Comments on: A hard day's work fertilizing in my garden http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html It's a blog about Martha Stewart and her daily adventures. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tinay http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37504 tinay Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:44:25 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37504 And I might add, Martha, that in my new gardening book, "Let's Get Dirty", there's an entire chapter devoted to the curtain sheer, and aptly named, "Sheer Gardening"...Ha!...Just had to tell you that I can also WEAR the SHEER while outside gardening in mosquito-ridden FL. It's really funny just how many uses I'm finding for them. For example, we're having a very late freeze here so all the new growth on young tangerine tree will first be wrapped in the soft curtain sheer, protecting its leaves from the heavier blankets I'll be layering on. Also the sheer allows tree to breathe...and me, too when I'm wearing one...and I think I'm scaring the deer! And I might add, Martha, that in my new gardening book, "Let's Get Dirty", there's an entire chapter devoted to the curtain sheer, and aptly named, "Sheer Gardening"...Ha!...Just had to tell you that I can also WEAR the SHEER while outside gardening in mosquito-ridden FL. It's really funny just how many uses I'm finding for them.

For example, we're having a very late freeze here so all the new growth on young tangerine tree will first be wrapped in the soft curtain sheer, protecting its leaves from the heavier blankets I'll be layering on. Also the sheer allows tree to breathe...and me, too when I'm wearing one...and I think I'm scaring the deer!

]]> By: Julie http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37502 Julie Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:18:53 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37502 Question: I just moved into a new home with a large property with copious amounts of trees. In particular, I have a Maple tree, green something or other growing all over the bark. It looks like a green fungus and is apparent from the trunk, and extends down each branch. I'm not sure if I should be concerned, or how to treat it to keep it healthy? Also, just acquired a Magnolia tree and not sure how to care for it. Both seem to be growing well... Thanks in advance! :) Question: I just moved into a new home with a large property with copious amounts of trees. In particular, I have a Maple tree, green something or other growing all over the bark. It looks like a green fungus and is apparent from the trunk, and extends down each branch. I'm not sure if I should be concerned, or how to treat it to keep it healthy? Also, just acquired a Magnolia tree and not sure how to care for it. Both seem to be growing well... Thanks in advance! :)

]]> By: tinay http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37451 tinay Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:38:48 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37451 Hi Martha, Remember when I commented to you that I 'think' I found a 'Good Thing' in using old curtain sheers to cover garden & outdoor seed flats? Well, back to my 'Do it in the dirt for free' method (And I can hear my Mother..."I can't BELIEVE that you've used MY curtain sheers out there in your garden!")...I won't be purchasing bone/blood meal after all. After watching your show about the compost tea I got another 'Good Thing' idea using those same sheers as a huge cheese cloth to bag and steep my compost. I'll try using the inverted setting on the shop vac to aerate the tea, yes/no? Ha! I'm going to try it and see. I'l get back to you with the results. No purchase necessary! A SHEER UPDATE: The sheers were 100% effective in preventing critters from eating my seeds, AND when we had these latest bouts of thunderstorms, tornadoes and "ToTos"; they kept the seedlings from getting pulverized by this CRAZY weather we're all having! One more thing...you mentioned that there should be 'no smell' to the compost tea...well what about manure tea? Have to admit...mine smells! Don't EVEN go there Martha! Ha! P.S. How's Palm Springs? :) Bet you're seeing all those beautiful wildflowers right now...click, click, click! (From your eyes to ours!) Looking forward to that upcoming blog entry. Enjoy it all. Hi Martha,

Remember when I commented to you that I 'think' I found a 'Good Thing' in using old curtain sheers to cover garden & outdoor seed flats?

Well, back to my 'Do it in the dirt for free' method (And I can hear my Mother..."I can't BELIEVE that you've used MY curtain sheers out there in your garden!")...I won't be purchasing bone/blood meal after all.

After watching your show about the compost tea I got another 'Good Thing' idea using those same sheers as a huge cheese cloth to bag and steep my compost. I'll try using the inverted setting on the shop vac to aerate the tea, yes/no? Ha! I'm going to try it and see. I'l get back to you with the results. No purchase necessary!

A SHEER UPDATE: The sheers were 100% effective in preventing critters from eating my seeds, AND when we had these latest bouts of thunderstorms, tornadoes and "ToTos"; they kept the seedlings from getting pulverized by this CRAZY weather we're all having!

One more thing...you mentioned that there should be 'no smell' to the compost tea...well what about manure tea? Have to admit...mine smells! Don't EVEN go there Martha! Ha!

P.S. How's Palm Springs? :)
Bet you're seeing all those beautiful wildflowers right now...click, click, click! (From your eyes to ours!) Looking forward to that upcoming blog entry. Enjoy it all.

]]> By: John York http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37414 John York Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:41:32 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37414 What we love about you Martha is that you are never afraid to get your hands dirty! You mention your box woods in this blog and I was wondering how the box wood room you planted with the mature specimens last year was developing - love to get an update! What we love about you Martha is that you are never afraid to get your hands dirty! You mention your box woods in this blog and I was wondering how the box wood room you planted with the mature specimens last year was developing - love to get an update!

]]> By: Brenda Miller http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37384 Brenda Miller Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:50:53 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37384 Hello Martha, I live on 5 acres in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I am very excited about my gardens this year. This week I will be adding holly tone to all my bushes. This past weekend, I mulched. What a chore. It is hard work, but it pays off in the end when the flowers bloom and everything is green and delightful! Hello Martha,

I live on 5 acres in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I am very excited about my gardens this year. This week I will be adding holly tone to all my bushes. This past weekend, I mulched. What a chore. It is hard work, but it pays off in the end when the flowers bloom and everything is green and delightful!

]]> By: Nancy Paine http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37312 Nancy Paine Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:53:38 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37312 Martha, YOU are the smart one! Wearing that mask! Here in Gilbert, AZ, so many things are blooming, and I was out fertilizing this weekend, too- but not wearing a mask. I paid for the past 2 days with a major headache from my allergies! I will use your great example, next time! Here I am in sunny AZ, with flowers crowding my cottage gardens, and I am making my snowflake ornaments, and listening to Christmas music! Martha, YOU are the smart one! Wearing that mask! Here in Gilbert, AZ, so many things are blooming, and I was out fertilizing this weekend, too- but not wearing a mask. I paid for the past 2 days with a major headache from my allergies! I will use your great example, next time!
Here I am in sunny AZ, with flowers crowding my cottage gardens, and I am making my snowflake ornaments, and listening to Christmas music!

]]> By: David Dworkin http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37307 David Dworkin Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:41:55 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37307 You are just fantastic..innovative and exciting..wish you would check out web my web site.NBC Today Show May 30,2008. 2008 awarded Innovators award for excellence in aging programs by International Conference on Active Aging..One of only six in the United States...Would love to talk about this unique Exercise, music program for Mind, Body and Soul with you on show??????Many thanks, Maestro David Dworkin You are just fantastic..innovative and exciting..wish you would check out web my web site.NBC Today Show May 30,2008. 2008 awarded Innovators award for excellence in aging programs by International Conference on Active Aging..One of only six in the United States...Would love to talk about this unique Exercise, music program for Mind, Body and Soul with you on show??????Many thanks, Maestro David Dworkin

]]> By: Norbie K. Las Vegas http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37291 Norbie K. Las Vegas Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:01:52 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37291 I so envy you in many many many ways. I so envy you in many many many ways.

]]> By: celia stock http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37284 celia stock Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:33:51 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37284 Fertilising in my garden,'tis a hard day's work. Sunny friday,temp. low sixties,that's a perk. Soil amendments like the rain,to seep into the ground, The benefits to leaf and root,just keep going round Raspberry bush needs dusty bone meal Phosphorous supplement for growth's the deal. Good tool to scoop,is the handy little pan Spread goodies thinly,evenly,that's the plan. Blueberry patch,beside the beautiful stone wall Tree peony bed,where Martha gives her all. Back tired from bending,but job is nearly done Perhaps a wee pick-me-up and a warm bath to run Some help to lime the box wood shrub, Has earned a bounty of good hot grub. Hope is,that all was done quite right. Now it's time,for a hard sore night. Fertilising in my garden,'tis a hard day's work.
Sunny friday,temp. low sixties,that's a perk.
Soil amendments like the rain,to seep into the ground,
The benefits to leaf and root,just keep going round
Raspberry bush needs dusty bone meal
Phosphorous supplement for growth's the deal.
Good tool to scoop,is the handy little pan
Spread goodies thinly,evenly,that's the plan.
Blueberry patch,beside the beautiful stone wall
Tree peony bed,where Martha gives her all.
Back tired from bending,but job is nearly done
Perhaps a wee pick-me-up and a warm bath to run
Some help to lime the box wood shrub,
Has earned a bounty of good hot grub.
Hope is,that all was done quite right.
Now it's time,for a hard sore night.

]]> By: Sherry http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/03/a-hard-days-work-fertilizing-in-my-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-37283 Sherry Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:54:19 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2263#comment-37283 Gardening sure is a lot of labor. But, it is fun to do & is well worth it. I can't wait to see your flowers growing & blooming with all the beautiful colors! Gardening sure is a lot of labor. But, it is fun to do & is well worth it. I can't wait to see your flowers growing & blooming with all the beautiful colors!

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