Hello to all from Valorie

[Guest guest]

I hope that this email finds you all well, growing your gardens

and making your Total Tonic !

Bryan

planted, grew and recently harvested and braided all of our garlic.

What

a joy it is to see it hanging and drying. We’ve used some of it

already

and is it ever delicious ! Since we are traveling and researching, at

the

moment we do not have a garden plot but I am smelling the wonderful

garlic we grew as I type this.

 

For those

of you out there that are growing vegetables, here’s a tip I came

across in the

Parade section of the Sunday newspaper. It sounds like it is worth a

try

as it may save your squash and melon plants should they develop a

common fungus.

“One common fungal problem is powdery

mildew, which can kill

zucchini, squash, melons, and other fruits and vegetables. (The

telltale

sign: white powder on leaves) Gillman and his colleagues found that a

mix

of milk and water worked just as well for inhibiting fungi as

commercial

products.

To make a

milk spray to treat powdery mildew on fruits and vegetables or

blackspot on

roses: Mix one part milk with two parts of water. Pour liquid into a

spray bottle, and spray it on plants once a week.” Amy Stewart

I have not

personally tried the above remedy so whoever wishes to try it can let

us all

know if it works. I’ve definitely had the problem and lost squash

plants. The milk and water solution is certainly simple, inexpensive

and

an organic handling if it works.

Here’s a

gardening tip I have tried and it works very well. If you want to keep

slugs and snails away from your plants, save your egg shells, break

them up and

put them around your plants. The slugs and snails will not travel over

the sharp edges of the egg shells.

Egg shells

also provide needed calcium for plants. Brown patches known as

blossom-end rot may develop on tomatoes if they do not have sufficient

calcium. Egg shells can be crushed and sprinkled on the soil at the

base

of the tomato or other plants.

 

May your garden be very successful and bring you much pleasure and

food.

Valorie

 

P.S. I'm going to try this one as well next chance I get. Looks

like a lot of peppers to me ! Think I'd go with the 1 cup for starters.

 

Get

a

bountiful garden now! Amy Stewart

 

To

make a pepper spray to get rid of insects such as spider mites and

aphids:

 

CAUTION: BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN MAKING AND USING PEPPER SPRAY. KEEP

IT AWAY

FROM YOUR FACE. IT IS HIGHLY IRRITATING, AND IT IS SIMILAR IN

COMPOSITION TO

THE PEPPER SPRAY USED TO SUBDUE CRIMINALS.

 

Place 1/2 tablespoon of liquid hand soap, 1-2 cups of jalapeno or

habanero

peppers, and one quart of water in a blender. Puree. Wearing gloves,

strain the

liquid through cheesecloth to remove solids. Pour into a spray bottle.

Before

spraying it on an entire plant, try it out on a small area, such as a

leaf or

branch first, to make sure it does not burn the plant.

[Guest guest]

Quick question about the pepper spray. Will it drive away bees as well? I don't

want to lose my pollinators. Thanks for any help you can give.

Nina

 

herbal remedies , Valorie <Valorie wrote:

>

>

> *I hope that this email finds you all well, growing your gardens and

> making your Total Tonic !*

>

> Bryan planted, grew and recently harvested and braided all of our

> garlic. What a joy it is to see it hanging and drying. We've used some

> of it already and is it ever delicious ! Since we are traveling and

> researching, at the moment we do not have a garden plot but I am

> smelling the wonderful garlic we grew as I type this.

>

> For those of you out there that are growing vegetables, here's a tip I

> came across in the Parade section of the Sunday newspaper. It sounds

> like it is worth a try as it may save your squash and melon plants

> should they develop a common fungus.

>

> " One common fungal problem is powdery mildew, which can kill zucchini,

> squash, melons, and other fruits and vegetables. (The telltale sign:

> white powder on leaves) Gillman and his colleagues found that a mix of

> milk and water worked just as well for inhibiting fungi as commercial

> products.

>

> To make a milk spray to treat powdery mildew on fruits and vegetables or

> blackspot on roses: Mix one part milk with two parts of water. Pour

> liquid into a spray bottle, and spray it on plants once a week. " Amy

> Stewart

>

> I have not personally tried the above remedy so whoever wishes to try it

> can let us all know if it works. I've definitely had the problem and

> lost squash plants. The milk and water solution is certainly simple,

> inexpensive and an organic handling if it works.

>

> Here's a gardening tip I have tried and it works very well. If you want

> to keep slugs and snails away from your plants, save your egg shells,

> break them up and put them around your plants. The slugs and snails

> will not travel over the sharp edges of the egg shells.

>

> Egg shells also provide needed calcium for plants. Brown patches known

> as blossom-end rot may develop on tomatoes if they do not have

> sufficient calcium. Egg shells can be crushed and sprinkled on the soil

> at the base of the tomato or other plants.

>

>

> May your garden be very successful and bring you much pleasure and food.

>

> Valorie

>

> P.S. I'm going to try this one as well next chance I get. Looks like a

> lot of peppers to me ! Think I'd go with the 1 cup for starters.

>

> Get a bountiful garden now!

> <http://www.parade.com/health/2009/06/bountiful-garden.html> Amy Stewart

>

> To make a pepper spray to get rid of insects such as spider mites and

> aphids:

>

> CAUTION: BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN MAKING AND USING PEPPER SPRAY. KEEP

> IT AWAY FROM YOUR FACE. IT IS HIGHLY IRRITATING, AND IT IS SIMILAR IN

> COMPOSITION TO THE PEPPER SPRAY USED TO SUBDUE CRIMINALS.

>

> Place 1/2 tablespoon of liquid hand soap, 1-2 cups of jalapeno or

> habanero peppers, and one quart of water in a blender. Puree. Wearing

> gloves, strain the liquid through cheesecloth to remove solids. Pour

> into a spray bottle. Before spraying it on an entire plant, try it out

> on a small area, such as a leaf or branch first, to make sure it does

> not burn the plant. * *

>