a time to kill

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WEAR PURPLE ON FRIDAY 
 

A TIME TO KILL
its time to kill your winter weeds
by treating them before they start growing
once they pop up out of the ground 
its too late to doing anything about stopping them 
except to manually pull them the out of the ground

its recommended not to use the weed and feed products 
that you see advertised at the big box stores and on 
tv and on the radio
those weed and feed contain chemicals such as atrazine
that is not good for the environment
its actually banned in europe canada and other countries
where the chemical companies dont have so much 
political influence

there are 3.3 million tons of atrazine dumped on the state 
of texas each year mostly via agriculture
it is found in most city water systems
(note my water system has 0 ppm of atrazine in it since i 
have a rainwater system so my frogs in my pond only have
two eyes and four legs)

if you follow the instructions and apply this stuff when its 
recommended it doesnt work as the weeds have already seeded
and started growing

so what do you do 

you add a product called corn gluten which is a by product of 
corn production
you can get it from your local nursery or feed store
it inhibits seed production 
if you want to know if it works just put some on your garden or
your yard then plant seeds or grass seeds 
you wont get any seed germination 

now in central texas is the time to apply corn gluten to your yard
before the winter weeds begin to germinate
then repeat the application again in february to control the 
spring weeds
you apply it like you would a fertilizer and water it in so 
the yellow color is washed away
this gets it into the soil

the corn gluten also acts as a mild organic fertilizer
spill some on your yard and see how green it will get in that spot

so dont weed and feed just corn gluten your yard
for the sake of your kids and your frogs

SEEDING TIME

if you live in central texas its time to put out wildflower seeds 
so they will have time to sprout before the spring

you can get them from your local nursery but i get mine 
from the native american seed company 
another source is the wildseed farms

to sow them its a good idea to rake up bare spots in your yard
sow the seeds then rake them in then walk all over them as 
this pushes them into the soil
then let mother nature do the rest

you can just sow them about your yard but youll get better 
seed germination by doing it this way and 
in the spring it will be worth it 

i have noticed that some of my bluebonnets have already popped
up out of the ground

the organicgreen doctor

rain, bucket list

RAIN
this rain we are having right now could be the one that tops off
my rain water tanks
thats where they get full and run over which
for those who are rain water savers
will drive you crazy
as you cant stand to lose any water at all

ive got 30000 gallons of water tank storage and
i still have 6  5 gallon buckets put out to catch rain
and would have more if i had more buckets

after this rain we are having
seems like a lot of rain maybe 4-5 inches
my tanks should be full and ill have enough rain for
two years without any rain

i now have $3000 dollars worth of water if i had
to have it trucked it
wont happen this year or the next
maybe this is the drought buster we need

the rain is actually falling on the headwaters of the multiple
lakes around here that supply the drinking water for many
cities and
provide recreational areas and jobs associated with the
lake activities

wonder if all those boats sitting on the dry beds will
start floating now

BUCKET LIST
when i retired i developed a bucket list of things i wanted
to do before i couldnt
some of these are local things that weve always wanted to do
but just havent got around to doing yet

this summer we will knock off three of the large ones but on
spring break we knocked off several of the smaller ones

we spent 2 days in fredricksburg texas
weve been there several times but there were things we or i
havent seen before



weve never gone through the admiral nimitz museum there
its an awesome museum of the pacific war from ww11
admiral nimitz was from fredricksburg
it was well worth the trip
still though couldnt see it all so guess ill have to make
another trip



we also found a place called the herb farm which is
a restaurant with a large garden area and with several of
the sunday houses that can be rented to stay in

it reminded us so much of our country n that we enjoyed
our 3 hour stay there
we sat out on the back porch area eating our lunch and
having a nice glass of wine
i got to spend an hour talking with the on site gardener
and swapped gardening and chicken stories with her



the other place we went to there was the wildseed farms just
east of town
they had rows and rows of wild flowers planted
sure was pretty
cant wait to see the area later in the year

our or my bucket list is still full so i
hope to work harder at emptying it this year

the organicgreen doctor