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    Planting Liberals this year. They don't take well to sun light and always die on the vine and turn to shit. But they make good fertilizer for when I want to grow a garden.
    Ever so often you have to use some shit to bring your soil back. And there's more Liberals than one man can plant.

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    I do my best...
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    Cat's are food... not friends!

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    Ok it is coming up here in a few more weeks.

    Here is my plan of action.

    Obtain coffee grounds from an endless free supply of them.
    Pick up at Starbucks. They will hand you a bag ~8lbs. 1 store will have 2-6 of these bags during 1 work day.

    Obtain 5 gallon rectangular buckets with lid and food grade. From an endless free supply of them.
    Pick up at Sam's / Costco Bakery In 1 day they will have more than what you can fit into your car.

    Obtain compost materials. For free and also an endless supply of them.
    Use what you create.

    Create a potting soil.
    Dig a hole (mine is a small pond (covered pool)) and combine Coffee grounds, compost and straw (bought the straw) with the dirt dug up. Fill the 50+ 5 gallon buckets and plant.

    Start doing this now and start the plants indoors. Egg cartons are a good plant starter container and they are free after you use the eggs.

    So in all you will need to invest in Straw, Seeds, Water and your time. And the results will be semi free food.

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    My list:

    FRUIT TREES
    Apple
    Peach
    Apricot
    Avocado
    Orange
    Lime
    Lemon

    VINE PLANTS
    Boysenberries
    Strawberries
    Merlot grapes

    VEGGIES
    Green Onions
    Green pole beans
    Several varieties of tomatoes
    Kale
    Eggplant
    Jalapenos
    Bell peppers
    Yellow summer squash
    Zuchinni


    Rosemary
    Thyme
    Dill
    Basil
    Mint
    Fennel

    Overall, my crop of veggies is smaller this year by choice. Here in California we are facing sever water shortage and water use restrictions so we cut back on planing.

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    Eagle whenever I plant liberals I only get weeks and...... I don't like them either...........but they are more tolerable.
    If it is predictable then it is preventable....... Gordon Graham

    So if it is predictable and preventable then you better prepare.

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    What exactly are the benefits of coffee grounds?
    Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
    Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!

    Cat's are food... not friends!

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    Do NOT mess with him while he's pumping gas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sniper-T View Post
    What exactly are the benefits of coffee grounds?
    Here's an interesting article.

    http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-f...e-compost-test
    Common sense is so rare these days, it should be re-classified as a super power.

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    Addendum to my post of 3/29, adding some butternut squash and a very old, almost extinct, green pole bean known as Sultan's Green Crescent. I obtained the bean seeds from Seed Savers.

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    Ah necroville...

    Them as what may already have them... every so often AI see advertisements for dwarf variants of fruit trees... usually banana and peach. Has anyone had any success with them, and if so, a reliable source of em?

    K

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    I'll most likely shit myself



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    We have tried banana, lemon, and orange on mini trees. The only thing we ever harvested was lemons. They were good, but decrease each year in production. year 4 zip. Not worth the cost IMO. At least for us in this location.

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