Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Thank you, Jeff. I've been wondering where to find the vinegar!

--- In Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Strong
<jeff_faithwalker@...> wrote:
>
> Cynthia.......Go to a place that sells Masonry supplies. Vinegar is
used to
> clean Marble and so you should find some there. As for the moles and
voles;
> google them and find out what predators eat them. Then go to the Zoo
with a
> bucket with a lid and get the pooh from those predators and work it
into the
> soil and make a tea out of it and pour it down their holes and they
will decide
> in a hurry that it is time to EVACUATE the area and go over to your
neighbors
> house.
> jeff
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> ________________________________
> From: art_cy cynthia@...
> To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 1:41:45 PM
> Subject: [Organic_Gardening] Vinegar or Acetic Acid
>
>
> Hello Everyone - Update on my progress with yard monsters.
>
> The mole problem has been stalled for the moment by all things - wild
garlic. I
> usually pull the wild garlic from my gardens every spring but this
spring I
> decided to leave it. All the plants surrounded by it, veggies and
flowering
> alike, grew stronger and healthier because the moles stayed away from
them.
>
>
> BUT --- Yesterday I debated whether to harvest my medium size collards
and
> beautiful parsley. Since I had planned on watering with compost tea
today, I
> decided to wait a few more days before harvesting. I swear, the
groundhogs
> understand English because no sooner had I mentioned harvesting the
greens to my
> husband than they did it for me. Early this morning I was floored to
see every
> single collard leaf, the majority of my parsley and a few tomato
plants GONE!!
> They decimated my collard greens.
>
> On another topic - Where can I find industrial strength vinegar? I
have called
> everywhere in Maryland and Northern Virginia but no one seems to know
anything.
> I've even asked for acetic acid and again no clue. Does it even exist?
Or is it
> another gardening myth?
>
> With Moles, Groundhogs, and pesky weeds, the garden monsters are
taking over. I
> need your suggestions as to what to do with Groundhogs and where to
buy the
> vinegar. Please.
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