[ SHOWGSD-L ] At last..a use for dog poop!
- From: Elsyd1@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:03 EDT
Last November, I moved into a lovely home, owned by two fiftyish people who
were avid gardeners. Did I say 'avid'? Obsessed might be a better description.
The gardens, front, rear, sides were magnificent. I swore to myself that I
would not stress over it, that if they died, they died. I have enough to do.
Of course the annuals did not come back...but...the perennials came back in
all their glory, and I was just awed that they had survived the winter without
me. No Annuals meant that many of the half whiskey barrels around the patio
were barren. What the hell. I went to Wal-mart, and spent around $50.00, and
stuck the flowers into the potting soil that was in the barrels. Lots of
potting soil to fill a whiskey barrel! The poor plants were root-bound, and I
did
not know you are supposed to break up the roots, (but I have since been
told). I watered them dutifully, and (of course) they wilted. I felt
vindicated.
I have a black thumb. One day..my poop bucket got left out in the rain, and
on am impulse, I scooped up a dog dish full of the "juice", and poured it on
the dirt around some of the plants. Within 3 days, all the treated plants
stood up, started growing, and are flowering and blooming like crazy. The ones
that were not "fertilized", were still drooping and sick. They got the
treatment, too. They recovered, and are gorgeous. The lupine doubled in size
within
two weeks, and have more blooms than with the former owners. I made a bucket
full of the brown soup, (poop with high pressure hose inserted) carted it out
front, where all the perennials are, and gave them the works, too. Nothing
smells. Also bought some hanging baskets, fuchsias, lobelia, (just gorgeous),
and some sort of tiny peach colored geraniums. Poured it on. (Ok, so I'm sunk,
but...still...mama don't bend, and these guys are all within easy reach,
LOL. so...Now you know what dog poop can be used for. Of course, not to be
used
for food plants. (Unless you want to enter giants in the county fair, LOL).
Syd
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