Posted by koi boy tom on May 3, 2011, 6:07 pm
Hiya everyone,
my name is Tom, I'm 16 years old, from London living in Ireland. I'm a
keen koi keeper, and have developed an interest in plants. I'd love to
learn some more about gardening and landscaping in general, can anyone
suggest what would be a good plant to start with.
thanks
Tom
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koi boy tom
Posted by dr-solo on May 4, 2011, 10:27 am
sign into rec.ponds.moderated. I have veggie filters for my koi and live in
Milwaukee where "Sweet Water" http://sweetwaterfoundation.com/
is using fish "water" as nutrients for growing veggies in filters.
My koi are very happy with the veggie filter cleaning up the water. Many of us
on
rec.ponds.moderated use this system, altho not many are using their veggie
filters to
actually grow FOOD. Ingrid
On Tue, 3 May 2011 22:07:13 +0000, koi boy tom
>Hiya everyone,
>my name is Tom, I'm 16 years old, from London living in Ireland. I'm a
>keen koi keeper, and have developed an interest in plants. I'd love to
>learn some more about gardening and landscaping in general, can anyone
>suggest what would be a good plant to start with.
>thanks
>Tom
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Posted by David Hare-Scott on May 4, 2011, 6:32 pm
On Tue, 3 May 2011 22:07:13 +0000, koi boy tom
>Hiya everyone,
>my name is Tom, I'm 16 years old, from London living in Ireland. I'm a
>keen koi keeper, and have developed an interest in plants. I'd love to
>learn some more about gardening and landscaping in general, can anyone
>suggest what would be a good plant to start with.
>thanks
>Tom
Start by going to the local public library for books on the kind of
plant you are interested in, or general gardening books. Find out
what will do well in your climate and soil before setting your heart
on something impossible.
David
Posted by Chris on May 5, 2011, 10:25 am
> On Tue, 3 May 2011 22:07:13 +0000, koi boy tom
> >Hiya everyone,
> >my name is Tom, I'm 16 years old, from London living in Ireland. I'm a
> >keen koi keeper, and have developed an interest in plants. I'd love to
> >learn some more about gardening and landscaping in general, can anyone
> >suggest what would be a good plant to start with.
> >thanks
> >Tom
> Start by going to the local public library for books on the kind of
> plant you are interested in, or general gardening books. Find out
> what will do well in your climate and soil before setting your heart
> on something impossible.
> David
I would add, get a soil test kit first thing. If you can, you might
also start composting any vegetable matter from the kitchen. Compost
will enhance _any_ soil and it can be as easy as just tossing the
scraps onto the same spot every evening (along with grass clippings
and such). Or you can go hard-core and spend time turning and aerating
and watering it. I bought a couple of recycled plastic compost
containers and while I am not nuts, I do aerate it occasionally.
Chris
Posted by David Hare-Scott on May 5, 2011, 7:39 pm
On Thu, 5 May 2011 07:25:37 -0700 (PDT), Chris
>> On Tue, 3 May 2011 22:07:13 +0000, koi boy tom
>>
>>
>> >Hiya everyone,
>> >my name is Tom, I'm 16 years old, from London living in Ireland. I'm a
>> >keen koi keeper, and have developed an interest in plants. I'd love to
>> >learn some more about gardening and landscaping in general, can anyone
>> >suggest what would be a good plant to start with.
>> >thanks
>> >Tom
>>
>> Start by going to the local public library for books on the kind of
>> plant you are interested in, or general gardening books. Find out
>> what will do well in your climate and soil before setting your heart
>> on something impossible.
>>
>> David
>I would add, get a soil test kit first thing.
A waste of time and money at this stage. Commercial DIY kits are not
very accurate anyway. Time for chemistry later, learn basic gardening
first.
>If you can, you might
>also start composting any vegetable matter from the kitchen. Compost
>will enhance _any_ soil and it can be as easy as just tossing the
>scraps onto the same spot every evening (along with grass clippings
>and such). Or you can go hard-core and spend time turning and aerating
>and watering it. I bought a couple of recycled plastic compost
>containers and while I am not nuts, I do aerate it occasionally.
Very good suggestion.
David
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>my name is Tom, I'm 16 years old, from London living in Ireland. I'm a
>keen koi keeper, and have developed an interest in plants. I'd love to
>learn some more about gardening and landscaping in general, can anyone
>suggest what would be a good plant to start with.
>thanks
>Tom