The weather has been great in our area that I have been able to get out and weed. I am ready for compost. I planted bulbs and tubers of all kinds and this Spring and Summer, my garden will be in full bloom and gorgeous. I paid for last year's bulbs and tubers, now to pay for this years flowers through funeral and arrangements.
Even if I don't, they will be worth having and I will have to have a few BBQ's to show them off. I have some amazing flowers if they all bloom. My vegetable gardens will soon be ready to plant as soon as it warms to a steady 50 degrees...but that might be awhile!
I will set out traps like some oil in a lid to get those earwigs and if I'm lucky, some slugs. I will try a new thing with cucumbers on foil to keep the bugs out, but not in my vegetable garden. The body doesn't need aluminum and doesn't produce it and therefore, aluminum creates free radicals and is related to memory loss, Parkinson's, MS, and who knows what else. Free Radicals cause cancer. Dairy and eggs and red meat also are related to memory loss. The body also doesn't need an excess of iron, so cook in a stainless steel pot or pan...go with more fruits and vegetables. But I digress, the point is to get rid of harmful bugs without harming the good bugs. Earwigs can be gotten if you lay a rolled up newspaper and then the next morning go and put that in a plastic bag and seal it and toss it! You can tell when you've got a healthy garden when you have a lot of worms. Some people like weeds because they aerate the soil. Worms live under the leaves that give them protection or nutrients. Microbes eat your kitchen waste and between them and the worms turn it into soil. So be cautious with the cucumber and aluminum, you don't want to get rid of the good bugs.
My cut flowers from my garden can go back into the garden unlike flowers I get from my wholesaler. That goes into a separate pile because of pesticides. It will be filler for my yard dips. Hey, maybe the earwigs will get into that pile :) So the next time you order flowers, are you ordering from your local florist? With computers, you can call a florist direct in another city...do not use Teleflora, ProFlowers, or 800 Flowers...they are order takers! Call the florist direct so she/he gets the money and not the order taker! the florist still has to use the wholesaler for flowers most of the time because they can't possibly have the variety that the wholesaler can get.
Have fun gardening and growing your own flowers.
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