[LINK] composting

[Adam Todd]

At 03:14 PM 29/08/2006, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>...another value, is a wide spread preference to poison ourselves rather 
>than co-habit with nature...

There are some perfectly natural cockroach and pest solutions.  Stink Bugs 
(the ones that swarm on Citrus trees) leave accommodation very quickly if 
you grab an old blender, a hand full of bugs, some chilli and a few other 
ingredients, blend and spray!

Totally organic!  Literally!

>by the way, I have applied no artificial water on my garden right through 
>the drought - with the exception of some roses and  a passionfruit vine 
>which survived on recycled washing machine water. There is even lawn, but 
>admittedly my garden is shaded.

The lawn has started to regrow where we parked the cars fro several 
years.  And I mow about once or maybe twice a year :)  As to watering, 
nope, don't have the time to water a garden!  It can live or die!

The kids water the strawberry's during summer, but that's about it.  Mind 
you in the last two years I've not seen any strawberry's, but strangely 
I've seen the flowers.  Must have some animals that eat them perhaps?

>...the neighbours however, made sure they watered their gardens on the 
>allotted days...

Yes, same around here :(  Sad isn't it.  And their lawns look no different 
to mine.  Actually mines a bit lusher and greener, and perhaps looking a 
lot less dead from the fact that the plants have learned to survive rather 
than dehydrate one day and hydrate three days later.

Not to mention our water bill must look good :)

>sometimes even just after rain.

After?  Today I saw someone washing DURING the rain.

And today is a NO WATERING day!