Extreme Juicing by Larry Zoro

Bale Logic link video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhhXOLTHW6I

Garden Video Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5imuQUvv28

Why Don't You Love Me?

Don't dump your unwanted cats on the roadside. Find them a nice home. They cannot survive on their own. It is too hot in Missouri and the ponds are foul.

All the cats we own come from stranded pets. Even today they often inquire, "Why didn't they love us."

If you own a pet it is your child and your problem.

I'm not really speaking to my friends but to the WORLD OF HARDENED ANIMAL HATERS. Perhaps just one person will change his mind when he contemplates whether to dump his unwanted pets on the roadside.

Don't Use Wood in Your Garden?

I get a lot of flak for using hay bales. The fear of weed seeds spoiling your garden is common knowledge. I hate weeds but don't blame the aged hay bales. They won't spoil your garden. Today I cut some hay that I will make into bales and then set them aside for aging.  

You do not need acres and acres of land in order to get a lot of hay. 5 acres would be nice but two or three is okay. All this hay was from a little road I cut to the barn from the house. Each wheelbarrow load is enough for a bale.

I set three bales today around my little garden.

Look at all that top mulching that has my hay on top. I guarantee that no weeds are growing from the hay. Some might grow through the hay buy not from spoiled seeds from in the bales.

Anyway, I am still making hay and setting them about. They would make great barriers in order to keep rabbits out. I have a carrot patch outside my garden fence that will find protection by using a freshly made hay bale.

Caution: I will attempt at some humor: Do not use wood. Wood retains weed seeds that will wreck your garden. Here is the proof:

Look carefully the grass is growing in the wood. You must use only treated wood. I am joking of course. Wood is fine to use just like hay bales. Don't use treated wood (chemical poisons in the wood) and don't let the straw bale people sell you a bill of goods by saying only their bale products are the best to use in gardening. It is just not so.

Happy gardening, you hay balers, goodbye till next time....Larry Z  

 

Hay Bales

In my last post I mentioned my aged hay bales. IT is SO idiotic that some gardeners consider hay bales weedy or going to give off seeds that make weeds. Aged hay bales are safe to use. The heat of the bale makes the seeds unviable and also being spoiled they are easily absorbed into the ground.

I would not use freshly cut grass or newly made hay bales but the aged ones are fine to use. Come on, do you really like paying ten dollars for a straw bale? Do you know the history of the bales you get? Are they herbicide free?

My newest book is going to be about a workmen's garden. Look at my mine with the new hay mulch from my aged bales.

    

Take a look at all that mulch. I made it myself with my hay baler and a little time to age the bales.

Happy hay baler gardener. Hope you're having fun.  Larry Zoro

The Workmen's Garden

Most often people remark that they can't wait until retirement in order to grow a garden of their dreams. It is a shame that most gardens are too time consuming and hard work that the average worker cannot not achieve growing one until retirement. Is there an easier way to have a garden than waiting for retirement to make one?

The common workman needs nutrients in order to maintain the greatest output. For most workers their muscles are taxed to the utmost and need constant repair. Store variety of food does not hack it. The food is stale and lack vital energy. I have found that you must grow you own food in order to achieve the ultimate health.

While you're waiting to read my newest book make a hay baler. Gardening without hay is not gardening. Take it from me, Larry Zoro, "A little hay will make the garden of your dreams."

https://www.amazon.com/Two-Essential-Tools-Bale-Gardener-ebook/dp/B015453ZJI/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

This book has my plans on making your own hay baler.

I use hay  bales as borders in many places. When I need an aged or spoiled hay bale they are always readily available.

Border Bales

This year I am making border bales. The uses for bales are endless.



I'm making a lot of green bales. According to my scientific investigation, green bales really heat up and kill all weed seeds contained within the bale. No one needs a sprouted hay bale.



GET YOUR BALER PLANS TODAY: www.aaahomebaler.webs.com or kindle book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015453ZJI

THEY ARE EASY TO BUILD

Useful Gadgets

I sawed and sawed with a hand pole saw until I finally cut off a few branches. Then I bought the powered electric 8 amp pole saw. I cut many branches what would have took hours in only a few minutes. Money can buy the gadgets that can sure save time.

When buying a pole saw or any equipment go to the makers or company site before purchasing. Find out what is the most recent model. Don't go by last year's review or even the first of the year review. Buy the most recent model. The pole saw I bought had a a tilting blade replacing the stationary chain saw blade.

Look for deals. I bought a rain barrel for half the price of a new one. At the end of the year many stores want to get rid of their old stock.

This rain barrel drips underneath a cherry tree that would otherwise dry up and die. See the 25 foot hose coming from the barrel to the tree?

 I harvested one of my peppers. See how green it is. I grew it using a little potting soil. Sometimes great soil will give you a small harvest but green leaves and produce. This pepper pictured hurts my eyes being so green.

I received a birthday gift of a Yonana.

I bet there are more uses for it than bananas. I can't wait to explore. Thank you John, Lori, and Joey.

My Little Garden and Some Gardening Comments

I have two large Anaheim peppers. They look as green as their leaves. No moles yet. I simply planted a pepper plant in a bucket size hole and layered hay around another inner hole filled with the best soil possible. I used a post hole digger to make the bucket size hole. I also used a PVC pipe as a guide for my inner planting hole as I layered the hay and soil around the pipe. I then removed the pipe and planted in the inner hole.

I grew some tomato plants that way also. See my pear tomatoes?

My bucket pool garden is getting some growth.

Here is the top view.

This watermelon plant is growing in a holey bucket.  One inch hole on the bottom and around the bucket. Roots can extend though the holes but the core of the plant is protected in the bucket from moles.

Mulching with hay is easy especially if you use pieces of weed barrier material. By using large quantities of hay it kills weeds and grasses. I also use weed barrier due to my mulching is not too thick.

Tell this spot in my yard that hay promotes weed growth. Give us all a good laugh. The seeds become unviable due to heat and the spoilage factor. Seeds do not like decay.

I turned this crabgrass yard to  red clover. With a little scything I will be able to make some quality hay.