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3 BR, 2.5 BA, freshly painted home features:
or my final column, I decided it with properly identifying the pest, then new flooring throughout, living room, dining
Free MOVIE and POPCORN
was time to write about organic learning the pest’s life cycle. After area, kitchen w/freshly painted cabinets,
family room w/fp & garage.
Fgardening. The term "organic identifying and educating yourself, you
gardening" at its simplest is avoiding make the decision on how best to protect Bring a Drink, Chair, Blanket and a Friend!! All are welcome!
using synthetically produced fertilizers your family and property. So, does
and pesticides. Taken to the next level that mean that foods labeled organic
by many gardeners who are organic can be sprayed with pesticides? Why
only, more “rules” are applicable. Rules yes, they can remember, a pesticide is TUMC Children’s Ministry Presents:
include feeding the soil and not the the substance not its content. Whether
plant, placing the right plant in the right you use organic or synthetic pesticides, A MONTH OF MOVIES
place, scout your garden constantly for read and follow the label. The label is
insects and disease presence, and avoid the law, and by buying the product, you This weeks movie is "Sing"
planting too many of the same plant agree to use the product as it is intended.
instead having plant diversity. Let I do not use organic pesticides and my
me say this early on, these are good property is graced by bees, butterflies,
gardening principles and not organic birds, bunnies, deer, and insects, both Movie begins Each Friday beginning
principles. I have written about many of beneficial and non-beneficial. In at 7:30 p.m.
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these principles, and I do not use organic summary, it’s your family, property, and SEPT. 8 -through
fertilizer or organic pesticides. money involved. You make the best Free MOVIE SEPT. 29 TH
FERTILIZER – Most soils require decision. and POPCORN
amending to produce the lush lawn, That’s it for me, my fellow Bring a Drink, Chair,
brilliant bloom, or vibrant veggie that gardeners, I have enjoyed writing Blanket and Trinity United
gardeners work so hard to achieve. these columns, and I hope you learned a Friend! Methodist Church
Many times, the amendment is something and had a laugh or two. I 6600 Greenyard Rd.
fertilizer. Organic fertilizer is made of hope your garden, as well as your life, All are welcome! Chester
only plant- or animal-based materials. is bountiful and free of weeds.
Synthetic fertilizers are mostly
chemical-based but they often contain
natural minerals such as phosphorus
and potash. Recently, manufacturers
are offering fertilizer with both organic Alzheimer’s
and synthetic components combined
into one product. I will now focus on
the primary element needed by most
plants, nitrogen. Regardless of its Specialty Center
origin, the nitrogen in fertilizer must be
converted into ammonium or nitrate.
This conversion is done below the soil
surface and is influenced by the soil’s
temperature, moisture content, and
bacteria. The process can take just a
few days to several weeks. The soil’s
organic matter is the primary provider
for nitrogen. Building the soil’s organic
matter is easily done by adding one-
quarter to one-half inch of compost to
the soil’s surface annually. In summary,
focus on your soil’s organic matter and
not organic fertilizer.
PESTICIDES – Many people cringe Demential Connection - Preparing the Family
when they hear the word pesticides.
First, what is a pest? A pest can be presented by the Alzheimer’s Association
weeds, fungus, insects, spiders, or
rodents that interfere with you, your Wednesday, September 25 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
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garden, or your home. The interference
can be just a nuisance or detrimental
to human and animal health. A
pesticide is a substance used to prevent, Sunflower Gardens cutting-edge Alzheimer’s Specialty Center
control, or eradicate pests. Notice is designed with neighborhoods around a town center – giving residents with
that I have not mentioned any origin
of the pesticide. Pest control begins Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia the chance to live normal lives.
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