Re: [gardeners] Apricot thieves!
Ron Hay (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:46:20 -0700
Hello, again,
Well, we may have adobe, which does in fact get rock hard when dry, but it has
been amended, very largely, with a fair amount of redwood compost, mushroom
compost, our own compost, gypsum and composted steer manure. Result: few rocks.
Thanks for the suggestion, though; that was very kind of you.
Ron
Dorsett wrote:
> I've always heard that adobe clay is rock-hard when dry...tie a bit of your
> adobe into a corner of the netting...and throw. :)
>
> Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
> I fought the lawn and the lawn won!
>
> > Hi, Penny, I guess that would work if one's garden had any rocks. Ours
> > is pure adobe clay, amended nicely, mind you, but still adobe. I will
> > hunt up some concrete chunks at a construction site nearby, should our
> > snake fail us:)
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > penny x stamm wrote:
> >
> > > Ron, one is supposed to tie a small rock into a corner of the
> > > netting, and then throw this net up anmd over the tree....
> > > (it sez here....)
> > >
> > > Penny