Question from Robin: Reading in your book about Organic Corn Meal Gluten for pre-emergence of lawn weeds but where do I find that in our area. Also read where you have to find a reliable source as there is an increase in sound-a-likes. Much appreciated, Robin C Answer from Pat: Corn Gluten Meal works well […]
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Organic Gardening – Page 4
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Categories : Gardening Tip, Organic Gardening
Question from Randy: I would like to know what is a good indoor plant food? I’m going to start worm composting and am now composting my yard clippings etc. but am unsure about using these things indoors (smelly). I really like your S.Ca. organic gardening book. Answer from Pat: When gardeners decide to go organic […]
Question from Dave: Thank you very much for writing your books – I read and refer to them every week. I’m trying to shift from conventional to organic gardening. All of my citrus trees have citrus leaf miner – some worse than others. I’ve spread worm castings and shifted over to chicken manure based fertilizer. […]
Question from Jeff: I recently bought your So Cal Organic Gardening book and like it very much. Helped me right away on winter time sweet peas, and made me feel better about poinsettias. That is, I have been trying to grow poinsettias for the past decade, bought from nurseries, promised they can “grow” outside. Yet […]
Question from Chris: My name is Chris Garcia, I am not a beginner gardner but I am definitely not at your level yet. I am on a mission to gain as much knowledge as possible regarding organic gardening, I am seeking an internship of sorts in Panama to work on a new sustainable community called […]
Question: I have a compost pile and nothing I do heats it up. What could be the matter with it? Answer From Pat: If you have already read and are following the instructions on compost in my book (pages 97 to 99 and other references in index. Also the chapter in my memoir “All My […]
Categories : Composting, Organic Gardening
Credits: Genevieve Schmidt & Ester the Chicken Question from Tressa: I love your month by month gardening book and have read it almost cover to cover. My problem is armies (literally of snails) I live in Claremont, Ca. (new Pomona not San Diego) in the foothills and have snail attracting ground covers which I can’t […]
Categories : Organic Gardening, Pests
Question from Tom: I have planted many varieties of citrus and stone fruits in my yard within the last year. They are all low chill selections and should do well in the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego where I live. I am comfortable with pruning and watering the trees. What nutrients my trees need […]
Question from Jonnie: My crepe myrtle was purchased with a gray scaly bark = it looks like fungus. What organic spray can I use to rid the plant of this fungus. What kind of soil would you use to put in ground for the crepes? Answer from Pat: Without seeing your crape myrtle (Lagestroemia indica) […]
Organic Solutions: Rhizobia, Yeoman’s Plow, Carbon Sequestering, and Earthworms
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
March
15th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Mary: I read the link you sent on coffee grounds. It’s not the paper I originally read, but delivers the essentials. The fact that coffee grounds are not acidic was news to me, too. We just created a compost pile yesterday using them, so we shall see for ourselves. We listened to another […]
Categories : Organic Gardening
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