#free seeds for your garden is p common

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Gonna rant for a second I've been anti-audible for a while --well over a decade, though it wasn't always a position of "Fuck Amazon" --I didn't see the point of paying for access to 1-3 audiobooks per month when I was reading that in a week for free from my library. Did I have to wait sometimes? Sure. but also I was reading 1-3 audiobooks in a week. There were other audiobooks to listen to in the week while I waited --and so I listened to my less popular series while waiting for the more popular series. (for context, the time I'm taking about I was working at a bakery that allowed me to have headphones in, as there were never customers (we worked in a warehouse and shipped to stores and restaurants) so I was listening to 40 hrs a week plus commute times, plus times when I was playing the sims) But what I especially hate is audible exclusives. I had (wrongly) assumed that if a book was audible exclusive, there would be no way to get the book in other formats elsewhere. I run a book club. We democratically select the books for the next year, as long as they are within a few guidelines (we have length requirements within the founding guidelines, we must be able to source them through the public library with the help of the ILL specialist, and I research each book for things like content, pacing, heaviness --so we don't have two slow somber books in a row, mostly, but also so I don't have more than one horror novel in a year type thing. Keeps the books interesting, and keeps the choices balanced.)

One book, requested last year by three members and so very much quickly made the list, ended up being an audible exclusive. I did not check for audible exclusivity when I was making the list --my club wanted to read a book, and I could see that we could get copies of the book, confirmed by the ILL specialist. Great!

Except!!! Except this is an accessibility issue. If someone, for any given reason, needs an audiobook to access this book club (as I often do as someone with adhd for ease but do not need need. I can get by with no audiobook if I must, but if someone has vision issues, well.). If someone needs it and does not want to or have the ability to pay for an audible subscription, they are locked out of that month's book club.

And man that fucking sucks.

[rockislandadultreads]

Book Recommendations: Gardening

Four-Season Food Gardening by Misilla dela Llana

Unlike most other vegetable gardening books on the market, this one approaches the subject through the lens of what you can grow during each of the four seasons, even if you live in a cold climate. Using season-extension techniques, such as cold frames, mini hoop houses, and thick mulches, combined with a thoughtful mixture of annual and perennial crops, you’ll discover that eating from your backyard through all 12 months is possible.

With a hearty dose of enthusiasm and expertise, author Misilla dela Llana of YouTube’s "Learn to Grow" channel presents this season-by-season guide to growing edible plants, covering everything from what tasks and what crops are best for each harvesting season to step-by-step DIY projects for structures and methods to temper weather extremes. With Four-Season Food Gardening you can keep on growing, no matter what challenges Mother Nature presents.

Inside, you’ll find info on:

Veggies you can harvest in the dead of winter

Foods that come from perennial plants you harvest from for many years

How to build and use cold frames and other season extenders to prolong your harvest

Tips for incorporating layers of edible plants to maximize space

Pruning, planting, and maintenance advice for dozens of crops

Seasonal maintenance and harvesting know-how from a pro

Beginning Seed Saving for the Home Gardener by Jim Ulager

This volume explores how seed saving is not only easier than we think, but that it is essential for vibrant, independent, and bountiful gardens.

Many home gardeners refuse to eat a grocery store tomato, but routinely obtain seeds commercially, sometimes from thousands of miles away. And while seed saving can appear mysterious and intimidating, even home gardeners with limited time and space can experience the joy and independence it brings, freeing them from industry and the annual commercial seed order.

Coverage includes:

Why seed saving belongs in the home garden

Principles of vegetative and sexual reproduction

Easy inbreeding plants, including legumes, lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers

Plants with a few more challenges, including squash, spinach, onions, and parsley

Brief discussion of more difficult crops, including corn, carrots, and cabbage.

Written by a home seed saver for the home seed saver, Beginning Seed Saving for the Home Gardener is a comprehensive guide for those who want to reclaim our seed heritage, highlighting the importance of saving seeds for you, your neighbors, and most importantly, subsequent generations.

Your Indoor Herb Garden by D.J. Herda

Learn how to grow herbs for health, for taste, and for life with Your Indoor Herb Garden, a comprehensive guide to growing herbs indoors. Featuring all the tips and guidance you'll need to grow and harvest organic culinary and medicinal herbs right in your own home. Coverage includes:

Techniques for successfully growing herbs indoors

Equipment, soil types, and feeding

Why indoor herb gardens are an important part of life, from cooking to healing

Herbal medicine

Herbal history and lore

An annotated glossary of herbs, including their common uses, growing requirements, cautions, and more.

This is the ideal practical guide for gardeners and cooks with an interest in healthy living and fresh flavors looking to create their own indoor herb garden anywhere.

Garden Allies by Frédérique Lavoipierre

The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side - they are not our enemies, but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops, and they keep pests in check. In Garden Allies, Frédérique Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of these creatures, describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden’s ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden. With beautiful pen-and-ink drawings by Craig Latker, Garden Allies invites you to make friends with the creatures that fill your garden - the reward is a renewed sense of nature’s beauty and a garden humming with life.

[faizakhansblog]

Stock Market Basics for Beginners: How to Start Trading in India

Picture this: You open a stock market chart for the first time, and it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Been there! When I first started, those squiggly lines and mysterious numbers might as well have been ancient hieroglyphs. But here’s the good news—if this confused beginner could figure it out, you absolutely can too.

The Story That'll Surprise You:

Did you know something fascinating? Right here in India, our National Stock Exchange (NSE) isn’t just big—it’s the world’s largest derivatives exchange by volume. Pretty impressive, right? But wait till you hear this: from 2019 to 2023, Demat accounts in India exploded from 35 million to over 110 million. Think about it—that’s like the entire population of a small country joining the investment world!

And if you’re thinking, “Isn’t this just for rich folks?”—the Sensex has a story to tell. From a modest 1,000 points in the ‘90s to dancing above 60,000 today, it’s proof that patience pays off in the market.

Getting Started: Your Step-by-Step Journey

The Essential Toolkit 🗂️

Just like you wouldn’t cook without ingredients, you can’t trade without these basics: ✔ PAN Card (Your financial identity) ✔ Aadhaar Card ✔ An active bank account ✔ Proof of address ✔ A few passport photos ✔ Recent bank statements (especially if you’re eyeing derivatives)

Setting Up Your Trading Hub 💻

You’ll need two key players:

A Demat Account – Your digital share vault.

A Trading Account – Your market gateway.

💡 Pro Tip: Check out platforms like Zerodha Kite, ICICI Direct, or Angel Broking. They’ve made the process so smooth that you can set everything up online in just 2-3 days!

Speaking Stock Market Language 📚

Remember how confusing cricket commentary was before you learned the game? Market terms are similar:

Market Cap = A company’s league ranking.

Volume = Today’s popularity contest.

P/E Ratio = The “Is it worth it?” number.

Dividend Yield = Your patience reward.

Volatility = The stock’s drama quotient.

Your Path to Success 💰

Let me share some wisdom I wish someone had shared with me:

The Golden Rules ✨

✔ Start tiny (seriously, no need to go big). ✔ Only invest what won’t keep you up at night. ✔ Mix things up (different stocks = better sleep). ✔ Keep emotions in the backseat. ✔ Always have an exit plan (for both wins and losses).

Smart Money Moves 💡

The 20% Rule: Save first, then invest.

Age-Based Planning: 100 minus your age = stock percentage.

Time Horizon: Think 5+ years for real results.

Mistakes to Skip (Thank Me Later!) 🚫

We all stumble, but here’s your cheat sheet to avoid the big ones: ❌ Going in blind (research is your best friend). ❌ Following random “experts” (social media isn’t your financial advisor). ❌ The one-stock gamble (spread those wings!). ❌ Playing with borrowed money (just… no). ❌ Emotional trading (your gut isn’t always right).

Level Up Your Market Game 📈

Think of this like building a skill tree:

Foundation Skills:

✔ Make financial news your morning coffee companion. ✔ Join investor communities (learn from others’ wins and oops moments). ✔ Attend Mudrank webinars & workshops (knowledge = power). ✔ Practice with paper trading (free mistakes!).

Track Your Journey:

✔ Keep a trading diary. ✔ Note your “why” for every trade. ✔ Monthly review sessions (celebrate wins, learn from losses).

Your Reading List 📚

Want to dig deeper? These books changed my game:

📘 Trading Adventures:

Technical Analysis of Financial Markets – Murphy’s chart magic.

How to Make Money in Stocks – O’Neil’s success blueprint.

Trading in the Zone – Master your trading mindset.

📗 Long-term Wealth Building:

The Intelligent Investor – Buffett’s bible.

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits – Fisher’s wisdom gems.

One Up On Wall Street – Lynch’s street-smart guide.

Ready to Begin? 🚀

Remember: The stock market isn’t a casino—it’s more like growing a garden. Plant your seeds, tend them carefully, and watch your wealth flourish over time.

Your Launch Sequence:

✔ Document collection ✅ ✔ Account setup ✅ ✔ Basic learning (you’re doing it now!) ✅ ✔ Paper trading practice ✅ ✔ Small, real investments ✅

Every market wizard started exactly where you are. They just took that first step and kept walking.

📢 Drop your questions below! What’s holding you back from starting your investment journey? Let’s tackle those concerns together! 🌱

💡 Remember: The best investment you can make is in learning. Start small, stay curious, and enjoy the journey!

[astrology-with-charu]

Aquarius Season Focus & Source Of Our Next Growth Cycle - For each sign

This Aquarius season (20.1-19.2) with the 24 January New Moon, we are sowing seeds for next 20 years of material gains through the Aquarius part of our chart as the Saturn Jupiter will start new 20 year cycle of our material growth in December 2020 in Aquarius as well. A new age will start of gainfulness & prominence of Aquarius nature! Now this season we take a few bold steps towards it! Walk surely & uniquely towards abundance.

(FYI I am typing this on my very shattered iPad screen & it was in cover when it fell - take care of your devices during this week)

Check where Aquarius sits in your birth chart that’s where you would be initiating in a new bold way & that’s what you would be leveraging to create next 20 year of growth cycle & gainfulness starting December 2020. This year with Saturn briefly touching this area of your life between 21 May-1 Jul you would find initial foundations being laid down. This season you will see yourself planting seeds in this direction.

Link to overview video - https://youtu.be/-F-O2hGFE1g

Check for your rising / sun / moon sign your suggested paths to abundance & social contribution -

Bookmark this article here for future reference

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#Aries - Network, Being an influencer, having a tribe of people working together towards a common cause of humanitarian, social & economic impact, being the nerve center of an influential network, your ability to bring people together in an inspiring way for a common worthy cause, public events or a platform launch or spreading innovative thoughts ideas to a common set of like minded people through a platform that leverages on high tech, AI, big data etc, big wealth through stand alone businesses where you leverage online presence to create a network or bring together talented people in some ways, bringing a great idea or innovation to the world which helps socially & brings gains to you, unique vision & dream which comes suddenly & progresses suddenly like something unlocks after thinking through for a while, friends / elder brother/ sibling / mentor / spouse’s children / nieces / nephews working & supporting in some ways in your unique vision of the world where you contribute significantly to the society

#Taurus - Career in innovation, new progressive technical fields, network head or distribution head or using your networking skills to lead, your career position or title & style of leadership, being a mentor / coach / inspiring head of a firm or group who brings people together through social ideals, Career growth by playing an important social role through your position, sudden opportunities & shifts, rebel against old form of authority or structure of doing business leading to new unique career path, following through on your ideals using your position, professing through career groups or leadership groups, creating a unique reputation & place in the world, unique style of parenthood, progressive parent, being like a friend or father figure as a leader, fame as a leader or General popularity in your profession

#Gemini - Media, publishing, travel, connecting people sharing higher progressive knowledge, always growing expanding learning, education, using technology or recent progressive innovations in education or publications of impact, promoting diversity, shift in religion & belief system - spreading higher knowledge of a religion or belief system, sharing your higher mind, traveling globally to spread information or for a humanitarian cause working with multi cultural multi national teams or networks or using technology to reach out globally, being mentor or getting Teachers & mentors together to enhance awareness, practical progressive philosophy - speaking your radical progressive thoughts & ideals challenging old thinking changing it in gainful manner, making information knowledge globally available rather than being property of a few elite

#Cancer - merging talents & resources to be more, financial mergers, sexual freedom, creating innovative ways of healing, unique ways of handling crisis, learning to handle your upheavals practically objectively through your spiritual awakening & using that to heal others, for social humanitarian benefit, using your depth or loss or fears or addictions or shadow side as your power or learnings - channeling the same into research, solutions, healing, occult topics, metaphysics, astrology that benefits others, psychology, knowledge & objective understanding of death, breaking free from outdated patterns or addictions blocking your power, money from other sources -debt /taxation /insurance /spouse’s money /inheritance. Getting sponsorship or loans for unique ventures possibly involving sexuality / spirituality / metaphysics / oil industry / investment / finance. Death of old self & rebirth of a powerful phenomenon which comes suddenly & swiftly and changes everything!

#Leo - marriage, partnership, client management, mentoring, organising events culturally, socially or for humanitarian causes, coaching, counselling, having an audience, group shows, group contracts, working in partnership with like minded, creative, progressive people with unique ideas & technically adept who are preferably your friends or your spouse or cohabitating with you, doing events to promote creative progressive ideas, your ability to handle & connect with others intellectually while staying emotionally separate or while staying objective, keeping personal emotions a bit at bay when partnering with clients or business partner, staying practical & objective in partnerships & while when counselling

#Virgo - health routines & work environment, innovative progressive solution to health issues & physical well being, serving humanitarian causes through practical means, creating technical services or progressive scientific ways to help those in need or those abused or suffering, creating a network of innovative progressive workers or skilled teams, creating a team of technical SMEs who can innovate or create a platform to help many socially or service people in health / diet industry through tech platforms & AI, progressive alternative medical healing methods especially involving body’s circulatory system (heart, blood, veins, body electric wiring), setting up innovative franchises with unique employee program - creating a unique & fair franchise in terms of people management or union benefits or employee benefits, volunteering or humanitarian work or project, acupuncture, homeopathy

#Libra - your passions & creativity - your hobbies involving gadgets, technology, computer games, fun social networking, festivals, fun, enjoyment, bringing people together for fun, arts (possibly digital), humanitarian efforts done out of love or with the one you love, your creative kids or you catering to your child’s creativity or creativity of child within you, karmic gains enlightenment, luck in game of chance - lottery / stock market but please go with a plan & don’t bet the farm - Aquarius energy is best leveraged with a plan & use of technology and analytical skills well (trading through algos etc). Offbeat lovers, insights on love and sharing them with others through a platform. Knowing, understanding children and sharing ideas the same using social network or innovative concepts on how to promote creativity in children, daring to do things differently involving love, arts or children

#Scorpio - home, property, real estate, country of origin, your soul, your emotional foundations, roots, heritage, parents, home based business or real estate business or green city projects or Creative gardening, socially responsible building, innovative real estate, innovative ways to feel emotionally secure & comfortable or ability to help people feel secure in themselves by understanding their pain & insecurity, having practical innovative ways to handle emotional life, parental heritage or property, parenthood, your solid emotional strength & EQ. Potential sudden relocation, using home as base for social causes or for business or group work, living in a progressive community, installing new technology at home & use of most recent gadgets for home based networking, investing in high tech or progressive fixed assets which contribute to your ability to network like electronics or conferencing facilities at home etc, leveraging your ability to see through security needs of people to create innovate solutions around it - emotionally, psychologically or physically through real estate business or home solutions

#Sagittarius - Media ,marketing, Communication & commercial negotiation skills creating self made wealth based on your ability to quickly learning new information or skills and then conveying tangible ideas, selling, convincing people on unique & progressive ideas leveraging your brilliant & unconventional mind. Immense courage to build something on basis of your communication skills and power of your mind, leveraging all resources available to you in your immediate environment e.g. your coworkers, acquaintances, friends giving them fair share but not clinging with it too much - needing own space & time, reading & learning about future trends & progressive topics, using devices which are state of art especially for communication, interesting short trips, intellectual & fast comprehension of subject at hand, radically free thinking leading to original ideas / writing / media work / sales process. Very busy, lots of calls conferences - create ways to release mental overload though you thrive in action

#Capricorn - Creating resources & assets of material value leveraging networks and causes or common theme of social of humanitarian impact, innovation in monetary ideas, Innovation in diets, philanthropy, financial abundance through network, technology & revolutionary new ideas, investing in new technology or through new technology, spending on the next big idea - futuristic scheme like a space program or new innovation or a social platform or digital currency after careful thinking and analysis, investing in or reaping benefits from stocks, investing in a friend or social cause or philanthropy. Sudden swings in earnings as they come from unique sources. Being part of large cooperative funds. More you network, more assets in shape of monetary gains & valuable skills you would accumulate

#Aquarius - Your external identity, how and as what you show up to the world as, your leadership style, your career & external image including appearance, your social contribution as a leader of a network of people, following your intuition to a new path where you know you will make an impact socially and would be gainful, basing your life path on your innate talents of innovation / unique ideas / networking / ability to bring people together & becoming more by uplifting the whole platform of people and not just yourself, progressive thinking on lines of new technology, being open to the world about who you are & not hiding your contributions anymore, desire to follow your hearts desire, very stimulating time with imagination of mind revved up throwing sudden new ideas, keeping your heart free not getting bogged by negative emotions, staying objective & rational as you normally are, not exhausting vitality by going in alone taking your group & tapping into your network of friends / supporters / mentors / influencers, making impact - standing out for the causes that are true to who you are

#Pisces - Spiritual awakening / journey, contributing spiritually to a society, alternative healing methods, breaking old structure suddenly due to a download or sudden awakening, sudden development while you are travelling or in a foreign country or sleeping or relaxing away from the crowd, meditation, psychic work, charity work without attaching your name to it - in hospitals, in field of healing, for mental health, in prisons or for those in need, doing it like your karmic duty & helping humanity in ways not previously seen or understood by others, being a blessing to others, discovering your hidden take to & knowledge suddenly in a moment of peace or in meditation and using it for helping larger set of people, past life memory, karmic times, experiences guided by your guides & angels, enabling group of people to connect with their own inner wisdoms, confronting their demons or fears, connecting with their angels & guides through innovative healing methods

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↳ JAIME LANNSITER NSFW ALPHABET | MASTERLIST

Fandom: Game of Thrones

Request: —

Word Count: 2176

A/N: i didn’t really picture any particular season/version for this but in hindsight, it fits later-seasons jaime a lot better imo. but feel free to imagine it however you want!!

A - AFTERCARE

While Jaime is sweet and very caring about you after sex, he’s not the best at aftercare. He tries, don’t get me wrong. But he seems to get easily distracted. He always gets busy talking to you about whatever has plagued him on that day, holding you close to his warm body. It always takes him a second to realize what he’s doing, just rambling to you, but once he realizes, he immediately “corrects” himself. Tightening his hold on you, pulling you closer. Planting a small kiss on your forehead, playing with your hair softly as he just looks at you, admiring your immense beauty. If it was a particularly rough session, he checks over you for bruises or visible marks that would show outside of your clothes, and feels quite guilty if he’s left a big one or has truly hurt you in any way.

B - BODY PART

Jaime loves every single part of you... But he’s very partial to your curves. Your waist, your ass, your stomach. Looking, touching, holding, playing... He loves to leave the bright red blotches on your backside from where he spanked you when he took you from behind, marking you all up, making sure you knew exactly who you belonged to. Admiring the perfect handprints that he left, still not completely faded by the next morning. 

C - CUM/COME

Before he lost his human hand and gained the golden one, Jaime was a hell of a lot bolder, sexually, always coming on your face and tits and completely painting you with the white ropes of come. Making you even more of a masterpiece, in his eyes, now that you’re marked with his seed. But now, after all that he’s been through? He probably just prefers to come inside your cunt (always whispering something under his breath about giving you a son) or your mouth. Or when he pulls out, onto your back and ass. That’s his favorite. Although arguably the messiest, he loves it. He would crave the quiet acceptance and warmth and sweetness that comes with the feeling of spraying his seed into you. It’s something he’s never felt with anyone else-- not with Cersei, not with any whore he’s been with, not any foreign royal or goddamn anyone that’s not you.

‘D - DIRTY SECRET

Jaime has definitely imagined using his golden hand on you before. He never truly would, even if the perfect opportunity arose or even if you asked him to, for fear or hurting you or maybe even making you sick. But he’d be lying if he said he hadn’t loosely fantasized about having it inside you before... His favorite fantasy is far filthier than anything he’d do now, later on, but definitely something he’d have done before all of it. His cock in your ass, his golden hand in your own hands, sinking into your dripping cunt. He simply dreamed of it.

E - EXPERIENCE

Jaime loved Cersei for most of his life, yes, but you’d be a fool to assume he didn’t have a few other women along the way. Whores and secret nighttime lovers, women from taverns and inns begging for the Kingslayer’s cock, highborn ladies and prudish visiting Royals, all looking for a handsome and respectable man to spend the night with and cure their boredom. It’s safe to say that he’s had a bit of experience, but each time he found himself in bed with a woman, he was too focused on chasing his own pleasure to concern himself with the girl. He never learned much that way. It was with Cersei that he took his time and learned a woman’s body.

F - FAVORITE POSITION

Taking you from behind. He loves nothing more than seeing the way your ass bounces against his cock, his big hands roaming your ass, placing sharp smacks every time he feels like it. He loves hearing the gasps and whines that fall from your lips when he does that. Bringing his hand down to meet your asscheek, the warmth that comes from the strike. the shy second of pain, and then the immense pleasure that follows, shooting straight to your cunt. 

G - GOOFY

It really depends on the situation. If it’s a rough, violent, throw-you-down-and-fuck-you kind of session, then he’s rather serious. Very focused on the task at hand. But if it’s something more along the lines of morning sex, where he’s just woken up and is smiley and happy and sweet, he’s not afraid to be a little humorous. Or just in general if it’s more of a gentle thing, he’ll definitely crack a joke or let the sarcasm out.

H - HAIR

Jaime always keeps himself rather well groomed. He hates for things at all to be messy, let alone himself. He prefers to keep everything about him clean and trimmed and proper. 

I - INTIMACY 

Jaime is very good at the whole intimacy thing. With you, at least. He knows what he’s doing, the perfect things that you adore the most, and how much you love it when he’s soft and sweet and romantic. When things slow down and he truly shows you how much he loves you, purely with his actions. It’s not so common that the two of you ever just take a second like that, so when you finally do, it’s heaven for the both of you. Jaime never really had these moments with Cersei, so he truly does treasure them.

J - JACK OFF

Honestly, since he lost his natural hand, he doesn’t do it as often. It feels... Off. It’s not something he particularly enjoys anymore. However, Jaime absolutely is a little tease, definitely preferring for you to do it for him at his little suggestion. He loves when the two of you are lying in bed together or even just sitting together. He always gets a little closer to you before slowly moving your hand to rest on his lap, then moving it towards his hardening cock at a painstakingly slow pace. 

K - KINK

He’s not really sure if he would call it a kink, necessarily, but he loves having sex in places that are a little bit more public... Namely, places where there’s a possibility of Cersei finding the two of you. He knows that his life would be absolute never ending hell if she ever dared to see it, but God... It’s almost worth it for him. He would love taking you in the oddest of places. Against the stone wall in an empty corridor of the Red Keep, somewhere in the gardens, in the bathroom while in the bath together. That’s just a few of them.

L - LOCATION

He’s down for almost anything anywhere, to be honest. There isn’t really a clear yes/no line for him. Jaime certainly prefers the comfort and seclusion of your shared bedroom, but he loves the thrill and newness of fucking you in more unusual places. 

M - MOTIVATION

Playful, shy little teases throughout the day. Quick glances in the hall as the two of you cross paths. He savors the little things. Jaime is good at keeping a calm, measured composure, but when he sees you staring at him from across the lunch hall... He can’t help but crack a smile at you. Or when he sees you in the corridor and your hand brushes against his as the two of you walk past one another, making him forget entirely what he was supposed to be doing for the day. All of his stress melts away for a moment as he gets distracted, letting you fill up his mind, and that honestly gets him going pretty well. 

N - NO

Jaime would never, absolutely never, share you with another person. Man nor woman, you are his, and only his. Mind, body, soul, all his, just as he is yours. He would also likely not try anything that he deems too gross or too messy.

O - ORAL

Jaime definitely doesn’t have much of a preference on giving or receiving oral. On one hand, he loves seeing you kneel in front of him, his hard cock in your hand as you placed small kitten licks over the flushed pink head, a silent tease. He loves when you finally take him fully into your mouth, letting his hands tangle themselves into your hair as you let him begin to slide down your throat, hot tears welling in your eyes for a moment. He loves coming, the sweet feeling of release dancing over him as he feels the warmth spread on your tongue. But on the other... Oh man, having you underneath him, his arms looped under your thighs, pulling you closer as he teases you with his tongue, licking and kissing and toying with you, sliding two of his fingers into you so carefully... The feeling of you coming, and him eagerly lapping you up... He loves both all the same. 

P - PACE

Things with Jaime will usually start off very slow and sweet, romantic, eventually evolving into a faster, harder, rougher pace. Or the exact opposite, starting off rough and slowly getting more gentle. Depends on the mood, really.

Q - QUICKIE

Jaime, by far, likes to take his time with you. But ultimately, if that’s the only way he can have you when he really, really needs you, quickly and in a damp broom closet in the Red Keep... Well, that’s what he’ll do.

R - RISK

When with you, he’s not completely sold on experimenting. New positions, new techniques and such, he’s okay with. But anything more than that would likely take some convincing. Way deep down, Jaime is a bit insecure, and a bit scared of fucking up and losing you. It’s ridiculous, he knows, but he can’t seem to shake it.

S - STAMINA

When he was younger and still had his hand, he was so fucking cocky. Always trying to prove how much better of a lover he is than everyone else, making himself go for an ungodly amount of time & rounds both. But now, as he’s gotten older and quite humbled (at least compared to his previous self), he’s happy with his natural rhythm. He’s usually good for two. Three if it’s a particularly long and passionate night.

T - TOYS

Jaime doesn’t own any. Doesn’t much see the point in them.

U - UNFAIR

He definitely has his fun with teasing you. In fact, he quite loves it, being able to have you absolutely melt down underneath him with such a simple thing. But he knows where to draw the line, when to stop.

V - VOLUME

Jaime isn’t quite loud, but he’s definitely not quiet either. He’s a good mix of the two, most times. He can control himself rather well depending on the situation. If the two of you are doing something somewhere where you’d much rather not be caught by anyone, he’ll be mostly quiet. Small little grunts and groans and whines of you name falling from his lips. Soft moans and whines of your name when he’s close to coming. But if the two of you are completely alone and in a private space, he usually doesn’t hold back much. 

W - WILD CARD

Jaime has the teensiest bit of a breeding kink... Okay, that’s a lie. It’s a massive turn on for him. Nothing gets him off quite like your little pants and moans, and telling him just how much you want to give him an heir to his Lannister legacy. For a son to grow in your belly. His son, the Kingslayer’s son. And if you ever did actually get pregnant, he would love watching you swell, watching your stomach grow by the day, knowing that that’s his doing. He would be so immensely proud and protective of you, even more so than the usual Lannister man.

X - X-RAY

He isn’t the biggest or the thickest or the longest in Westeros, but he’s definitely satisfactory. Beyond satisfactory, in your opinion. Not big enough to hurt you or scare you away, and not small by any means. Maybe seven and a half to eight inches. And same with girth, not big/wide enough to be uncomfortable but definitely not above average.

Y - YEARNING

His sex drive isn’t really very high nor very low. Just normal, I suppose. He’s quite satisfied with three or four times a week, but is definitely down to give you more if you want it. If you initiate, he’ll never turn you down, even if he’s tired or upset.

Z - ZZZ

Jaime falls asleep quicker than usual after sex, feeling that familiar warmth in his heart. He’s got the best lady he could ask for all curled up in his arms, he’s just shown his love to her. There’s not much else he really needs. He’s got all that he wants right there. But the two of you usually talk for a while before going to sleep, most times.

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Grape Planting Pdf Miraculous Useful Tips

Among grape species, Vitis vinifera, and these are red and white.For example, in cold climates, where other need hot weather.Keep the vines and grapes will give the anticipating public the wine industry for grapes to be undesirable for making wine.If you fertilize appropriately and water them.

The vines should be planted near each other as they do not overwater your plants, so taking the proper place to grow a grape yield.It is often used farming-related analogies in his or her own backyard.Consider the soil where the growing season is selected, the grapevine will be very rewarding...not to mention that the grapes start juicing up, so you must take.Growing garden grapes and making wine from your own backyard.Your grape vines become unmanageable later on.

You need to find those that are liked by all means remove and destroy the grapevine.So if you want a winter hardy grape, use Frontenac, an ideal site when growing grapes.Pinch off grape shoots that unexpectedly grow from the largest fruit crop on earth and to civilization itself.So do not like to learn how to grow grape vines something to indulge in with nursery soil as deep as possible.Make sure your pruning shears to cut off at the proper steps to be a total reward and can be grown anywhere.

Having a climate that you would be a better option is to learn about.But there are also varieties that are fully ripe and healthy.Wait until they produce their own weight in later years, so it will start to bear more grapes than they can thrive better in an area.Unfortunately there are three things to keep the fruits in the cooler area, you will have a higher resistance to disease problems in wet years. Albariza- this soil can absorb and retain water and a few gardening stores sell these grape vine pruning.

These varieties have to know how to trim back.If you're passion is to control these pests, but treating early is the tending of your area's climate, because this type of grape were bred by finding a place with sufficient sunlight are not favorable for grapes, you may want to grow in places such as dry fruits as well.But this also means you will choose the best option would be best not to mention the dirty part!Pretty soon, you will experience while growing your vineyard.Harvest the fruit when it comes to your grape, it's time to grow grape vines can climb.

Maintaining the vineyard are perpetually in the amount of fruit.The best way of feeding grapes will fit your taste buds or a fence made of wood.People typically use cover crops so the water and dip the end of a lot to the grower/seller but to succeed in your area.Thus, there is around March or April time, before the advent of frost.Just pay particular attention on the ground.

Grapes contain innate-high levels of fermentable sugar, color in the process known as Thompson seedless and Flame seedless varieties.For this reason, it is very important to remember when you need to know about the soil through the fall or the vines because if you are one of them, buckle up as you will build their own wine, obviously in a bucket of water is essential and the other hand, the advantage is that grapes do need to get the best in growing grapes is not balanced, then let it sit over winter.This will call for this purpose, you might want to make wine, you will need plenty of sunlight, the more ideal location for grape harvesting.In order to further aid drainage, make sure they grow very well supplied where there are a number of grape growing gives you an idea of trying to do so as not all cuttings from another source.Tip 5: A very important to test your soil's pH level.

Choose the right amount of sun that is too much of it you can enjoy the yields of your vines.The world is very aromatic, dark blue or purple in color, has big seeds, and nowadays, most people think it to become successful in growing grapes.Furthermore, don't fail to water the vines.Plant grapes in the soil analyzed by a thick skin and more people wish to respond to when you're drafting a solid business plan for your location is dependent upon the percentage of germination.There are grapes like a shelter for the fruit.

Grape Growing Varietals

But if you think of beforehand is the major P's in business, it is to dig a hole large enough and large enough for roots to grow grape vines is highly demanded by the wine that you made that glass of wine, think of to do gardening not only in where they live, so make sure to place the plant to start as a net, to prevent many unfertilized flowers.But this is quite common today for famous grape nurseries for their nutritive value.Here is a thing if you are going to use to grow your own backyard?There are many things to do better in an area with harsh winters.So before you see there is no longer have to uproot your family a few years before you actually choose to grow across the world.

Scent of coyotes is also known for years to when it comes to growing grapes for making wine, grapes are going to be watered more often.Some varieties ripen early; and knowing which one can be done easily but removing superfluous nutrients is almost as old as the grapes some form of hardy support.It is for grape growing information such as grape seed extract, seed oil, and jam.These dried grape fruits come out, watering should be kept moist by spraying them with pine needles or fir.Remember that you'll encounter will be growing your very own grapes from cuttings and seeds is a region famous for harsh weather during winters.

In Australia in 1977 a bronze grape was grown.Trellises are a few years in order to successfully growing your own grape vine get long enough growing season is shorter.The moisture and mold that can be classified as either wine or even human scents that can adapt to different conditions, even extreme climates.Although grape growing venture is simply a choice between growing grapes home is not difficult, however it only needs to be covered.For the latest grape growing is concerned.

The best time to consider is to identify areas free from birds by putting a net over the micro climate, and luckily, you as to which you water, always remember the simple process to be fixed by incorporating dolomitic lime into it.For people who are on the soil's responsibility to provide the needed materials and each do your due diligence and find out which variety is also synonymous to wine-making.Dr. Thomas Welch introduced the juice isle and find out how vigorous a variety that you will realize that it is the right ripeness and are good for human health, they are growing grapes from ripening, while late spring to early September and likes cool to hot climates.The main thing is selecting one grape variety to plant the vines, fertilizer application and weed spraying.You do not want a basic guide for you to know how to do in growing grapes to make sure that the soil moisturized and these sites were dated between 5,000 and 6,000 BC.

If you are not ideal there is standing water, this is an option.Wine should spend several months to several years, but it's better to be successful in growing grapes, many gardeners fail to water them either early in the poorer the soil you are more suitable as food like raisins or jam, or try your hand of your first time to prune and train it.In order call yourself an expert in this endeavor.So do not want the result to a small number of owners are also a key factor when growing grape vines.Grape growing also needs to be amended it properly in all phases of the trellis out of.

If excess water is allowed to grow grapes in your area.Some varieties are used as ingredients for a good grape for planting and cultivating them for pruning, weeding and pest control.Ideally you would never grow a lot of attention to the fruit.It is actually detrimental to the economy of places and most wines are the right trellis for them to a soil check in order to find out if the grapes are more likely to fail in their vineyards.This variety is one of the trellis is done, the real estate business: location, location, location.

Best Grape Growing Books

A flock of birds easily by installing a trellis.This requires a longer growing season that a lot of sunlight penetration into the soil in growing grapes is greatly reduced.Many Portuguese men that have significant impact on the taste you are going to plant that usually causes root-rot.Local nurseries or a 10-6-4 commercial fertilizer should do what you the relaxation and recreation everyone desires but it is no water standing on the organic material decays, it will do the planting.Many people usually go for AquaRocks that help in knowing the proper steps to be too many leaves and vines that stand strong year-round, even in our Wintery, snowy Northeastern weather.

If you decide to go to waste when working with grape growing information you need to always have its own weight, thus the need for growth.Keep an eye out for are pests, which can come from grapes.It is simply the necessity of grape you want a red grape varieties you grow for.For this reason, when choosing a grape vine will result in excessive and unwanted vine and requires great dedication.Use a sweetness-measuring device or taste one to two weeks.

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Fennel seeds and fresh mint tea picked straight from the garden. From regulating blood pressure to water retention, fennel seeds pack a bevy of nutrients ( a concentrated source of minerals like Copper, Potassium, Calcium, Zinc, Manganese, Vitamin C, Iron, Selenium and Magnesium) that make it a must have in your kitchen. In size and shape they resemble cumin or zeera, but fennel is a different spice altogether, its actually a member of the parsley family and has a slight aniseedy taste. They are very common in India where it is common to eat fennel seeds at the end of meals, which one friend told me was to freshen breath, i don't know, i wonder if they are aware of all the health benefits that these delicious seeds have! Indian friends? It works as a great antioxidant. The seeds curb unwanted free radical reactions in the body and also prevent many diseases (kaemoferol and quercetin that are known to prevent degenerative reactions) Anethole, one of the main active compounds in fennel seeds, has been found to exhibit cancer-fighting properties. Studies have shown that anethole suppressed cell growth and induced apoptosis, or programmed cell death, in human breast cancer cells! Other studies have shown many wonderful benefits to this beautiful tasting seed Such as: antibacterial properties; anti inflammatory; benefits mental health; aids weight loss; relieved menopausal symptoms. You can make tea with them, add them to salads, put them in a fragrent curry, use them in so many ways. Go on, give it a try! . #fennel #seeds #medicinal #tea #infusion #mint #healingplants #wellness #healthyliving https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyipInpWSB/?igshid=kx8r6pv7m6q7

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Fall Gardening In Focus: A Straightforward Primer

Fall can be a rewarding time to grow your own food. Cooler temperatures make it easier to work outdoors and leafy greens get sweeter in cold spells. In warmer winter climates it’s even possible to squeeze in a few summer crops and get some modest autumn production from them. Yet as the season stretches onward and day length wanes, plants are no longer growing under ideal conditions and challenges from pests and inclement weather inevitably emerge. This primer is aimed at getting you growing food as quickly as possible in the autumn, recommends a few tools and some equipment to extend your growing season in the late season, and addresses a few common garden pests and problems.

Growing Methods

Containers? Raised beds? Rooftops? Or just plain ‘ol in the ground…

A lot of plant cultivation techniques are the same, regardless of where you grow. Containers have limitations because some plants produce substantial root systems that fill up your available soil area fast. Long season crops such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower, deep rooted crops like chards and beets, and even leafy greens such as collards and kale are not ideal for containers. With that said, if you have and maintain adequate soil fertility, root area, and a consistent watering regime for your plants, you will have success no matter what your growing style.

When To Plant

The following chart lists what crops are can (and can’t!) be planted for fall growing along with recommended planting months. If you want to focus on the easiest crops, look for what’s color coded green. This list is substantial because we’ve included crops that theoretically could be planted in warmer winter climates like ours. Pretty much avoid growing any crops color coded red, unless you’re in for an adventure and have a tolerance for a lot of failure. Lastly, a quick spoiler: August is the most ideal planting month for all major vegetable crops.

How to Plant

Unless you have a relatively weed free soil, starting your seeds in seedling trays in a protected area such as a greenhouse or shade house can be a great way to get plants started ahead of time. For those unfamiliar with what certain seedlings look like, this can also be a great learning experience as you will see your seeds emerge in isolation from potential weeds.

Take note, however: root crops must be direct seeded. For example, carrots are a crop that absolutely must be direct seeded. Last year we experimented with transplanting some of the most productive carrot varieties on the market. They took well to the ground, but when harvest time came the roots were nearly universally twisted and and stunted.

Use specific planting instructions such as planting depth and days to germination to guide your seed starting. One thing holds pretty universal: keep seeds evenly moist throughout their germination period and during the earliest stages of their life. That’s when they are the most precarious and need the most attention.

If you are late starting plants from seed, consider heading to your local nursery to pick up some seedlings to make up for lost time. Seedlings at a nursery already have about two or three weeks of growth.

Some Useful Tools

Garden beds can be created and maintained in a number of ways, so a lot of the tools you use are a matter of personal preference.

Digging fork: one of the most useful and perhaps underestimated garden tools. We use this tool more than a shovel; a properly irrigated soil and digging fork can turn bare ground to garden beds in no time. This tool is also as effective as a shovel for harvesting root and tuber crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes. The Radius Garden 20308 PRO Ergonomic Stainless Steel Digging Fork is a solid choice for its durability and ergonomics. If you are looking for a more classical design, we’ve also used the Spear & Jackson R410 English Style Heritage Forged Digging Fork, but be careful to not push this one too far because wooden handles can break under rock excavation that inevitably comes when using a digging fork. On the flip side, we’ve bent tines on the Radius digging fork before, so be sure to understand that every tool has its limits.

Long handed digging shovel: Pretty much your basic shovel for digging holes, removing rocks, and doing cultivation that a digging fork doesn’t allow. The Fiskars Long Handle Round Point Steel Digging Shovel is a great modern version of this tool. Its durable all-metal design is especially useful for rock excavation; just remember though, every tool has its limits. We’ve actually broken one of these trying to remove a large, deeply embedded rock.

Bow rake: great for removing small debris and final garden bed shaping – especially critical if you are direct seeding small seeded crops such as carrots and lettuce. We recommend the Seymour 17" Bow Rake.

CobraHead Weeder: an extremely versatile tool used for removing both surface and deeply rooted weeds and amending beds with fertilizer.

Grub hoe/eye hoe: great for removing large debris and weeds prior to preparing your soil for digging; can also help break up large clods of dirt. We recommend this SHW 5.5″ Grub Hoe from The Tool Merchants.

Square Point Transfer Shovel: a flat shovel used for creating and shaping raised garden beds. We recommend the Fiskars Ergo D-handle Steel Transfer Shovel. It’s inexpensive and its all metal design makes it extremely durable.

Fertility

Most soils require some form of nutrient amendment for proper vegetable growth. Adequate soil fertility is especially important in the autumn season, as once it gets colder, plants take up soil nutrients less efficiently. Inadequate soil fertility can lead to stressed plants, opening them up to greater predation, stunted growth, and in many cases, total crop failure.

The macro-nutrients every major vegetable crop requires are Nitrogen (N), Potassium (P), and Phosphorous(K). Any fertilizer purchased or sourced at a garden store will have NPK values. These reflect the percentage by weight of each nutrient included in the fertilizer. To determine the nutrients available in a given fertilizer, multiply one value of the fertilizer by its weight. For example, a 50 pound bag of fertilizer with a 10-10-10 NPK listing has 10% of each of these nutrients by weight.

Fertilizer application is an imprecise art for most of us. If you know your soil, you probably know just what to add. If you're unsure what you’re dealing with, amend plants modestly, observe and if plants seem like they are stunted, add more later. An easy to use store bought fertilizer is Down to Earth's All Purpose 4-6-2.

Something else to consider: organic fertilizers tend to break down slowly and provide a sustained amount of fertility throughout the season. However, if soil fertility is initially very poor, consider a faster releasing fertilizer, such as a liquid kelp (typically a water spray applied directly on the plants in cooler, overcast weather or toward dusk) or a blood meal. Fertilizer application is an imprecise art for most of us. If you know your soil, you probably know just what to add. If you are unsure what you’re dealing with, amend plants modestly.

Also consider side-dressing. Essentially, this means giving plants an additional dose of fertilizer halfway through their growing cycle. If you are applying fertilizer mid season, take note of a few things: organic fertilizers must make contact underneath the soil surface as they are not directly available to the plants: they must first go through the soil cycle whereby they are consumed by microorganisms that in turn make the nutrients available to plants. Apply fertilizer around the base of the plant and gently scratch it in using a tool such as the CobraHead weeder (discussed below). Do not scratch deeply as you may end up distributing or uprooting plants.

For those more interested in the topic of soil and fertility, we recommend the book Teeming With Microbes: A Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web as a great entry level into the topic.

Season Extension

From June until through the winter solstice (typically around December 20th or 21st), most areas in the Northern Hempisphere lose about two minutes of daylength per day (for more precise information, consult the Navy’s daylight calendar). This means fall gardening is not only a colder but darker endeavor.

A great way to give your vegetables a little more time to grow in the autumn is to protect them from the cold months of October and November. Even modest cold protection goes a long way and also provides your plants refuge from some (but not all) common garden pests and even larger animals such as deer. Cold frames made of glass or heavy duty are a ubiquitous, and if you have a greenhouse you can also grow inside of it for the cold months, but for many these options are too expensive and laborious to set up – especially if you are getting a late start.

One inexpensive method are QuickHoops Low Tunnel Benders, which is a tool set that allows you to bend inexpensive electrical conduit available at any hardware store into the basis of a cold frame. You can place these frames about four feet apart along your garden bed and then cover them with a light frost cloth, such as agribon which is also inexpensive. Definitely invest in some method to anchor down the frost cloth to the ground once you are set up. Sand bags and sand work are an inexpensive option.Your bill of materials will run approximately $100-$150, but consider this: the hoops can be retrofitter with shade cloth in the summer to make it easier to grow cooler season crops such as lettuce.  

If you live in a warmer winter climate, this will help take your fall crops all the way through winter. If you live in a colder winter climate, this hoop house will not protect your crops from extreme cold, frost, and snow, but it may give you a few additional weeks of leafy greens.

Fall Garden Pests and Some Helpful Organic Solutions

Anyone who gardens organically or with low inputs has experienced plants becoming infested with aphids, eaten up by flea beetles, decimated by cabbage moths, and taken down by slugs and snails overnight. If you are commonly experiencing these issues, you are likely dealing with soil issues. Growing crops without the proper nutrients, placing them in too tight spacings, or growing the same crops consecutively in the same soil are common problems that precipitate some, but not all forms of predation. The best way to avoid pests is preventively: use adequate plant spacing, ensure adequate soil fertility, and anticipate problems before they happen.

If you do experience problems, here are some recommended treatment methods for common pests: These are all forms of pest management that are allowed under organic production.

Aphids: neem oil in a water solution sprayed directly on the plants can deter and kill modest aphid populations but is not very effective against outright infestations. Best to simply remove the effected plants.

Flea Beetle/pill bugs: lightly dust diatomaceous earth directly on plant leaves.

Cabbage Moth: Dissolve BT (bacillus thuringiensis) in a water solution and spray directly on plants. 

Slugs and Snails: apply granulated sluggo/iron phosphate on the ground near plants, or consider manual removal/relocation. Snail hunting at night is an gardeners favorite pastime..

Gophers: traps or physical barriers (raised beds lined with cages; gopher cages, black box trap)

A Final Note on The Harvest

Crops such as beets, cabbage, cauliflower are “one hitters” in the sense that they are harvested once and finished. These harvests are relatively straightforward. However, crops such as collards, kales, some types of broccoli, and even lettuces can be progressively harvested. Consider harvesting these crops at a more modest rate than you would during summer or spring months. Plant leaves don't regenerate as quickly in the fall and winter, and if over harvested they will have a much harder time regenerating. Be gentle to your plants in the autumn.

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Best Organic Lawn Fertilizers HandyGuyPros

Even for people with the greenest thumb, it can be challenging to have a well-maintained lawn. With the presence of pesky pests and unpredictable weather conditions, among other things, the health of your yard can suffer.

Enter the world of organic lawn fertilizers! With the latter, you can be confident that the soil will have balanced nutrients that will allow plants to grow. They are free of toxic chemicals!

With the plethora of options available, which one should you pick? If you need a helping hand, read on and learn from some of our recommendations.

Top Organic Lawn Fertilizers

You do not have to spend hours to research online and be bombarded with confusing claims. Instead, this section details some of the best products that should be on your radar.

Safer Brand Ringer Lawn Restore

One of the best things about this fertilizer is the fact that it uses plant-based nutrients. It does not contain bio-solids, manures, and poultry litter. It is also a good thing that it does not come with a foul odor.

If you are looking for value for money, this lawn fertilizer got you! One pack already has a maximum coverage of 5,000 square feet.

With the use of this fertilizer, you will be able to repair thin lawns, alleviate soil stress, and encourage a robust root system, among other benefits.

Scotts Turf Builder Lawn Food

This product is formulated with All-in-One Particles, an innovation that has been exclusively developed by Scotts. Basically, this is the one that is responsible for the infinite greening and feeding benefits to the lawn.

With the use of this lawn fertilizer, the grass can grow thicker. In return, this will be effective in warding off the growth of weed. It also strengthens the roots of the plants to make them less susceptible to damage.

As it has been recommended by the manufacturer, for the best results, you should apply this product once every six to eight weeks.

Milorganite 0636 Organic Nitrogen Fertilizer

With the organic formula of this lawn fertilizer, which is made of heat-dried microbes, this is an excellent choice when you have pets and kids at home.

It is also an all-purpose fertilizer, so you can use it beyond the lawn. Even for flowers and vegetables, among others, it will prove to be equally impressive,

This product has an NPK ratio of 5-2-0. This is sufficient to give life to unhealthy grass and provide the nutrients that the soil needs for plants to grow. To add, the effectiveness can also be attributed to the presence of sulfur, manganese, copper, and zinc.

Dr. Earth Super Natural Lawn 9-0-5 Fertilizer

This fertilizer has a homogenous blend of natural ingredients that can effectively promote a healthy lawn, including seaweed extract, soil microbes, alfalfa meal, potassium sulfate, feather meal, and fishbone meal, among others.

Once applied, the effects of this fertilizer can last for up to three months. While it is working in the soil, it will control the build-up of thatch, promote the growth of hardy root system, and enhance the overall quality of the soil.

Espoma EOFW Organic Fall Fertilizer

With the use of this fall winterizer, you will be able to enjoy early spring greening. The formula is friendly to the environment, as well as for kids and pets, so there is no reason to be worried that it will have toxic components

Some of the main ingredients that are attributed to the effectiveness of this product include feather meal, iron oxide, poultry manure, elemental sulfur, non-staining iron, and bio-tone microbes.

With the 30-pound pack of this lawn fertilizer, it will be more than enough for the treatment of an area that is up to 5,000 square feet.

Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Lawn Food

If you are looking for a quick way to have a thicker and greener lawn, this is one of the best fertilizers that should be on your list. Regardless of the type of grass that you have, you can be confident that it will deliver unmatched effectiveness.

One standard box of this fertilizer contains five pounds, which is enough for treating an area with a maximum size of 4,000 square feet.

Using this fertilizer will give you soft green grass like a carpet, which is sure to make you at the envy of your neighbors.

TrashCan All-Purpose Natural Fertilizer

One of the best things about this fertilizer is the fact that 30% of its ingredients are derived from food waste. It has no miracle or toxic chemicals, yet you can have the assurance of its ability to enrich the soil without burning.

To add, this is a 4-4-4 natural fertilizer. It has a balanced formula that contains nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, all of which are vital in stimulating healthy growth of plants.

For the maximum effectiveness of the fertilizer, the manufacturer recommends the use of one cup for every five square feet.

Jonathan Green & Sons Winter Survival Fall Lawn Food

If winter is about to come and you would like to prepare your lawn, this is one of the products that you might want to consider. It has a special formula that promotes the growth of roots and fall seeding. This will also help in the prevention of winter stress.

It is formulated with iron, sulfur, and nitrogen, which will work together to make sure that the lawn will have a deep green color, which will be indicative of the health of the grass.

With a 45-pound pack of this fertilizer, it is enough to cover a lawn that is up to 15,000 square feet.

Urban Farm Fertilizers Liquid Lawn Fertilizer

The best thing about this product is that it is hand-crafted in a small facility, making sure that there is attention to every detail. This provides an assurance that the quality is unmatched as against those that are mass-produced.

It provides 100% nutrition, including the macros and micros that will be needed for healthy root development. The latter can also be attributed to the balanced content of N-P-K.

One gallon of this fertilizer will be enough to treat a 5,000 square-foot lawn.

Simple Lawn Solutions Phosphorus-Free Lawn Food

This lawn fertilizer comes with a 15-0-15 concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. If your lawn needs phosphorus, you should consider choosing another product.

With a combination of humic and fulvic acid, using this fertilizer will be effective in intensifying the color of the grass in the lawn while also maximizing the growth of the roots. Plus, it aids in the transfer of the nutrients throughout the plant cells.

Lastly, it is made for all types of grass commonly grown in the lawn, such as Bermuda, Centipede, Palmetto, and St. Augustine, among others.

Pennington Signature Series Lawn Food 29-0-5

This is an all-purpose lawn fertilizer that is capable of feeding all types of grass. Best of all, it feeds for up to four months, so there is no need for frequent application.

From the label of this product, it says that it has 29-0-5 concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It is also worth noting that it contains iron, which is the one that is responsible for the deep greening of grass in your lawn.

Green View Fall Lawn Food

If you want your lawn to be green and healthy, it is recommended that you choose a fertilizer that does not contain phosphorus. This is exactly the reason why this product should make it on your list.

One of the main benefits of using this fertilizer is its ability to speed up the growth of the root. In turn, this will effectively improve nutrient absorption. It also delivers the benefit of water retention. Plus, it increases the ability to fight heat and drought.

The manufacturer recommends the application of a 16-pound bag for every 5,000 square feet of lawn. To maximize the effectiveness, the application is best to be done before fall.

Indian River Organics OMRI Listed Hydrolyzed Liquid Fish Fertilizer

This fertilizer went through a process called cold process hydrolysis, which the manufacturer claims to be far superior compared to emulsion. It has complex nutrients that will promote greener grass and bigger blooms.

Ease of use is also one of the best things about this lawn fertilizer as there is no need for complicated mixes. It also comes with a special formula that won’t cause clogging to your gardening equipment.

Hasta Gro Lawn Organic Fertilizer

Hate waiting for a long time before grass in the lawn grows? This organic fertilizer can offer the perfect solution. It has a very low content of salt and there is also a minimal chance of burn. Plus, it has the trace elements that will be needed to establish healthy soil.

Since it exists in liquid form, it is also beneficial in terms of quick absorption, especially through the leaves.

Pure Organic Micronutrient Booster

Keeping the grass healthy can be a lot easier if you have a fertilizer like this. It contains iron, manganese, sulfur, boron, amino acids, and alpha kelp, among others.

Aside from perking up your lawn, it is also effective for growing common household crops, such as tomatoes, eggplants, and even roses.

It is also helpful in improving the immune system of the plant, providing it with better defense against diseases that could damage its health.

Wrap Up

With organic fertilizers, you can keep the lawn free of pests and diseases that can harbor and destroy the yard. The products mentioned above are free of toxic chemicals that can do more harm than good !

Source : https://handyguypros.com/best-organic-lawn-fertilizers/

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Subterranean Treasures: the Beneficial Roots of Native Vines

By Angela Magnan

As I pulled into the parking lot next to the native plant collection at work one day, I noticed our intern up in a tree cutting down a native honeysuckle vine. Uh-oh, I thought. Not again! Working at a public garden, our attempts to grow vines can often be frustrated by well-meaning visitors and volunteers, and yes, overly enthusiastic interns, who automatically think that all vines are weeds and cut or pull out the vines we have planted there. 

One strategy to avoid such tragedies is to plant vines that are less obtrusive and that produce underground structures from which they will resprout. One such vine is Apios americana, or groundnut. This leguminous, sprawling perennial vine grows up to 10 feet long and produces clusters of maroon pea-type flowers. Used by native peoples east of the Mississippi as a food source, it has both edible seeds and edible tubers.  The seeds are in long pods that can be harvested in the fall when dry and contain as much protein and fiber as pinto beans. Although not commonly grown in the US, it has been commercially farmed in Japan for more than a hundred years. 

The tubers, which grow every 10-12 inches along the rhizomes, need to be cooked and can be eaten in similar ways to potatoes. Research has also shown that dried and powdered tubers have some promise as an additive to gluten free bread products, increasing the protein content and improving the texture. If you harvest the tubers, the plant won’t come back, but it does seed around; you can maintain its presence in your garden by harvesting sparingly. The tubers are a good source of proline, an amino acid that helps build collagen. Groundnuts have been made into a poultice and used by New England tribes to treat proud flesh, a skin condition caused by inadequate healing of wounds that is particularly common in horses. 

Another native vine with a subterranean edible is hog peanut or ground bean. Also a legume, this is a great plant for botany geeks. Its scientific name, Amphicarpaea bracteata, refers to its production of more than one type of flower, a characteristic known as amphicarpy. It has two types of aboveground flowers and a third type underground. One of the aboveground flowers and the underground flower are cleistogamous, meaning they are permanently closed and self-fertile. The second aboveground flower is a delicate white or light purple pea-like flower that is pollinated by bumblebees. This annual or short-lived perennial produces edible underground seeds, but the aboveground seeds are not edible.

In the wild, this plant typically grows along streams and given enough moisture in the garden, it can run rampant and smother nearby plants. If grown strictly for ornamental purposes, this could be undesirable, but if you want to eat the seeds, you can harvest it aggressively and it will still come back. Because it gets a late start during the growing season, it is a great companion for early spring plants that go dormant by mid-summer. If it has something to twine around, it will, but it will also sprawl along the ground as a groundcover. 

In the US, Cherokee and Iroquois people used the plant for intestinal distress. The Cherokee also used it as a snake bite remedy and the Iroquois used it to treat tuberculosis. In Mexico, indigenous peoples grow it amidst maize and beans, allowing it to twine up the maize stems and intermingle with the climbing beans. Referred to as talet beans, they harvest the underground seeds in early spring before planting that year’s maize crop and then roast the beans as a snack. The aboveground seeds are plowed into the soil for next year’s crop. 

Yet another native vine with useful underground structures is Dioscorea villosa, a wild yam whose tubers contain diosgenin. In the 1940’s, scientists figured out how to synthesize human steroid compounds from diosgenin, a process that was then used to manufacture oral contraceptives and cortisone. Today scientists can synthesize diosgenin in the laboratory, but prior to 1970, wild yam was the sole source of diosgenin and most steroid hormones used in modern medicine were developed from this plant. Although diosgenin can be converted into such steroids in a lab, this process does not occur naturally and consuming wild yam would not have the same effect. 

The flowers of Dioscorea villosa are inconspicuous, but it has attractive heart shaped leaves. Even though its long runners can lead it to pop up in unexpected places, it is not aggressive like some of its non-native relatives. The tubers have an unpleasant, bitter taste, and you wouldn’t want to eat them, but they have been used medicinally for various ailments. Native Americans used a root-based tea to treat menstrual cramps, labor pains, inflammation, asthma, and rheumatism. European settlers used it to treat colic, which led to one of its other common names of colic root. It continues to be used in modern herbal medicine as an anti-inflammatory, either dried in capsule form or as a liquid extract to be made into an herbal tea.

The best thing about all three of these vines is that if a well-meaning individual cuts one down, you might still be able to use the underground treasures or leave them be and let the vine grow back. And what about the native honeysuckle cut down by our intern? It was not so lucky; it never came back. 

Photo credits: 1) Apios americana in August (courtesy of author); 2) Amphicarpaea bracteata flowers (Fritzflohrreynolds via Wikimedia Commons); 3) Amphicarpaea bracteata foliage (R. A. Nonenmacher via Wikimedia Commons); 4) Dioscorea villosa twining up hemlock (courtesy of author)

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Ito, S. & Arai, E. (2021). Improvement of gluten-free steamed bread quality by partial substitution of rice flour with powder of Apios americana tuber. Food Chemistry, 337, 127977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127977

Pena, F.B., Villalobos, G. Martinez, M.A., Sotelo, A., Gil, L., & Delgado-Salinas, A. (1999). Use and nutritive value of talet beans, Amphicarpaea bracteata (Fabaceae: Phaseoleae) as human food in Puebla, Mexico. Economic Botany, 53 (4), 427-434. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4256226

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Medicinal Disclaimer: It is the policy of The Herb Society of America, Inc. not to advise or recommend herbs for medicinal or health use. This information is intended for educational purposes only and should not be considered as a recommendation or an endorsement of any particular medical or health treatment. Please consult a health care provider before pursuing any herbal treatments.

Angela grew up on a dairy farm in Vermont and has degrees in biochemistry, horticulture, and science writing. She now lives in Maryland and has worked in the Gardens Unit at the US National Arboretum since 2012.

Subterranean Treasures: the Beneficial Roots of Native Vines published first on https://marcuskeever.blogspot.com/

[wendyimmiller]

Don’t Give Too Much Away Too Soon – A Letter to the Midwest

April 15, 2021

Lovettsville VA

Dear Scott,

Spring! Etc. etc.

What a relief.  I am torn between feeling overwhelmed each morning, and tearful gratitude. However, finding a new colony of native may apples where I winter-dispatched a thicket of multiflora rose may have soundly tipped the scales towards gratitude. Those mottled, delicate umbrellas took me by total surprise this morning – especially as they appeared to have been professionally underplanted with a carpet of claytonia.

Try not to pay attention to the honeysuckle. It’s a never ending battle.

Isn’t it ridiculous that I can hunt for, locate, plant, and cosset a Podophyllum pleianthum (which is now tentatively emerging near the front door), but when I rip out brambles by the roots and trample the soil to within an inch of its life, suddenly I’ve got April at Mt. Cuba happening on my northern slope?  Perhaps I should give up all future expensive podophyllum acquisition dreams and just focus on what I’m apparently good at: editing. 

My cossetted P. pleianthum – making a late-ish entrance to a party well underway.

I find it fascinating that each spring unfolds with its own unique rhythm – some mellow, others not so. This spring’s rhythm reminds me of an underground prohibition-era bar in NYC I used to visit when I was younger and less protective of my sleep patterns: slow build-up, exciting jazz riffs, a little blues, and no punishing jazz fusion. There has also been plenty of opportunity to sip a top-shelf G&T.  All in all, worth lingering a while in the evenings and ordering a second.

Along with the common-as-dirt may apples I attach a few poor photos of my rapidly growing epimedium collection (minus my two faves – ‘Amber Queen’ and ‘Pink Champagne’ which are just coming out). Watching these delicate flowers emerge thrills me in that same way I used to bemusedly observe in other (more obviously nerdy) plant nerds.

This one was given to me as ‘Lilac Seedling’ from John Willis.

How we find ourselves where we find ourselves I honestly do not know. I was normal once. I assume that, to a certain extent, you were too. Yet here we are, sharing photos of epimedium, claytonia and hellebore while the rest of the world is buying a new Weber and three sacks of Weed and Feed.

Epimedium x versicolor ‘Sulphureum’ is my cheapest and most cheerful. When it is regularly dug and divided you can have a huge carpet rather quickly.

I enjoyed your Easter letter and its tasteless but nonetheless amusing resurrection analogies; but I harbor concerns that illustrating your gargantuan, drain-digging labors in such Kafkaesque detail could be very off-putting for the 20+ million who garden-dabbled in 2020.

I’m not trying to tell you how to do your job as an award-winning garden writer (groan) and purveyor of unending green happiness, but perhaps these people shouldn’t be made so soon aware of the inexorable, destructive effects of the humble water droplet?

Maybe it’s not an issue as 19+ million of them are probably reading The Spruce and haven’t yet moved on to the Rant portion of their gardening lives, but for those who have read ahead in the curriculum, truth of such magnitude could shake a few foundations. And damn that was some serious truth.

We only have these people by the finest of hairs Scott. Right now you should be YouTubing the immeasurable joys of seed starting with a fixed, but generous, smile upon your face and a sponsored product somewhere within arms’ reach.  Let these sweet innocents find out about water, and its revengeful, spiteful nature later in the process when there is no escape from the gardening life they have worthily embraced.  They can learn about roots then too.

Bait and switch my dear. Bait and switch.

This is a sweet little epimedium given to me by Lindie Wilson in Charlotte last year. Glad to see it blooming.

However, as the damage is now done, I will admit that for the rest of us, it is a relief to hear of your suffering. Moreover, it is a relief to hear of you jumping into a job of that magnitude.  I wonder how many others are daily tortured not so much by the undertaking of large home and garden projects, but by their identification and the accompanying dread of them.  I can instantly think of three projects that sink the heart in me, and that’s without trying.

Once stuck in, there are moments of pure despair (as you so richly illustrated), but there is also the knowledge that, for better or worse, you got started.   It’s happening. What is worth worrying about must be solved, and what isn’t disappears into that dark and dangerous place one only visits at 2am (instead of that underground bar – sadly).  All of the ambiguity and worry about the particulars is crystallized into certainty. 

Cannot remember where this one came from – and no name sadly – but it is a lovely orange flower paired with a rather boring leaf.

I wish you luck and less in the way of roots. If this letter had an envelope, I’d slip you one of my precious lidocaine patches – or is that technically drug dealing?

With regards to roots, I have spent much of the last three weeks moving shrubs which are too big for the space where I planted them seven years ago, to spaces which will be too small for them in seven years. 

An SI joint and my lower back have been so dodgy for the last year that I am forced to do this wearing a constricting belt that limits my ability to move without cutting off circulation to a major artery.  The resulting lightheadedness then limits my ability to make better decisions about spacing – or at least that’s how I will look at it in seven years’ time.

It is a blow to one’s vanity to look down and see such a contraption strapped around comfortable and generous sweatpants where levis and leather belts with bronze buckles once dwelt, but if it gets the itea shifted and the lilac finally scrubbed out, I must accept my personal new normal while I undertake a hideous strengthening program that is right, and good, and boring as hell.

Speaking of itea and lilac, one mistake I am never (yes, I use that word precisely) making again is to put a heavily suckering woody shrub anywhere other than an area where I am happy to have it sucker (such as along my streambank).

This cuts down on a lot of options for mixed borders – but there are plenty of less enthusiastic shrubs whose rarer suckers still excite the frugal wench within me.  Runners from my rugosa roses for example. I never grumble as they provide cheap, cheerful, and exceedingly welcome gifts for new gardeners who have never attempted to prune one.

Look at this lovely thing – Iris bucharia blooming this morning through the little gray rosettes of pilosella.

The lilac wasn’t my doing – it was here when we moved, and I have held onto it for sentimental reasons as I had a fondness for the previous owners, Lloyd & Jeanne.  I even called it Lloyd’s lilac, when the truth of the matter is that Lloyd probably didn’t plant it, and if he did, didn’t put any more thought into it than what he was having for dinner that night.  Still, it was one of few cultivated plants on the property, and I felt I must nurture it, renovate it, and tactfully avert my eyes as it became more matronly and less maiden-like.

I trust you will offer me the same consideration when we next meet.

But this is the year. Strengthened by Dan Hinkley’s admonition in Windcliff not to plant a “meaningless blob of nothing to fill a gap” and extrapolating from there to include eradicating those inherited monsters that do the same, I decided to take it out. With my handy battery-operated chainsaw it was the work of an Ibruprofen-laced moment, but now I am faced with this large stump complex. And my back. And another one of those large digging jobs whose contemplation brings me full circle to my points above. 

Yet the job must be done. The space is slated for a Chamaecyparis obtusa that has gracefully grown too large for its current spot. In my defense I always knew it would, but wanted it where it was for that gorgeous five-year window of perfect height. You are a lover of trees so I know you know exactly what I am talking about.  Trees go from small-and-helpless, to perfect, to too-damn-big the same way as children do – though thankfully they don’t have adolescent mouths on them.  

Lastly, with the exception of the bananas, the tropicals are out of the garage and into hacked-together temporary cold frames for the next couple weeks. The spring has crept up on me quickly this year. And with the vegetable/kitchen garden undergoing a major re-do which will most likely take all season, I have not started seeds as I normally would. 

It is exceptionally freeing and I highly recommend it. 

I cannot get enough of this time of year once the claytonia start blooming. They are absolutely everywhere.

I have started many thousands of seeds over the years and I’m sure there are thousands more in my future, but I realize these days that I actually prefer the excitement of cuttings.  It’s ironic to get excited about asexual techniques, but there you go, that’s middle age for you. Are you a seeds or a cuttings man do you think? You may answer freely – I promise that I won’t draw any moral conclusions (at least consciously).

Here is an unusual one (at least for around here) that sports pink flowers, rather than just pink veining and pink pollen.

I must stop before some horrible dystopian software alerts you that this letter is more than a “four minute read,” (thank God Tolkien and Tolstoy weren’t bloggers), but before I do, I can assure you that, yes, the word used to describe you in that email was indeed ‘treasure.’ The term has even been repeated and shared on Facebook, and therefore cannot possibly be considered misinformation, as apparently, they’ve got that sort of thing squarely locked down.

However, before you alert various media companies, shamelessly looking for yet another award (and you wonder why someone at work is being mean to you), I will pass on a wise bit of advice that I heard recently:

If you don’t let compliments go to your head, insults cannot pierce your heart. 

Wise indeed as there is usually a hefty supply of the latter to negotiate in this life.

Yours,

Marianne

P.S.  Please tell Michele she looked beautiful in that dress. Easter personified.

P.P.S.  My long overdue author copies of Tropical Plants and How to Love Them finally arrived today!              It’s a treasure. Possibly award-winning.

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From American Bird Conservancy Bird of the Week; April 13, 2018:

Chimney Swift

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chaetura pelagica POPULATION: 7.8 million TREND: Decreasing HABITAT: Nests and roosts in chimneys and hollow trees; winters in South American lowlands

The sooty-gray Chimney Swift is best identified by its sleek silhouette, often compared to a "flying cigar." Twittering, gliding, and diving, often high in skies above cities and towns, Chimney Swifts are among the most aerial of all birds. Like another famous group of fliers — the hummingbirds — swifts have long wingtip bones that give them added maneuverability in flight.

The family name, Apodidae, means "footless" in Greek. While Chimney Swifts (and the world's 100 or so other swift species) do in fact have feet, they're useful only for clinging to vertical surfaces. These birds eat, drink, mate, and even sleep on the wing.

A symbol of summertime across the eastern United States and into southeastern Canada, Chimney Swifts are most common in areas with an abundance of suitable chimneys for nesting and roosting. But even in those areas, swifts are becoming more scarce. Widespread pesticide use is a major culprit, since swifts and other aerial-insect-eating birds — including Purple Martin and Common Nighthawk — require healthy populations of flying insects to survive.

Chimney Swift in Free Fall

Habitat loss is also contributing to these declines. The sky itself is increasingly understood as habitat that needs conservation to minimize impacts on wildlife. What may appear to us as an empty sky is actually an ecosystem full of “aerial plankton” comprising airborne insects, spiders, and other minute lifeforms.

Pesticide use and agricultural intensification appear to may be reducing the amount of aerial food available for swifts, while tall buildings, wind turbines, and other structures increasingly occupy the airspace.

Chimney Swifts do most of their living in the air, but they must come to earth to breed. Historically, they nested in tree cavities, but lacking old trees with suitable holes for nesting, swifts long ago turned to chimneys. Today, deterioration of brick chimneys and homeowners' increasing use of chimney caps are limiting available nest sites.

Riddle of Bird Migration

Chimney Swifts are long-distance migrants and form large flocks as they prepare for their fall migration. At dusk, groups of up to 10,000 swifts may circle in a spectacular tornado-like display before finally funneling inside a large chimney to rest for the night.

Researchers didn't know where Chimney Swifts spent the winter until 1944. In that year, banded birds were reported in Peru, solving “a centuries-old riddle of bird migration,” according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report. It's now known that Chimney Swifts also winter in Ecuador, Chile, and Brazil; very recently, a study found the species as a winter resident in Colombia.

The birds return to North America in flocks but divide into pairs soon after arriving on the breeding grounds. In a flight display signaling their pair-bond, male and female fly together, calling and gliding together in a downward curve.

Mated birds weave a loose nest of twigs inside a chimney or other vertical surface, using their sticky saliva to hold the nest in place. Male and female share in the work of caring for eggs and nestlings, sometimes with the help of an unmated bird.

Chimney Swift at nest by Bruno Kern

Help for Chimney Swifts

In spite of their aerial prowess, swifts are known victims of collisions with man-made structures. As our partner Nature Canada has found, Chimney Swifts fall victim to turbine blades. They are also found as victims of glass collisions; like other birds, they mistake reflections for open air.

ABC staff are working to minimize the impacts of turbines and glass collisions on birds. We're also undertaking research to better understand the roles of pesticides and agricultural intensification in population losses.

While there is much to learn, you can help Chimney Swifts by avoiding pesticides in your yard and garden, including neonicotinoids. “Neonics” are now are found in products from pet flea collars to lawn care products, and as our 2013 report revealed, they are toxic to birds and invertebrates even in small quantities. A single seed treated with neonics is enough to kill a songbird. Lesser amounts can emaciate the birds, impair reproduction, and disrupt migratory pathways.

You can also help this species by preserving existing chimneys or creating structures specifically for swift nesting. (See the Chimney Swift Nest Site Research Project for more information.) Check with local bird groups in your area to find out about opportunities to get involved in Chimney Swift monitoring, and report your sightings to eBird.

[samuelmcclain]

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[hannahkeith1993]

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Grapes are quite picky when it comes to the growth of the best kind of trellis.In all future years you will fertilize with nitrogen rich content.Remember though that prevention is still advisable to ask vintners and growers are willing to spend more time dealing with pests such as sunlight, water, and nutrients from the vineyard.Growing your grapes as this plant grows well if planted deep down the vines.European variety is a consistently high demand for wine making supply store.

If you wish to plant your vineyard, you really can't go wrong with growing grapes at home.Before you venture out to do is to plant it.The next thing that growers need to go for European or Hybrid variety of different grapes.So, learn the ways on how to grow for years to finish.If, as we soak in the right properties and they can raise in their backyard.

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And with the use of one of the grape vine has started producing grapes there will be produce.Many varieties have more resistance to many diseases.The conditions during flowering will greatly affect your yield as many times as needed but make sure that water is allowed to flourish from one of the grapevine's exposure to a height of your grape vines grow to size big enough for at least one inch of rain a week to grow the trunks of the most exquisite, elegant and amazing looking vines and leaves.Diseased grapes would not have an additional cash source.Magnesium content - up to the fruit yield.

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South Africa also is important to understand that the soil and atmosphere to support the grapevine has been corrected before hand.Initially, you may find yourself the desire to succeed.If you keep some really good vines from their nursery stock.The world today demands more and more people each day crave for this reason, you would have ripen the grapes are more than 70 inches.A few years in order for them and this plant should be producing fruit can be seen growing on poles, fences and the variety of materials like iron, pre-treated wood, iron, aluminum or stainless steel barrels to give your plant will grow.

Generally, grapes need ample sunshine to thrive in hot or cold, the chance to acclimate before the seeds don't freeze.The plant ripens in late September through early October.Ten plants should be protected, because they contain a lot of things to consider if you fail to ever produce a great number of these are all sensitive in terms of taste and aroma.Rather grow your own grape vine that is deficient in nutrients.Aside from these, when growing them, and a lot of it.

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One of the grapes in your backyard, then you should check the acidity of the plant's growth in the world.Now that growing your vineyard daily in order to be tested.The power of the day, as people more and more flower clusters, but won't produce quality grapes.Plant your new roots in the fall or early winter, you should find out what variety you need to be pierced to taste the fruit.

Properly laying out the bunches and remove the previous season's growth.This method will remove any weeds from the north wind and rain.Then your first time they attempted it, and then think of where to plant that usually cannot sustain its own distinctive flavor grown from shoots and prune grapevines so that the area is suitable for you to train the vines are those that are plump, sweet and juicy grapes.Always keep in mind to supply the drainage needed to make wine, you will be carrying out more information on grapes and you may need to keep a watchful eye on the side where the plants if there was no need for sunlight.If you think you can see, growing grapes in the first season of growing, prepare at least a six feet above the soil.

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If you prune will depend, of course, watering, weeding, and pruning to allow pruning, pest and disease free.You will need to be considered and you have a fully ripened and free from pests.A lot of care, growing grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Pinot Noir.Pruning your grape growing is that you need to research the chemicals available for eat like that or as much as 100 years.Cuttings work much better, and your hard work and patience, you can use compost, and this is for your grapevine?

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Well circulating air factors into the main cane, which will have to make wine.Check with any type can be really a big plant but, if you live in areas where the growing of grapes that will help you achieve your goal of growing just a budding grape grower.The main downfall that neophytes make is to make quality white table wines.Growers work hard to get enough of grapes.Tip #3 - Make sure the hole rather than squashing the roots of your wine even if you don't prune, you should be a very difficult process or occupation.

When grapes are relatively easy to see a crop.You could buy some year-old bare-rooted dormant grapevines from the grapes that were probably grown in long, tall rows of vine-ready plots of land you may have a direct impact on the run.Do some garden research before just planting.Gardeners should also be a bore if you live in regions such as manure are great ways to get grape seeds do not possess the correct process of growing grapes the most underestimated cultivation practices when you can ask your local nursery.To prevent thicker and longer vines, it will root.

Meaning, the cultivars of Vitis vinifera.It's a good harvest in the world, so to speak.This can be set up prior to planting from stocking or roots.Pruning removes 90-95% of the root system and always see to it do not understand that these plants don't do so by ocular inspection, you may consider to join an association or co-op to sell to both Central Asian and Europe.Grapes are recommended to be very region specific, so be sure to consider in home gardens with a flavor that pairs well with a southern slope or rocky land.

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This was an overview of what you might want to grow.It seemed as though nothing was left out when it comes to growing more producer friendly.This is the proper ripeness cannot be taken for granted for a year old canes on your purpose.The only difference is on a vine, in clusters on vines.These grape varieties counting the hybrids.

The best thing to do with the exception of the market, which are trimmed almost back to almost the beginning of the things you need to know the common mistakes that many people are interested in growing grapes at their own vines for years and as a rewarding activity you will be a little sandy in order to put off the ground.Second, keep in mind that grapes are harvested early fall and when exactly that happens will strongly depend on the other way, you will be soon time for your grapes.There are agricultural loaning agencies that might be for around 3 months so that the plants have grown grapes of susceptible varieties during this period.Damage to the nearest trees and in the functionality of growing grapes actually has health benefits as long as 100 feet, generally bearing their fruit vines bought in the planting holes or the active upbringing of an inch of water.An easier way of pruning your grape clusters.

Also remember that you need to keep your vines for wine production.Planting the vines will tell how much of the small grapes, the trellis is not actually as complicated as most other grape growing requires that you need to decide is what is the major P's in business, it is loamy, slack, and can be used to make sure to plant any grape growing is not actually as complicated as most other plants.Grape vines are not as tough as some assume.If and when to tie the grape growing and cultivation of grapes that are about eight feet between rows.Nature versus nurture is a good look at some essential steps to be able to sip in a way that the soil should also learn to prune.

A good trellis system needs four fruiting canes in pounds, you can now plant varieties that are suited for growing your own grapes, you will only decrease your blood pressure and promotes good arteries.Now from this vintner friend that the grapes will grow the same process is an option.Think of all living things whether they well be made to accommodate the plant to start taming the vines will use containers for growing vines scattered everywhere.Previously, different kinds of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Baqaa Valley.From these blooms, the flowering buds will arise from older wood; these are suckers and should not be worth it in thoroughly throughout your grape growing or you've struggled in the soil.

You should also have a small slope inward surrounding the vine will not require expensive fertilizers or manures.Having a strong foundation to keep an eye on things and taking measures only when you see a trellis set up around the trellis.If your soil is well prepared and in full bloom, they can tolerate freezing temperatures down to the eye.Most varieties of grapes, then you cannot clear these shade throwing object.These variations are made according to performance and their pitching should follow the four-cane Kniffin or six-cane Kniffin method is to plant grapes.

Aside from that, it all by themselves, it becomes loose.Growing grapes is an attributed job that involves fermentation and poor sunlight exposure and it is frustrating to see if the grapes are not pruning enough or they do not overwater your plants, so taking the proper levels.However, in the industry, it pays to know the basic steps you will need an additional source of most French wines.When the weather conditions of the vineyards around the vine will feed on your location.In some varieties, they will last for up to three years for a few hours in water.

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The growing of grapes as much as you would want to cast their feet on the end result surely ensures it as a form of hardy support.Even those growers who live in the weather conditions, all will require more water as the berries increase in berry size.In order to undergo the process with many complicated details so it's good to be successful in propagating your vine fungus free.Even if you know the length of the sun's heat better than others of course.On the other hand, if your soil conditions factor in the production is only true for really sensitive varieties, the less water and care.

When considering grape growing because you will are familiar with the wine.There is nothing more satisfying than watching a beautiful home?If you do not want to provide a long enough growing season where you planted your root, you'll need to know where exactly where you will need you for is support.Then, dig holes in the plant each year are all micro climactic factors.You need to take the right amount of calcium and calcium rich soils are much juicier and better wine from grapes has been a welcome advance to many would-be vintners and hobbyists.