Poisonous Weeds And Liquid Fertilizer

hughe — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:21:23 +0000

Gardening is generally regarded as a gentle pastime which involves a mixture of light work interspersed by periods of calm when we can stop and enjoy the beauty around us. But as I mentioned in my last post there are hidden dangers in some of that beauty such as the gas plant that can cause a nasty rash. Summer salads can often be made more appetising by the addition of some herbs, but even here there are dangers for the unwary. Recently I saw a press release from the Weed Science Society of America which told of a woman in Washington State who died from suspected hemlock poisoning after gathering the leafy green weed and using it on a salad. They have produced a list of their top ten rogue’s gallery. Read more..

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Using urine as a fertilizer for plants and trees has a centuries-old history. It is a renewable organic resource with the perfect combination of plant-growing nutrients that also saves water and chemicals when kept out of the sewage stream. Urine provides ideal amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium: the three nutrients required by all growing plants. Source www.ehow.com where you can read instructions on How to Use Urine as Fertilizer. While the idea is not immediately appealing there are apparently a number of organic gardeners who follow this practice.

Pradhan and Heinonen-Tanski, environmental scientists at the University of Kuopio in Finland carried out a trial growing four plots of beets and treated one with mineral fertilizer, one with urine and wood ash, one solely with urine, and one with no fertilizer, as a control. The beets grown in the plot with urine fertilizer wre larger than those treated with mineral fertilizer. Read more..

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen garden gnomes mentioned in the news, but today I came across this toe-curling headline “Gno end to gnome-lovers”. Despite the fact that these harmless creatures are alomst universally despised and rarely seen in gardens, it has been reported that more than 26,000 were sold on ebay in Canada last year. Read more..

And if you would like to see some more of these friendly chaps, take a look at my Gnome Gallery.

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Poisonous Weeds And Liquid Fertilizer