[Homestead] ..... and then some :

Toni Hawryluk tonihawr at msn.com
Tue Oct 19 11:57:12 EDT 2004


>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: MaryLou Reid<mailto:frogpond at aimcomm.net> 
>
>http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/ghveg.html<http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/ghveg.html>  "Organic Greenhouse Vegetable Production-Horticulture Systems 
Guide"  has a section on strawbale culture.  (The ATTRA website has a huge list of really useful articles and books to download!)

Thank you for the natural vs synthetic "equivalents"
under Fertility at this site. And the other for using
stock/poultry generated heat for the greenhouse ...
reminds me of many National Geographic articles
about how supposedly 'primitive' cultures have been
able to live 'comfortably' (more or less) in spite of 
the 'unkind' climates where they live.

>http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/cucumbers/greenhouse.html#cont<http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/cucumbers/greenhouse.html#conto>  This article on growing cucumbers in greenhouses has a section on strawbale culture.  It's much more technical than the home gardener needs, and not organic, but I found it interesting and useful, nevertheless.

But I learned a 'new thing' ! (for me) :

(snip)..."Grafted plants are earlier, root disease resistant, and produce a larger crop than non-grafted plants. They can also withstand lower soil temperatures. The disadvantages of grafting are the extra labor requirements. Virus diseases are also easily transmitted if a few plants are infected."

Grafting woody stock is one thing, grafting ??vegetables?? 
is "something else" !

Thank you for a very enlightening and educational
several hours.

Toni


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