Tips on Overwintering Chiles, Free Organic Mulches & More!
Other good Organic mulches which are free are untreated grass clippings, coffee grinds, eggshells and sawdust (add something acidic, like coffee grounds to balance the alkalinity).
Ask Pepper Joe ============ Dear Joe,
I have purchased your seeds and hot sauces in the past and have fallen in love with your Caribbean Style Hot Sauce. Is it possible to buy just that type without having to get the 'gift pack'? Thank you,
Richard
Richard, I wish I could but I buy them 1 for 1 for 1 so it's the only way that I can ship them. The Caribbean is the hottest so possibly the most addictive (: Take Care, Pepper Joe
Good evening Pepperjoe:
I recently moved into a house that has a garden plot in the back yard. The plot hasn't been used in at least 3 years and was thick with weeds and overgrowth. I've hacked everything out and tilled the soil, but I keep getting this reoccurring weed problem. I'm not sure what type of weed it is, but it grows low to the ground and spreads out like carpet. It's tenacious and I'm at wits end with it. What can I do to get rid of this weed? I don't want to use a weed killer such as roundup, but I don't want to continually yank weeds all season either. Any suggestions you may have regarding this will be appreciated. Enjoy this years gardening season, Stephen Irwin Louisville
I know the weed very well. If you hoe it with a weeder to knock off the top, a layer of thick mulch will smother the roots. Try newspaper with grass clippings on top. It's free and organic if the grass is untreated and the newspaper is black and white. Don't Panic, Go Organic! Pepper Joe
Hey Giuseppe, Speaking of Hanta Virus and weird blue tomatoes, I want to add a note to all gardeners to beware of puncture wounds while gardening. As a Deputy Coroner (and also an R.N.) I recently had a case where a relatively young man died of organ failure due to gas gangrene (Clostridium Perfringens) after stepping on a small shard of glass while gardening. When he sought medical help for his 105.5 temperature the docters didn't think a 1/8 inch piece of glass constituted 'trauma'. They diagnosed him with possible pneumonia and then an abdominal aortic anuerism (he was in terrible pain due to the
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