Bedtime routine? What's yours
myfampg
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What’s your fertilizing routine?
Comments (20)Here's more than you'd ever want know: I try to push as much growth as I possibly can without burning my plants so my routine is kind of intense. It's a delicate balance. My regimen consists of compost, manure, fish emulsion, slow-release granular ferts, organics and water-soluble Miracle-Gro. Every other year, I have a few cubic yards of compost delivered from these amazing guys. This is applied to everything I grow from roses to containerized lemon and orange trees to sunflowers. I scratch in a cup of Mills Magic Mix and top it with the compost (about 1-2 inches). In the off-years when I don't get a delivery, I buy bags of fully-composted cow manure, worm castings and Leafgro compost and mix them. Finally, I apply a tablespoon of Osmocote Plus and cover all of it with a layer of newspaper to suppress to weeds and mulch to prevent desiccation. The damp newspaper also attracts lots of hungry little earthworms. Once a week, I apply Neptune's Harvest or Alaska brand fish/seaweed emulsion (2 tablespoons/ gallon of water). Once a month, I apply alfalfa tea (1/2 gallon per rose). My alfalfa tea is a witches' brew of alfalfa meal, compost tea bags, molasses, fish emulsion and Miracle-Gro for Roses at quarter-to-half-strength. This is applied April through August, sometimes September because we don't get hard frosts until November. Before flushes, I use Miracle-Gro Bloom Booster but I go easy on it because I have clay soil and I don't want to accumulate salts. Looking at what I've written, I feel like I'm going totally overboard. I'm sure I could do well with simple annual compost applications and some slow-release fertilizer. I kind of enjoy feeling like a mad scientist with my current routine, though....See MoreWhat is your "deep clean" routine?
Comments (54)In our old house, I had to give my dog a bath in my kids' bathroom. She would stay in there to dry for a few hours, so washing those walls was imperative! I read Marie Kondo's book about organizing your home. It was a game changer for me. Reduced clutter and simplifying your home goes a LONG way towards cutting down on cleaning time. Still, I too am neurotic about a clean home, We just moved into a new build and I underestimated how much added time craftsman style trim adds to my dusting! Typcially, I try to wipe down all surfaces (sinks, kitchen counter) each night. I have three kids (two boys who have "lightsaber wars" while going to the bathroom....don't ask!) so scrubbing toilets happens twice per week at a minimum. Floors get cleaned weekly. I wipe down cabinets and trim as needed. We have a lot of dark wood so dusting is far more frequent than I'd like!...See Morewhat's your smart-home setup/routines
Comments (14)' The negative points they bring up are not untrue, but they don't provide further details as to, for instance, how someone could hack into your devices, what they could then do, etc. " There are lots of negative things in the world that I know exist, but don't know how someone else could do it -- only that it gets done. I don't know how someone steals a car, let alone hacks a credit card number, but I do know that both happen with relative frequency. So, not giving information on how someone could do something doesn't mean it's not worth worrying about. What could hackers do with access? They can harass home owners, with everything from flashing lights to temperature swings to constantly ringing doorbells; they can check out the interior of homes for their value for potential robberies; they could actually unlock windows or doors, leaving the home vulnerable to theft; they can listen in, gaining personal information that could then be used in further financial and ID hacks, they could triple your utility bill by blasting the heat while you're away, or cripple an appliance by running it too long. There have actually been cases of domestic abuse via smart devices, used to control and harass. I had a Google Home for about a year, and I found it's benefits were minimally beneficial. I ended up giving it to my sister, because I thought the potential risks didn't outweigh the rewards. That balance (risk vs reward) will be different for everyone; I decided the risks were too high for what it offered me, but it was a Godsend for my brother when he was bedridden with limited strength and coordination. He couldn't even hold a phone, let alone dial one, and having it there gave him a significant feeling of improved safety knowing he could phone us if he needed to. And it offered at least some measure of control over his life, small as it was, to be able to play music without asking someone else to do it for him, etc. In his case, the benefits outweighed the risks....See MoreTell me your fertilization routine
Comments (11)if you want to invest longterm "feed" the soil, like NHBas suggested. -- guessed 3/4 of all products of fertilizer can be skipped, around here they sell: Tomato fert herb fert box fert veggie fert ... a soil test could be good, just to make sure you are / your soil is in some average range. if you use compost and horn stuff that should suffice. iron or some such are often used as last resorts for plants that are nor suitable for a particular site and grow poorly permanently --- alfalfa pellets (with no stuff added), a horse feed, is good stuff as well. cocoa shells (bad for dogs) wool pellets --- if you avoid moneral fertilizer your microbes will thrive and those mine nutrients from the soil, even phosphate and release it when they die, than the plant can get it. rules of thumb (which work for me, Europe, z7, soil a nice loam) no fert/ compost for lvender, Thyme, Rosemary (sub-shrubs) very little fert (cow manure-pellets), but mulch (shredded hemp) for hardy perennials like cranesbill, perennial sunflower, daylily lots of mulch, some manure for roses, clematis, kiwi, berries (less manure), tall Dahlias --- hardly ever use lime --- sprinkle mineral K-fertilizer about every other year, did not find an organic source for that. if you could specify your aims/ plant that would help...See Moregardenandcats
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