Comments on: Teaming with Microbes: Book Review http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maxamillion http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-69968 Maxamillion Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:44:08 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-69968 I feel like if your a lazy person your not gonna want to read this book. This book is probably more beneficial, than the learning how to quit smoking. It all depends on what you smoke. Im just sayin if you really want to learn about how to make your plants thrive, it takes a little investing. In the end it all pays off, as long as you follow the rules. I would recomend this book to any gardener who grows TLO (true living oraganics) if you didnt know. You might not know me but take the advice from someone with experience. Happy gardening! I feel like if your a lazy person your not gonna want to read this book. This book is probably more beneficial, than the learning how to quit smoking. It all depends on what you smoke. Im just sayin if you really want to learn about how to make your plants thrive, it takes a little investing. In the end it all pays off, as long as you follow the rules. I would recomend this book to any gardener who grows TLO (true living oraganics) if you didnt know. You might not know me but take the advice from someone with experience. Happy gardening!

]]> By: Joel http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-68906 Joel Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:08:14 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-68906 Okay, so you have trouble getting mulch to your garden beds, including paying for it and transporting it. You also have weeds springing up where you would need mulch. I think I can help! Try cutting the weeds and leaving them in place. The weeds are, themselves, mulch. So are any cuttings from plants you intend to have growing there. There are potential downsides. Maybe plants will re-sprout from the root, or the aerial portion will contain enough water to produce seeds before it dies. Either you'll develop a knack for the time & place to cut them (ideally, for most species, just below the surface, as they're beginning to flower...but I'm with you in not being on top of things), or you'll develop a thick layer of mulch a lot sooner. Cuttings from deciduous trees are also great. If a neighbor trims a ficus or similar, I tend to steal the pile they leave on the sidewalk. Not very heavy, for the amount of space they cover, and you can't beat the price. Okay, so you have trouble getting mulch to your garden beds, including paying for it and transporting it. You also have weeds springing up where you would need mulch. I think I can help!

Try cutting the weeds and leaving them in place.

The weeds are, themselves, mulch. So are any cuttings from plants you intend to have growing there.

There are potential downsides. Maybe plants will re-sprout from the root, or the aerial portion will contain enough water to produce seeds before it dies. Either you’ll develop a knack for the time & place to cut them (ideally, for most species, just below the surface, as they’re beginning to flower…but I’m with you in not being on top of things), or you’ll develop a thick layer of mulch a lot sooner.

Cuttings from deciduous trees are also great. If a neighbor trims a ficus or similar, I tend to steal the pile they leave on the sidewalk. Not very heavy, for the amount of space they cover, and you can’t beat the price.

]]> By: patrick http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-58793 patrick Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:33:01 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-58793 as humans,if not on purpose,we have practically destroyed the mother.if we have time to sit on our asses swilling wine we have time to do our part to help repair the damage we have done.we need to get busy.it is time to stop using petro chemicals and making some rich,as we continue to destroy what beneficial life is left in the soil.it is time to get back to basics.think about where that wine came from........cheers as humans,if not on purpose,we have practically destroyed the mother.if we have time to sit on our asses swilling wine we have time to do our part to help repair the damage we have done.we need to get busy.it is time to stop using petro chemicals and making some rich,as we continue to destroy what beneficial life is left in the soil.it is time to get back to basics.think about where that wine came from……..cheers

]]> By: Brooke Heppinstall http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13259 Brooke Heppinstall Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:17:40 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-13259 Ok. I just backed up and read your first review. Why's everybody in a snit? Understanding the science behind healthy soil is great, but,only a few garden Nazis have it in them to check off every little thing in the perfect garden check list. Is that a run-on sentence? Do we care? Perhaps a little more liquid human nutrients, a glass of merlot, perhaps, is missing in these fellows lives. Don't sweat it. You did a good job on the review. Mulch is a wonderful thing if you have 1)money, 2)time,3)helpers. Double digging is ok if you're in great physical shape and it's not over 70f in the sun. And you already know how I feel about turning compost. If George Clooney will show up in his Speedo once a month and do it for me I'd be in gardener's heaven. Otherwise, will you pour me some more whine?! Brooke www.woolwood.blogspot.com www.dirtdivasgardening.blogspot.com Ok. I just backed up and read your first review. Why’s everybody in a snit? Understanding the science behind healthy soil is great, but,only a few garden Nazis have it in them to check off every little thing in the perfect garden check list. Is that a run-on sentence? Do we care?

Perhaps a little more liquid human nutrients, a glass of merlot, perhaps, is missing in these fellows lives.

Don’t sweat it. You did a good job on the review. Mulch is a wonderful thing if you have 1)money, 2)time,3)helpers. Double digging is ok if you’re in great physical shape and it’s not over 70f in the sun. And you already know how I feel about turning compost. If George Clooney will show up in his Speedo once a month and do it for me I’d be in gardener’s heaven. Otherwise, will you pour me some more whine?!
Brooke
http://www.woolwood.blogspot.com
http://www.dirtdivasgardening.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jenn http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13238 Jenn Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:23:44 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-13238 Heh. I'm still working on fine-tuning the 'wet' and 'dry' ingredients of my compost pile... and turning it? um. But I'll still be getting a copy of this to read, because frankly, the science fascinates me. I loved biology in high school. Heh. I’m still working on fine-tuning the ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ ingredients of my compost pile… and turning it? um.

But I’ll still be getting a copy of this to read, because frankly, the science fascinates me. I loved biology in high school.

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13230 Kathy Purdy Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:02:49 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-13230 Mary Ann and Annie--It's obvious to me I didn't make myself clear, because I do think this is a good book. Please read <a href="http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/28/teaming-with-microbes-take-2/" title="Link to another post" rel="nofollow">this post</a> for my further attempts at elucidation. Mary Ann and Annie–It’s obvious to me I didn’t make myself clear, because I do think this is a good book. Please read this post for my further attempts at elucidation.

]]> By: Annie in Austin http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13187 Annie in Austin Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:28:14 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-13187 Oh Kathy - you sure know how to pull your readers into your post! The book is still on my list, but your review has made wonder about the authors. Am I getting this right? They first behaved badly, describing their actions as "we carpet bombed our lawns....strafed their weeds with a popular broadleaf herbicide.... commercial fertilizer...etc.". Then they see the light! Now, like former smokers who feel it their duty to teach everyone else how to quit, the authors give prescriptions as to how to make perfect compost? If you never smoked, do you need to buy a book on how to quit? Annie at the Transplantable Rose Oh Kathy – you sure know how to pull your readers into your post! The book is still on my list, but your review has made wonder about the authors.

Am I getting this right? They first behaved badly, describing their actions as “we carpet bombed our lawns….strafed their weeds with a popular broadleaf herbicide…. commercial fertilizer…etc.”. Then they see the light! Now, like former smokers who feel it their duty to teach everyone else how to quit, the authors give prescriptions as to how to make perfect compost?
If you never smoked, do you need to buy a book on how to quit?

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

]]> By: Mary Ann http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13183 Mary Ann Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:18:05 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-13183 Good grief! I am so with you. I am not gonna fine tune the flippin compost. And I am not going to make the tea. Iced tea for me. Long Island Iced tea for me but not the garden. Thanks for the fine book report. You saved me tons of time and money.......... Your pal, MA Good grief! I am so with you. I am not gonna fine tune the flippin compost. And I am not going to make the tea. Iced tea for me. Long Island Iced tea for me but not the garden. Thanks for the fine book report. You saved me tons of time and money……….

Your pal,
MA

]]> By: Carol http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13180 Carol Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:03:25 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/27/teaming-with-microbes-book-review/#comment-13180 Great post. Well written, as usual. And I haven't forgotten to list you first on the club post, since you weren't fooled by my "mystery" plant last week. Great post. Well written, as usual. And I haven’t forgotten to list you first on the club post, since you weren’t fooled by my “mystery” plant last week.

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