outdoor tip for today

[thcbuz]

I'm gonna let tis hang here for a couple of days then I'm gonna edit it and put it into the outdoor grofaq.
this is a cool tip for the southern regions of the northern hemisphere for keeping grasshoppers hoppin'. I got this book from the library called"getting the bugs out of organic gardening". they recommend companion planting and predator controls(predators are what go after the hoppers. its birds; robins, wrens,freakin' andean condors for all i care. the hoppers here can get large enough to do considerable damage to lush moist vegetation.and, as tiny as those pests are, they can SEE literallt your plants apart from all the rest in the forest due to your care and watering.insect radar? more basic. they can see the moisture in the plants apart from the dry, husky looking native growth.
so since you can't hide, make them by companion planting some grape seeds arond your garden. the grapes grow. make blooms and fruit, but also nesting room for your feathered watchdogs . the birds enjoy the hidden foliage, and the hopper diet.
Win,Win; Smoke,Smoke,
ThcBuz

[Peace seeker]

thanks chief

I got loads of birds around my area and so far i havent had a problem with dem bugs. Although i had some caterpillars laying eggs (and munching) on my buds.

damn stoner insects

[Thepizzaguy]

I needed somewhere to post, and since this deals with outdoor gardening, I thought it may be a good place. Anyways, I talked my mom into getting 10 pounds of water crystals.

She's landscaping her yard this year, and I told her I thought the crystal will help keep the plants watered. Our lawn prior to the construction was always dry and cracked due to long periods during the summer when rain is minimal, so with that in mind I explained to her how the crystal worked to store water for the plants to locate as the roots grow.

Yesterday the crystals came in the mail, and I wanted to test them. I put a teaspoon of the crystals in a measuring cup, added 2 cups of water. This morning after sitting overnight, the spoonful of crystals swelled to fill the cup over halfway. I took the crstals out and only 1/8" of water remained in the bottom of the cup. Less than 1/4 cup.

I am so looking forward to gardening this summer. I have it all mapped out. I have this gps map and I can plant one seed at a time, mark it, and be able find it later in the season when it's time to do some maintenace.

I just came across 26 seeds for free from a friend of mine who says that they are from a Northern Lights pot plant according to the dealer. If I add the 60 or so seeds I have chosen to be the best seeds I have found over the last year, I'll have close to 100 seeds this year.

The rest of the seeds are from dime bags, and street weed that was too chemical for my tastes, and I may just broadcast a few handfulls in the forest, and by the abandonded train tracks I know of.

The area I have chosen for my flower bed is about 1.5 acres two miles from the nearest road, and about 1/2 mile uphill from a waterfall. The clearing is full of native grasses and other plants. The entire field is surronded by trees and access is moderate to hard.

Armed with my gps map, I am planning 20 grow sites in the field. The first three will be 2x2 squares dug up to 8 inches deep. The bottom of the bed will be filled with forest material, moss, leaves, and organic gunk followed by an handfull of hydrated water crystals.

The remaining 4 inches will be a mix of dry water crystals, top soil from the forest, and the drier top soil of the field. The 2x2 foot area will hold 4 seeds each. So I can reproduce a few seeds. The other plant sites will be single seed sites about 8" in diameter 8" deep. The single seeded site will hopefully give me some seedless buds.

That's my tip of the week.

Have a great day!

William