Comments on: No-Work Gardening? http://laniersbooks.com/2005/10/03/no-work-gardening/ antiquarian gems and gently-loved jewels Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:40:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josie Ray http://laniersbooks.com/2005/10/03/no-work-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Josie Ray Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:14:52 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=110#comment-1509 :-) :-)

]]> By: Lanier Ivester http://laniersbooks.com/2005/10/03/no-work-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Lanier Ivester Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:20:20 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=110#comment-1508 You are sweet, Josie. You definitely have a gardening friend in Georgia. :) And I hear you about the clay. We have raised beds in the kitchen (vegetable/herb/flower) garden. And I should confess to you that the aforementioned is rapidly being invaded by primroses and creeping jenny which I haven't the heart to restrain. ;) You are sweet, Josie. You definitely have a gardening friend in Georgia. :)

And I hear you about the clay. We have raised beds in the kitchen (vegetable/herb/flower) garden. And I should confess to you that the aforementioned is rapidly being invaded by primroses and creeping jenny which I haven’t the heart to restrain. ;)

]]> By: Josie Ray http://laniersbooks.com/2005/10/03/no-work-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Josie Ray Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:14:17 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=110#comment-1506 Lanier, thank you very much for responding. As I was out digging a new tree/shrub/flower bed today--a small, mixed, woodland bed--I commented to my mother who was working beside me, after describing Ruth Stout's method and my question to you, that I feel like I have a gardening friend in Georgia. And someone who isn't completely absorbed in veggies, as many of my friends are, but who loves flowers just as much or more. We often plan to do both, but by time the flowers are all planted for the spring, it's hot, late in the season, we're tired, and the veggies go hang for the year. :-) We have hopeless clay. It's probably going to be raised beds this year, and hay mulch next year. Thanks again. Lanier, thank you very much for responding. As I was out digging a new tree/shrub/flower bed today–a small, mixed, woodland bed–I commented to my mother who was working beside me, after describing Ruth Stout’s method and my question to you, that I feel like I have a gardening friend in Georgia. And someone who isn’t completely absorbed in veggies, as many of my friends are, but who loves flowers just as much or more. We often plan to do both, but by time the flowers are all planted for the spring, it’s hot, late in the season, we’re tired, and the veggies go hang for the year. :-)

We have hopeless clay. It’s probably going to be raised beds this year, and hay mulch next year.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Lanier Ivester http://laniersbooks.com/2005/10/03/no-work-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Lanier Ivester Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:16 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=110#comment-1497 Hello, Josie! I have never noticed anything 'malodorous' about this method. ;) I haven't used grass clippings, at Ruth's suggestion, as they break down too fast to be an effective mulch. The straw and waste hay that we use from the barn does not give off any odor at all and it lasts for months with only occasional replenishment necessary. I don't , however, hold with Ruth's once-mentioned idea of putting compost-able kitchen items directly on the beds, even under the mulch. ;) I still use my compost pile...that's a little much, I think. ;) Hello, Josie! I have never noticed anything ‘malodorous’ about this method. ;) I haven’t used grass clippings, at Ruth’s suggestion, as they break down too fast to be an effective mulch. The straw and waste hay that we use from the barn does not give off any odor at all and it lasts for months with only occasional replenishment necessary. I don’t , however, hold with Ruth’s once-mentioned idea of putting compost-able kitchen items directly on the beds, even under the mulch. ;) I still use my compost pile…that’s a little much, I think. ;)

]]> By: Josie Ray http://laniersbooks.com/2005/10/03/no-work-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 Josie Ray Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:37:54 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=110#comment-1495 I wonder if you would please comment on this older post and let me know how the Ruth Stout method smells downwind. A neighbor simply threw all their grass clippings on their garden one summer and we often smelled rotting grass every time we opened the window. Personally, I don't mind a little compost smell in the summer, but I wouldn't want neighbors to be inconvenienced. I wonder if you would please comment on this older post and let me know how the Ruth Stout method smells downwind. A neighbor simply threw all their grass clippings on their garden one summer and we often smelled rotting grass every time we opened the window. Personally, I don’t mind a little compost smell in the summer, but I wouldn’t want neighbors to be inconvenienced.

]]> By: Melinda http://laniersbooks.com/2005/10/03/no-work-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Melinda Tue, 25 Oct 2005 04:42:27 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=110#comment-663 I just ordered this book through inter-library-loan for my mother, who loves gardening. :-) Thanks for the recommendation! I just ordered this book through inter-library-loan for my mother, who loves gardening. :-) Thanks for the recommendation!

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