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For the Best Gardeners in the Cardiff Area

   Oct 07

Your Questions About Gardening

Helen asks…

easy and quick steps to clean a teenage girl’s disaster of a room?

i did all my laundry and all my clothes are put away. beds made. and theres a mountain of stuff under my bed and tons and tons of stuff all over the floor. the top of my bedside tables and dresser and bookshelf is messy. no desk. and i only have like 2 storage bins….1 for winter clothes and then another 1. i just have too much clutter, no where to put it, and no motivation…at all.

GardenersCardiff answers:

I’d make room on the floor for two piles. One pile you want to keep, and the other for ANYTHING you can get rid of. If you haven’t worn clothes for a year or more, they’d go in the OUT pile. You can donate anything you want to GoodWill, or better yet, D.A.V., (Disabled American Veterans) because they’ll come and pick it up at your door. (In bags or boxes.)

Clutter is what makes it so hard. Look in any furniture ad, or magazine, like “Better Homes and Gardens” and the one thing that is ‘missing’ is the clutter.

Strip it down to the bare furniture IF you can.

Once you have your clutter in the two piles … Your not allowed to take anything out of the clutter pile! If you hold it in your hand for ‘3 seconds’, trying to decide .. It goes in the OUT pile 🙂

Good luck. The hardest things to throw away are toys and stuffed animals. Be brave! You’ll be glad you did!

Also, there is a FREE kill-clutter website at www.FlyLady.net … She’s a trip, and she’ll get rid
of it! 😉

Best of luck.

Nancy asks…

How do you grow tomatoes upside down in a bucket?

I saw an advertisement, but don’t know how to do it. Can anyone help?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Upside-down Tomato Plants
Growing Tomatoes Upside-Down

At first glance, this might look like an unusual way to grow tomatoes. But Jim Appleby from Iowa has discovered several benefits to hanging his tomatoes in buckets. First, the air can circulate better so the plants have almost no disease problems. Second, the fruit doesn’t rot as quickly as that on the ground. And finally, some critters that eat tomatoes have trouble getting to the ripening fruit.

To make the upside-down containers, Jim used 5-gallon buckets with tight-fitting lids. He recycled his from a restaurant, but says you can find them many places, such as paint or hardware stores.

Jim scrubs each bucket out with soapy water and makes sure the handle is attached securely. He cuts a 2-inch or larger diameter hole in the center of the lid and one in the bottom of the bucket. To make the holes, he uses a drill with a hole saw bit (an attachment for cutting a door to install the doorknob).

With the bucket standing upright and the lid off, Jim covers the hole in the bottom with a coffee filter or scrap of fabric. That way the soil won’t fall out when he turns the bucket over. He fills the bucket full of a lightweight potting mix, shaking it to settle the soil.

2 in. Or larger diameter hole cut in bucket lid for both drainage and watering Established tomato seedling ready to hang

Before he puts the lid back on, Jim lays another coffee filter over the soil where the hole will be. Next, he puts the lid on and turns the bucket upside down.
Jim cuts a slit through the filter in the hole and plants a tomato seedling. To give the tomato a fast start, he strips off the lower leaves and plants the seedling deeply so roots can form along the stem. He places the planted bucket in a sunny location and keeps it well-watered for the next few weeks.

When the plant is about a foot tall, Jim’s ready to hang it up. The bucket needs a solid support to hold the weight. A clothesline pole is ideal. If you hang the bucket from a building, make sure it won’t bang into a window or the siding on a windy day.

This part is easier with two people — one to lift and hold the bucket and one to fasten the chain. Jim drapes a chain over the clothesline post while a friend lifts the bucket. He pulls the chain through the handle of the bucket and fastens the ends together. You can buy chain loops made specifically for fastening or use a piece of heavy wire and twist it to hold the chain together. Either way, Jim finds he can raise and lower the height to harvest his tomatoes

— From Garden Gate Issue 39

http://www.minifarmhomestead.com/gardening/tomato.htm

Laura asks…

Why is hay good for putting over grass seeds when growing them?

And is spring a good time for growing grass?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Why use hay? And besides, how the heck do you apply it to a full sized formal lawn area without grabbing a handful and feverishly casting it into the wind to cover the just sowed seed? This all seems like a bunch of extra work that is not needed. My preference has always been to use a couple compressed bales of peatmoss, available at any leading garden center or nursery. You can rent a peat “roller” at the local equipment rental center for next to nothing. It is a barrel shaped roller made of screen. It has a handle for easy pulling and application. Put the seed down, fill up the roller with peat and roll away! You go over the lawn as if you were mowing it. As you walk along, the peatmoss will drop through the screened openings covering the seed with a thin layer. Peatmoss has way better moisture holding capacity than hay. It will also breakdown and be added to the soil alot quicker than hay will. Once you cover the entire seeded area with the peat, you can water to start the germination process. Be sure to keep the peat moist until well after the new grass pokes through (7-14 days depending on variety) This might mean having to adjust the automatic sprinkler system to water 3 times a day (morning, noon, and early evening) or manually, which ever you have. You do not want to let the seeds dry out after they break free of the seed covering. Once the grass begins to grow well, you can cut back on the watering, but make sure it gets a drink at least once a day especially in warmer temperatures (your weather will determine this) And “DO NOT” water the newly sprouted grass in the evening or at night! Doing this will cause diseases or fungi to develope on your newly planted turf. You want the grass “dry” before night fall. Hope this answers your question…

Remember the old saying: “You get what you pay for”. Cheap straw equals shoddy results! ..And to the “thumbs down” trolls running rampant… “May you get struckdown by lightning” …hahaha

…$Billy Ray$

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