Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Re: Gypsum advice please help
Thanks for the many timely responses. The materials is gypsum, just a different grade than I was used to working with before.. I have been drying it out by the fire (it got cool and rainy here in northern california this week) and my peppers are now happily growing in the ground. In the future I will probably purchase the slightly more expensive brand that is a finer material and easier to work with. If you do get the sludgy stuff I recommend drying it out well in the sun then breaking it up with a hammer or shovel. It won't dry on its own in the bag because the bag doesn't have many holes and can't breathe well.
I have been very pleased with our results this year using principles from the Mittleider Method. In the past several years I've spent a lot of time working/living at organic farms. I learned a lot from the old time farmers and won't say that one particular method is 'the best'. There are many ways to grow a great garden. However, since I'm renting the place where we are living and needed to get a garden up and running quick, the Mittleider Method has been fantastic. It is accessible, affordable, and the results have been superb. This is my girlfriend's first large garden and she has never eaten so many greens and veggies before. Especially now with the pandemic, having an abundant garden is an amazing place of solace and security.
We should be harvesting our first zucchinis any day now.
We should be harvesting our first zucchinis any day now.
We are snacking on peas and strawberries every morning. We had a bumper crop of radishes and pickled most of them. We used the radish greens for a delicious spring pesto blended up with olive oil and walnuts. Superb.
I hope your gardens are all doing well.
Best regards,
Luke
On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 12:26 PM Gary Terry gpterry1972@yahoo.com [MittleiderMethodGardening] <MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I think you may be talking about vermiculite. You can buy this cheaper in the insulation section only at Menards. It is called Vermiculite insulation by? Sungro ? but it is 2/3 more in quantity for the same thing that is sold in the garden sections. Same product two different applications.PaulaOn Monday, May 11, 2020, 11:34:47 PM EDT, Mary Kay marykay102@yahoo.com [MittleiderMethodGardening] <mittleidermethodgardening@yahoogroups.com> wrote:The Home Depot stuff says "white blend." I would think that the word blend indicates there is other stuff mixed in w the gypsum.
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