tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840043333657136017.post4508502586217528271..comments2023-10-11T01:49:36.871-07:00Comments on Cottage Creative Living by Egretta Wells: Rain makes a big difference....Egretta Wells bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15410663977991054877noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840043333657136017.post-13889983028631189572011-07-07T11:33:39.911-07:002011-07-07T11:33:39.911-07:00shoestring cottage, there are lots of clippings, b...shoestring cottage, there are lots of clippings, but we just let it go back into the lawn--it is never really high when we mow. Once we were gone 2 weeks and when we got back, we mowed and it was hay---seven truck loads of it!<br />Actually our ground is loose and "mucky" and the best thing to fertilize with is manure, probably. I do not make food scrap compost as then you would have wild animals, like raccoons and wild hog digging up your garden! Basically I use Miracle Grow on flowers and veggies. I mulch with cypress mulch. Thanks for looking.Egretta Wells bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410663977991054877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840043333657136017.post-4873118275890772772011-07-06T12:28:40.812-07:002011-07-06T12:28:40.812-07:00Your garden is like a little patch of paradise! I...Your garden is like a little patch of paradise! I love all the topicals and subtropicals you are managing to grow. What do you do with all the grass clippings from that huge area? Do they go straight back onto the lawn or do you collect them up and use them as mulch or for making compost? There must be a terrific amount of clippings!shoestring cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646852337106617784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840043333657136017.post-73707043101567914092011-07-06T11:10:54.411-07:002011-07-06T11:10:54.411-07:00Thank you for looking at my blog, Malar.I am tryin...Thank you for looking at my blog, Malar.I am trying to grow bananas...last winter we did have a rare freeze and the poor tree got really hurt, but it has come back!<br /><br />Mark, it is hard enough to mow that much, sometimes twice a week in the rainy season. I would have to have 6 employees to have that big a veg patch!Egretta Wells bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410663977991054877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840043333657136017.post-79471553172984876652011-07-06T01:36:45.804-07:002011-07-06T01:36:45.804-07:00Glad to hear the grass is green again. Alot of mow...Glad to hear the grass is green again. Alot of mowing! The colour in the leaves and flowers are really nice.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840043333657136017.post-42713885071090842622011-07-05T22:40:26.426-07:002011-07-05T22:40:26.426-07:00Egretta, do you really have five acres of land tha...Egretta, do you really have five acres of land that is just grass?? And if so, why have you not made it into a giant veg patch?!Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840043333657136017.post-82864053517468813942011-07-05T17:17:12.604-07:002011-07-05T17:17:12.604-07:00I'm new to your blog! You have such a beautifu...I'm new to your blog! You have such a beautiful garden! You grow Banana too? Wow! <br />The crape myrtle is really very pretty!Malarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421349464010347804noreply@blogger.com