5-20-13

7:55pm

I've been looking for one of these doohickies

and finally found one at hubby's work.

It's a lawn and garden hose sprayer.

I have a homemade fertilizer for lawns that I want to try.

Don't know if it works or not.

2 cups water

1 cup beer

1 cup epsom salts

1 cup ammonia

and you could also add in 1/2 cup regular dish soap 

or baby shampoo.

Mix together and put in sprayer.

Spray on grass.

Wait 2-3 weeks and reapply if necessary.

BEER applies energy for the microbes in soil and feeds

grass roots.

EPSOM SALTS are magnesium sulfate

which creates chlorophyll for greener and thicker grass.

AMMONIA has nitrogen.

DISH SOAP  Helps your homemade fertilizer

stick to and be absorbed by the grass.

In your vegetable garden you could use a 

regular misting spray bottle for tomatoes and peppers.

Mix up a gallon of water with 1 tablespoon of epsom salts

and shake til dissolved.

Pour some of this water into your spray bottle

and mist on the leaves of your plants

to make them healthier by producing stronger stems,

greener leaves and be able to produce more blossoms.

Do this when they start to bloom and

again after producing young fruits.

1:25pm

Starting to hear the clock, tick...tock...tick...tock!

In about an hour the kids will be home from school

for the Summer.  Well all I can say is I won't have

to get up at 5:30am for awhile.  Ok 6:30am wake up

time to get hubby up for work.

But hey, an extra hour is an extra hour of sleep!


Tomorrow or maybe this weekend
I'm thinking about putting tulle (it's what I got to use)
over top the gutter garden to keep mosquitoes
out of the water.  Then I might flip flop some of my plants
by putting the tomatoes and peppers on the left side
and herbs and other things on the right side.
Tomatoes and peppers love the sun.
I have noticed that in the late afternoon I start
to lose the sun to some shade on the right
side of the garden.
Plants that produce "fruit" need at least
8 hours of sun each day.
Plants that are grown for their leaves
need about 6 hours a day and could
use a little shade near the end of the day.
The potatoes to the right of the garden should be ok
as they get at least 6 hours of sun each day.
They are doing good since planting.
When they get about 6-8 inches tall
then I'll put another layer of leaf mulch 
in there covering the leaves up about 3/4ths the way.
I will continue to do this til this all Summer
into Fall.  Their soil needs to stay moist all the time.
This morning I sprinkled a tiny bit of
coffee grounds around them.

4:40pm


I got my compost bin made.
Right now it is only half size so I can access it
during the Summer.
In the Fall I'll add another fence around
the top to make it twice as tall so I can put leaves, grass clippings
and any yard or garden waste in it for the Winter
to break down.

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