Waayyy OT: For Bill, Billy, Steve (if he's around) and others of a similar bent...Ignore If You Expect Garden Related Stuff

 No bithcin' from you purists and anally inclined.......this was
distinctly Subject: lined as Off Topic !!!

BTW.....you stil around,  Steve at privacy.net?  Wondering about
catdaddy also.


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Charlie

 
<Charlie> wrote in message

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  Nice to be wondered about...... Been more than a little busy fighting the
tangled web of the city parks' dept. Trying to save the trees and the
grounds in a drought at the park where I volunteer, while some long hidden
politics are slowly revealing their nasty underbelly. And, real work is
trying to kill me, although I should be thankful for working, when so many
aren't. And, composing and typing anything beyond what's needed to put out
the brushfires
   Timely article...... Struggling against the machine is something I had to
re-learn has limited possibilities for fulfillment. Those on the other side
are quite good at beating the social responsibility right out of you and
that village somewhere else is mighty appealing........... But then, some
important things wouldn't get done, so it continues........

   BTW, planted Fall tomatoes in pots in leaf mold/compost/cheap manure in
Aug. Hardly remembered to keep them watered and didn't feed them. Dragged
them into the greenhouse in Nov and they didn't start ripening until Dec.
The things are still going.  A little more attention and more pots and I
could have kept the neighbours in tomatoes all Winter.
   I'm doing front yard peppers this Spring, and anybody can pick what they
want.

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Well spoken.........understood.


It's so very nice to connect with you, out here in the ether.  I think
about you everytime compost is mentioned or made or used.  :-)  I've
always enjoyed your posts and your commensensical, minimalistic
approach to compost and soil health and life.

 ... we seem to be on a similar plane with some issues that plague us
and interest us.  Like it once was said, we gotta keep on keepin' on
and all that stuff, though it is so disheartening at times.  

Pop in once in a while, OK?

Take Care, Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down!

Charlie

(gotta add this, sums it it purrfectly)

"Spread it on the ground, pile it up, add stuff or not....... Just
don't bag it up and throw it away. It's all good."   -- catdaddy

 

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2008-04-01/Build-Better-
Soil-Free-Organic-Fertilizer.aspx

FREE Fertilizers
Grass clippings, 2 to 5% nitrogen
Yard waste compost, 1 to 4% nitrogen

Meal-based Fertilizers, price per pound of nitrogen
Cottonseed meal (6-1-1)                       $7.25
Pro-Gro (5-3-4)                                  $11.10
Alfalfa meal (3-1-2)                               $6.60
Soybean meal (7-2-1)                            $4.00
Espoma Garden-Tone (4-6-6)             $32.40
Peace of Mind All Purpose (5-5-5)      $39.75

Manure-based Fertilizers, price per pound of nitrogen
Fertrell Lawn & Garden (3-2-3)             $12.15
Black Hen (2-3-2)                                  $16.00
Miracle Gro (3-2-3)                                $24.15
Bat Guano (10-3-1)                                $30.00
Bradfield Tomato & Vegetable (3-3-3)    $33.25

Liquid Organic Fertilizers, price per pound of nitrogen
Age Old Organics Grow (12-6-6)               $46.50
Maxicrop (5-1-1)                                       $63.60
Ferti-lome Fish (5-1-1)                               $63.60
FoxFarm Grow Big (6-4-4)                         $79.70
Earth Juice (2-1-1)                                    $239.00
TerraCycle Plant Food (.03-.002-.02)  $16,987.00

Non-organic Liquid Fertilizer
Pennington's Plant Food (.02-.02-.02)     $4,067
--

Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is
now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of
conception until death."  - Rachel Carson

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Good comparisons....good source for such things.  :-)

Charlie

“It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks...
the public must decide whether it wishes to continue
on the present road and it can only do so
when in full possession of the facts..."  --  Rachel Carson