraying the leave with bT.
My latest strategy is to spread out some diatomaceous earth atop the soil and plants. Hoping that will help.
I just went out and bought more frost cloth today as it is usually December we get our first frosts. Last year was so mild though I have been wondering how this year will be!
Sue, great! My swiss chard is just starting out and I can't wait for it as it is one of my favorite veggies! I often wonder whether to leave things longer to see what they will do, your swiss chard being a great example of that!
You know, I don't know exactly what it was but was rather surprised that it grew so big because it didn't bear any resemblance to any of the pumpkins I seeded! We didn't eat it, but saved it to carve for Halloween. It held up pretty well too for t...
My swiss chard is amazing, it was good during the summer, but it has gone crazy since its cooled off. I jumped the gun and pulled out my zucchini plants, sorry I did that now, reading what others are experiencing.
Oops, sorry about your zukes Dana. I am getting many tomatillo's now, they seem to like it cooler because in the summer they grew big, had lots of flowers, but produced no fruit. Feast or famine right? :)
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