Comments on: Gardening – More Complicated Than You Think

By: L@spillingbuckets

L@spillingbuckets — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:55 +0000

Our garden is doing pretty well but the zuchinni needed more nutrients in the soil and the broccoli has mites/beetles.

I am curious – what type of garden do you plan on having in winter? Is it just indoors?

I’d love to grow stuff in the winter but don’t really know where to start, especially with limited apartment space.

By: Frugal Trenches

Frugal Trenches — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:15:15 +0000

How exciting! I love gardening!

By: Chuck Bartok

Chuck Bartok — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:21:00 +0000

Sounds like frustration, but all of those problems are soluble.

Regarding the insect and birds there are easy inexpensive solutions. The “cat-face” tomatoes are due to water management.

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By: Momma

Momma — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:55:25 +0000

Thanks for the tips!

By: frugalwench

frugalwench — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:54:26 +0000

Use this to spray the plants for insects:

1/3 cup Murphy’s Oil Soap (use the name brand, because the generics have different soap that might burn the plants)
1 tablespoon Baking Soda (kills fungus)
1 gallon water.

Spray when it’s cool, early morning or early evening. Spraying any kind of oil in the heat will burn the plants.

This will take care of most chomping insects, and things like leaf miners.

For the birds, use a scarecrow, or put a cat statue in the garden, and keep moving it around. The only other alternative is bird netting…or bird shot. I feed my birds and squirrels a long way away from the garden, and they don’t bother it, because they know where their food is.