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Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

I found this to be an interesting article. Then I got to wondering if anyone here has ever heard of or tried this gardening method.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040724/APN/407240681

7/25/2004 5:03:26 PM

Indiana

Sounds like a great idea if you have a soggy spot also.
Steve

7/25/2004 6:38:55 PM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

Great article Steve. I may have to give that a try next year. Where do find the time to find this stuff?!

7/25/2004 6:41:55 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

LOL

Google News Alerts.

They come out every single day. I set key word parameters like "Pumpkin", "Fertilizer", "Cucurbita", or whatever strikes your fancy. I even monitor certain political activists so I can keep an eye on them by using their names as my search words. My professional colleagues think I have no life. But instead all the leg work is done for me. LOL

I supose I should keep this stuff under my own hat. But I've used it for over a year & decided it's time to share.

Go to this link first:

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=32&aid=43832

Then think about one word that you would want to see in the newspaper every time it appeared somewhere in the world in English (or whatever language you choose).

Now go here:

http://www.google.com/newsalerts

It takes about 10 seconds. You'll receive an email to confirm. Click the acknowlegement button & it's done.

Every day you'll get a summary for your word. Everywhere it appears from the smallest hometown paper to the New York Times, if your word appears in the online addition, you'll get the link in a daily email. Even translated Muslim & Chinese news articles get filtered for your search word.

You can set up as many as you want. If you get bored with a word, you can opt out with a provided link at the bottom of every email. Everyday you have the choice to turn off the word. That's it. You're off the hook instantly.

This is by far the single most useful tool I have ever found on the www.

Enjoy.

7/25/2004 9:04:12 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

We've tried it with tomatoes and potatoes. I never really took to it.

7/25/2004 10:26:34 PM

Atlanta, Georgia

Half of my garden here at home is over a stone section of the yard where there was no soil. I layed down bales of hay and covered that with manure, compost and potting soil in order to double the size of my patch. It's a good thing to try but it takes at least two years for it to be any good if you have little rain like we've had here. Now it's nice though!

7/26/2004 1:25:46 AM

Wichita, KS

I tried it with a friend a few years back. We must have done it wrong, cuz everything kept dying. I think there was just too much heat being produced, and the roots were cooking. I can't do it anymore. I discovered at the weigh-off last year that straw stimulated Adult On-set Asthma for me. I can handle a once-a-year event like the weigh-off, but being near straw every other day would make the inhaler way too familiar. I hate that thing.

Tremor, Thank you for the info! I have been wondering how you find all the interesting articles you post! Now I have a resource I can use to gather current information for all sorts of things, especially now that I'm going back to school. Awesome!

8/1/2004 7:07:46 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Oh I hear you with the time thing. That's why I try to streamline as many processes as possible. Even the one's that pay the bills. So nI can savour the time spent making the bills! LOL

Too bad about the Asthma. I guess we all have our demons though. Luck are those who CAN deal with them.

I would agree that the correct set of conditions must be present for this concept to work. The detail that goes into the every couple-three Nitrogen shots leads me to believe the process is quick to halt on it's own if thre bacteria are allowed to "cool off". They desperately need that N to cook or the process stops.

Seems like a lot of trouble unless the yields really are that much greater after the process is fully "dialed in spot on".

8/1/2004 7:28:48 PM

Montoursville, PA

The master of all masters using this technique was Ruth Stoudt. Her out of print book: No Work Garden Book is a good read for any winter dreary day. She was one of the greatest gardeners ever to write a book I have read more than a few times. Make the effort to find and read this fine ladies humor and growing techniques. You may never be the same again. :)

12/17/2004 12:44:26 PM