Michael Moreken

I found I have to watch out for OR or WA hints that don't work too well in TN.   I double dug my beds, intensive in the clay I have.

I had a number of butterflies with some native plant I planted at the output of the small pool in backyard.  I have to look up the variety.  Light pink huge flowers.

One of the problem with biochar in TN, is we have a ton of moisture on everything?  We got just over 4 cm yesterday.  hum, 1.57 inches rain.

Found a dark red kidney bean does good in TN.  Have about 2 lbs of them now.

Gave up on tower of wood chips here in TN.   We have those fire ants here too, borax + sugar and a little water.   Have ants in house, borax + sugar, H2O. took care of problem.  When I see them outside I mess with their piled up soil carefully.  I have mushrooms popping up in lawn.   Have a huge pile of wood chips delivered in spring?  It is just sitting there, throw an occasion weeds on it.

Problem is I have these green squash spheres that weigh?  One fell off a trash can lid and survived, have a number of this squash low and spreading everywhere.

I have never made biochar here.  I have a wood chip pile.  I know biochar is burning combustibles with very little oxygen feeding it.  I be nice to biochar locally.

Arthur Angaran wrote:Hi,  Without knowing about the type of property you have (city lot, country lot, acres etc...) it might be difficult for people to suggest something.  I have a rye grass that grows to about 1 foot tall for a field grass.

a year or two ago  I planted I forget, italian rye grass that will die, any how planted a 4 foot x 4 foot square of it, It was beautiful about 16 inches high.   Then 'motel' the neighborhood dog laid down right in the middle of the patch, and flattened most of it!

Air plane exhaust doesn't help either.