Friar do you have some strawberries growing from last year?

 

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I LOL'ed.

 

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My strawberry plants got pwnt by the Big Breeze of '11 sadly. New place (well, I lived here years ago) and new garden from scratch.

Also, if you're worried about building your soil, do not overlook Miracle Gro. They have an organic product if that's something that's kept you from using it before.

Tomatoes love iron. Push a nail down in the ground next to each stem and the rust will feed them while repelling cutworms. Or you could just magnet up filings from a grinding wheel and spread it in the planting soil.

Ptilk: Buying stuff almost NEVER is as good as stuff that is raised. The only exception is something like farmers markets and/or organic stores. There is a HUGE cost associated with getting crap from "organic" sources, usually.

Plus, there is a great feeling of contentment to be found in a garden. It's a tonic for the soul. You seem angry enough most of the time that you could probably benefit from a garden, lol.

 

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Great plan! if that doesn't put enough lead in your families diet you can always use a good pealing lead paint as a supplement...."gotta keep them young-uns voten republican"!

Don't do that there are alot of iron supplements that don't add lead,arsenic and other unwanted materials.

 

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Hope you grow the shit out of some watermelons this year

Sugar babies are the superior of all the watermelons

 

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I'll take "Lead is a non-ferrous metal" for 200, Alex

 

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I stopped gardening after the year I made the mistake of planting mint which I discovered is actually a weed

I've done better with flowers.

 

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