setting up first garden help

[24Pink14Stink]

Also alfalfa pellets are a really really good source of safe nitrogen .... and they aren't very expensive .... you can till and water them in ... or you can make a "tea" .... I use an old coleman cooler because its insulated - I pour in about a half of a 50 pound bag of pellets and a shovel or two of garden soil or our compost ( either will ad the good bacteria/microbes) and add about 3 to 5 gallons of warm water. within say about 4 hours or so you can smell the difference ..... everything is working hard on the alfalfa .... in about 12 to 24 hours if stirred once in a while and covered it will come up to a little over 100*F - mesophyllic or middle temp. microbes having fun in there .... sort of like the digestive system in an herbivore - anyways after 36 to 48 hours you will have this warm sort of smelly goop that is high in Nitrogen and also full of all those good little microbes that you should have in your soil. What all those bacterias and microbes and fungi do down there is form this community in the soil ... and they will concentrate on and near the root systems of your plants .... some act like very fine roots .... some act as buffers , helping to regulate nutrient and water intake .... if you make nice healthy soil it helps your plants cope with extremes in food water and temp ... and if they are happy and strong they can survive insects and disease better ...
So we till that sloppy mess in a few days before we plant ... can also throw the pellets into compost bins to jump start it . the pellets break down fast so I don't let them come in contact with the root areas of the plants - if you make that mash its already breaking down and worked into the soil so its safer

copy paste : One of the 'potent' ingredients of alfalfa is an alcohol called tricontanol, a powerful plant growth
regulator. So the alfalfa that is rotting away in your garden is
actually 'trickle charging' the
growth
Alfalfa is very high in vitamins, plus Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium,

Calcium, Magnesium and other valuable minerals. It also includes sugars, starches, proteins,
fiber and 16 amino acids.

So besides hot chicks with camel toe, you know gardening?

Can i ask that you do another thread like u did elsewhere with details and pics about what you mention above?

[DEmerson]

So besides hot chicks with camel toe, you know gardening?

Can i ask that you do another thread like u did elsewhere with details and pics about what you mention above?

Actually I have been gardening longer than I have been , um , hot chicking ..... hahahaha
And one need not be exclusive from the other be26636505d1f3e351f772f73bf391e9.jpg

[Robin'son]

That gal is planting seeds of unknown origin. Who knows what will come up!!
Robin MacDonald

[thughes]

Oh no you don't!

I'd like to see this thread stay on-topic...lot of good stuff here. If you need to post pics of hot chicks please feel free to PM them to me instead.

[usmcveteran]

Ok so I have been giving this more thought and read a little more into raised garden beds. I then remembered a very important aspect of having a garden......... SUNLIGHT! I know I will have a large tree in the back and looked on google earth and not really sure what the sun is going to be light with full foliage so I might have to hold off this first year.

[DEmerson]

You could always give it a go with containers .... think of them like little raised beds ... that you can move if need be ... get a feel for it on a smaller scale ....

[thughes]

Ok so I have been giving this more thought and read a little more into raised garden beds. I then remembered a very important aspect of having a garden......... SUNLIGHT! I know I will have a large tree in the back and looked on google earth and not really sure what the sun is going to be light with full foliage so I might have to hold off this first year.

Hope it's not a walnut.....

[usmcveteran]

Why do you say that?

[thughes]

Why do you say that?

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1148.html

BTDT, it's true.

[usmcveteran]

You may have just saved my life! Worst case scenario a modified raised bed garden would get around that issue. Thanks for sharing!

[thughes]

FYI: F&S in Henrietta is doing a "Seeding Tips for Spring Food Plots" event April 25&26, Noon-1PM. (soil conditions, soil prep, best practices, etc.).

http://view.ed4.net/v/3AJ6P6Q/SB4K/A...H3D4E/FORMAT=H

[thughes]

Another great resource (they have an office in Highland Park), my mom was a Master Gardener. http://monroe.cce.cornell.edu/hortic...home-gardening

[thughes]

Come to think of it, there is a Peshitta-ton of books on gardening here at the house. I'll dig through and see if there is something relevant for you (I'm pretty sure there are books on raised bed gardening, etc.). Stay tuned.....

[usmcveteran]

Standing by thanks!