Thanks but no thanks. Half the reason for my garden is to have a more organic product. All the fertilizer and chemical spraying sounds like the next Japanese crop.
If your soil is to fertile, to much nitogen from all the poop, the plant will grow fast and tall but not produce much of a fruit. It all went into producing the green plant.
Ialways let my grass grow a little longer as the leaves are falling. I then mow the green grass and shred the brown leaves at the same time. Rather than having layers, I now have a mixture. Oh ya, I also layer in chick poop and rotting apples and a shovel of plain old dirt every now and then
Gave mother-in-law
1 qt jar: , tomato juice, whole tomatoes, apple pie filling, peaches, dill pickles
1pt jar: apple sauce, salsa, apple jelly
1 large sweet potato
also got rid of a large wicker basket to carry it all in.
I agree with meandmygals. they live in the soybeans and when beans gone they move into the house. We have them until they move out in the spring. Vacuum or kill them doesn't matter,more just keep coming (litterally) out of the woodwork.
Started a new compost pile this fall. I let a portion of the yard grow a little longer than normal. But for a reason. After the leaves fall I mow and bag the mixed green grass and the brown leaves. I also have apple trees. Excessive crop, even after giving at least 1/2 of it away for various...