This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Carol – the new forum is announced in the upcoming March/April issue of National Gardening, which should be out in the next two weeks. Welcome! Call your friends and get them on board too. The more voices we share, the more lively and beneficial a forum this will be! -…
Jeannie, How wonderful to hear from you! I was born in Laisterdyke . . . now torn down . . . a neighborhood of back-to-backs in Bradford, near St. Mary's Church. My father and his family were born in Shipley, in a section that has also been torn down and…
Hello Rick, You might try adding a nitrogen fertilizer to the compost to get things going. Check with a local nursery, they should have a brand to reccommend. Good luck! Alison
Judy, I figure I'm in zone 4 and the place in question woudn't get any shade. What would you recomend in its place? Chris – Colorado
Tucson members
Message #1229
My compost pile is not working. My 10 year old daughter and came up with a science fair project: to see what makes compost work. The idea was to get some compost going and then put a sample into two containers. Sterilize one and not the other and then measure…
Compost help
Message #1228
My compost pile is not working. My 10 year old daughter and came up with a science fair project: to see what makes compost work. The idea was to get some compost going and then put a sample into two containers. Sterilize one and not the other and then measure…
Hello Carol and welcome to the Garden Forum! We were mentioned in the last issue of the Compuserve magazine. I look forward to seeing you around the forum. Alison
Tucson gardeners
Message #1225
My compost pile is not working. My 10 year old daughter and came up with a science fair project: to see what makes compost work. The idea was to get some compost going and then put a sample into two containers. Sterilize one and not the other and then measure…
#compost help
Message #1224
My compost pile is not working. My 10 year old daughter and came up with a science fair project: to see what makes compost work. The idea was to get some compost going and then put a sample into two containers. Sterilize one and not the other and then measure…
Don, Unfortunately, suggestions to use other programs don't help you with CIM. Since you've already invested the money, let's try and make what you have work. I have no problem deleting mail from my Filing Cabinet while off-line, so a global condemnation of CIM is way off base. First, what…
#Organic Ag Opportunities
Message #1222
Hello, I'm a new CS user and a new member of this forum. I haven't had much experience in ag. but I'm very much interested in apprenticing/interning on an organic or biodynamic farm. If anyone has ideas, addresses, any help whatsoever I would greatly appreciate it. Right now I'm living…
Walls of Water
Message #1221
or warm, as the case may be (I had to say it) sc
My favorites are Celebrity and Sweet Million. I am not in the milder, Narragansett Bay climate of most of RI, so I start them indoors in March and put them out by the middle of May, if the weather is decent. They are both short-season enough to give me fruit…
#new forum
Message #1219
Bravo! What a super idea! Have you announced this in the magazine yet? I don't recall seeing it, and wondered. Good luck.
Judy – My gardenia wouldn't bloom until I stimulated bud production by providing night temperatures in the 50's. Once the bud nodes became visible, the plant was moved to the brightest hottest window in the house and began a long blooming cycle. I keep this one on a humidifying tray,…
#wanna see my etchings?
Message #1217
I'm thinking of doing a major landscape job on a mostly wooded backyard. I was wondering if there was a way to share a sketch of my plan to elicit ideas online? I have a drawing program for landscaping, could the file be uploaded somehow? I suppose first I should…
Shepherd, Do you have any words of wisdom on the pre-soaking issue? Your article in the Feb '89 Nat Gardener doesn't mention any specific techniques for the South. I've tried some of the agro-net over partial rows with indifferent results perhaps as my garden is still fairly well shaded at…
Bill, I've used Carolina Agro-tech's spawn. They're at (919)438-2674 and I think evenings were the best time to reach them. Mike
#compost
Message #1214
Does anyone know if the new clumping kitty liters are compost-able? I compost HOT with mostly horse manure(5horses 3 cats)
uploads
Message #1213
Howard – the description and keywords for the gardening by mail article got screwed up (i was too tired, obviously). Article should be titled, "A Mailbox Garden," with keywords Mailorder, Catalogs, Societies. Description should read."Article reviewing & describing many garden catalogs with addresses, by judywhite. Article first published in Garden…
I grow orchids under lights myself, and have found four fluorescent cool whites to be fine. Grow lights extend the spectrum available, and while many people swear by them, there's still conflicting data as to whether they're really 10 times better (which is usually about the cost differential) than cool…
I agree, even though I like both subjects. I would much prefer to have them seperated if at all possible. Thanks.
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Tmoatoes
Message #1209
I'm north of you in Sacramento, but my toms didn't make it through the freeze that we had, but alot of my herbs did, and they are growing very vigoursly!
Free Program
Message #1208
I want to let everyone know that there is a FREE program for accessing CompuServe available in the IBM Communications forum (GO IBMCOM) in library section #9 called OZCIS that is great! I used to use TAPCIS but this program is much, much better, mainly because it is so much…
Don, I would suggest going to the IBM Communications forum and downloading a program called OZCIS. It is composed of four files (OZICS1-4.EXE). It is a FREE program and is excellent. Much better than TAPCIS, which I used to use. The main improvement is that it is much, much easier…
#Grow lamps
Message #1205
I'm writing from Calgary in the shadow of the Rockies. With our short growing season, we have no option but to start most of our plants inside. We currently have one floresent fixture with two grow lamp tubes in it. We want to expand our light coverage with another fixture.…
I'm replying from Calgary, here in the foothills of the Rockie Mountains. We typically get down to 5 to 8 degrees Centigrade on summer evenings. We would be clasified as a sub-alpine environment. The two varieties that we've had the most success with are Tiny Tim and Siberia. We have…
Don, Have you thought of using TAPCIS instead of CIM? I am quite sure that you will find your online charges go WAY DOWN using TAP. The main difference is that TAP allows you to do almost all of the work offline. This includes things like writing messages, reviewing message…
He he he. Foodies and dirties. I like that one.
#Herbs/Houseplants
Message #1201
Hi, May I suggest that you give herbs its own library and message area? Herb enthusiasts are very different from houseplant nuts. Certainly, files and topics are not very often related, and I can see that it will get harder to sift through the directories to find what one wants…
#time to seed
Message #1200
Hi, there. I am thinking of trying the technique of seeding my 'established' lawn of putting down the seed on the frozen turf. I'm beginning to wonder if I missed my opportunity here in NJ, but I'll try it anyway. Where I was going with this was respect to the…
So glad you are better. Now STAY that way! No, Dave really doesn't look like Charlie Manson. He looks like, well, uh, he looks like Dave. We met him and Susie about 3 years ago when we travelled through his part of the country. Had a great time. Will stay…
Judy, I agree with you about people being good no matter where they're found. I think there were some political/commercial complications involved (i.e.: The Gardening Magazine paying a substanctial amount to CI$ for this forum). What was most upsetting was that we'd lose our Conference time, which meant so much…
Herb catalogs.
Message #1196
Hi, I am the manager ofRichters, Canada's largest herb grower. We offer seeds, plants, books, dried herbs, etc. — hundreds of varieties. I note that you{uploaded a list of herb suppliers and I wonder if you would consider including us. Can I send you a complimentary catalogue? Conrad Richter Richters…
Thanks Allison I think I have enough info now to get started looking. Ed.
Thanks John, I'll keep those names in mind when I go shopping at the local nursery. Ed.
Susan I'm in the high desert (4600 ft or so) and I don't know anything about what grows here. I'll look for the 2 books you mentioned. Thanks. Ed warren
Ruth, I'm feeling better, thanks, and getting caught up on paperwork since it's too wet to garden. I watched part one of Yamato-san's journey through Good Earth America, and even recognized one of the Socal people who met him for dinner at the Good Earth restaurant (Susan S., who has…
I've had good luck with gardenias in a west window, in a kitchen, so the humidity was high. They need acid soil, and they need iron. Check for a fertilizer which provides both. I can't give you a name; I haven't grown them for a while.
Right. He doesn't exactly jump in. Sort of teeters until he slips. That's not that dignified either, though.
#moles
Message #1187
Please help, I am bein overrun by moles. I have an idea to put a PVC barrier in the ground, but I do not know how deep a mole will burrow. Can someone out there educate me? I know that most of the time they don't go that deep, but…
Chris – i've played with Home Series:Landscape from Autodesk and found it incredibly slow, with interminable redraw after making additions/changes. it also has virtually no plant selection and no plant information. i reviewed more than 20 different software programs for gardeners and wrote an article for the March 92 National…
Ruth – i guess a lot of us started on Goodearth because of a general reverence for the natural world. But i think that's equally true of the people on this forum; it's just all the same thing, whether it gets called Goodearth or Gardening or whatever. "home" is whatever…
Chris – what zone are you in there? Variegated bishop's weed is pretty tough stuff; actually, the tougher condition will probably help keep it from getting invasive, as it can (hence the "weed" in the name). It's not evergreen, though, although you get white summer flowers. Does well in virtually…
Don – you can add the state after your name by choosing "options" while in the Garden Forum, rewriting your entire name in the "name" category. Then make sure to choose "p" to make the change permanent when it asks for "s" (this session only) or "p" (for permanent). i…
Newspaper As Mulch
Message #1181
My husband and I have used newspapers (except for the colored sections) extensively in perennial beds which we were digging out but not planting right away. The beds remained weed free all summer and by the time we were ready to plant the following year, the paper was rotted enough…
Hi Mike, I'll take a look at the articles you mentioned and get back to you next week. Alison
Hi Kent, Look in Library 2 Vegetable Gardening and you will find a file (Free.cat) that lists names and addresses of catalogs. Alison
#CIM
Message #1178
I have a couple of questions. 1) I have noticed a lot of people have a "/" with the two character state next to their name. I have tried this and it will truncate it everytime. How do I set this up? 2) When I'm off line and try to…
Hi Bob…..I own an electric chipper/shredder. It takes branches up to about 1 inch. It does just fine on everything below that diameter. California Legislators have threatened to outlaw internal cumbustion engines for yard equipment for some time now, so an electric one was a necessity. By the way,we have…
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