I've Ended My Green Tobacco Research

I've discontinued testing and taking tobacco. I've taken a small portion in my green juice  for about two years. The small dosage determines the toxicity. However, even with a small dose I was developing symptoms that prompted me to discontinue taking tobacco.

Tobacco is a beautiful plant but one I can live without. Here are the symptoms: Tinnitus like symptoms of whooshing sounds and mild throbbing of the ears and head. It takes about two weeks to return to normal. I believe the nicotine constricts the blood vessels causing high blood pressure which accounts for the symptoms. 

This is the heirloom Virginia Gold tobacco I was testing. Your body is the best indicator of what reactions you might be getting from eating different foods. Listen to it and discard the foods that might be giving you discomfort.

There are so many different herbs to try that I will not miss tobacco. Just recently I found black barley. It sprouts really fine. I can't wait to juice it. I also been juicing hulled sesame seeds, chia, and fenugreek.

Question for LZ on SAVING YOUR BACK

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Does hay bale gardening really save your back? Ans. Yes and No. It takes a back to lift the bales and plant your seeds and transplants. Once your garden is in there is really very little to do other than to occasionally water.

I have started using landscape fabric in my walkways. It really does keep the weeds down.

Here is a picture of my beginning garden for the year. I had to use my back to prepare the soil. I like planting seeds but I instead planted transplants since I had a late start.

This year I used my bales differently. I put them outside my fence as windbreakers and perhaps an insect deterrent.  Insects find it hard to discover my plants hidden in a hay bale enclosure.

I'm still growing in hay with soil and lots of spoiled hay on top.   The mulch makes it so that I water only once a week even in extreme hot temperatures.   I have to be careful and not overwater.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE BACK

Start juicing for back repair. You have a bad back because you lack the essential nutrients that gives a strong back. I've had a bad back for years but since I started juicing and drinking it twice a day....I am pain free with only a little stiffness in the morning.

Watch my blog about extreme juicing... It has saved my life from all the ailments that plague modern man from eating the American diet. With the Ninja blender/juicer you can juice carrot tops, beets, beet greens, kale....anything that grows in gardens except for a few things like green potatoes and green tomatoes.  Always do a search (internet) on what you eat before you eat it unless you like Russian Roulette.

Sunday 6/25

First thing I do in the morning is drink my special herbal blend of green juice. Prior to juicing I went 

out to get a little wheatgrass. Juicing has become a ritual with me. As I went out to my potted wheatgrass I found a visitor:

It was a frog blending in with the wheatgrass like a chameleon. Here is a closer view:

It was pretty cool.

I potted up some other kinds seeds for juicing, Ryegrass and Fenugreek. Most of my buckets contain spoiled hay at 3/4 of a bucket full with soil on top. I have 1/2 holes in my bucket for drainage with landscape fabric on the bottom. The fabric keeps bugs out of bucket or pot but allows drainage.

I found another use for my hay bales. I use them like tables. I'll keep these buckets on top of my bales and water them when I water my garden.

The grass bale I used  for bucket filling showed signs of being ripe for the using. As you can see the bale wicked up the moisture from underneath and has nearly composted itself. It is ideal for garden tasks.

My heirloom tomato plant has curly leaf fungus. I'm going to make a solution of Nicotiana Alata juice from its flowers and use it as a fungicide.

The flowers from this plant is known to have a protein that explodes cancer cells and properties that kills fungus. 

At last I want to show you that my new batch of wheatgrass is coming up in the buckets. I used hay mulch on top in order to keep the birds from eating the seeds. It works. It also helps to keep your buckets off the ground out of reach of hungry critters. 

People are Hand Baling

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The Hay Bale REVOLUTION has begun.

Sign of an Aging Bale

Mushrooms are a sign that the bale is decomposing and can be used for mulch or for growing a plant. The Bale will not grow weeds but it does grow mushrooms. Young bales are too dry for most gardening plants. I have found age bales are the best to use.

I use bales from the borders to the garden itself.

Always keep a bale aging.

Scything my Yard

Here is a row I recently scythed. The tall grasses will make a nice bale. You can make a bale in a baler or a tote or box. I have a video on making a bale in a tote.


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The taller scythed grasses will keep birds from stealing it and using it for their nests.

Look at how much finer the mowed grass looks:




You can still use mowed grasses for a bale. After aging the bales, they will become matted. However, I still prefer scythed grasses.

Bales have many uses. I'm going to use some bales to keep my watermelon from touching the damp ground. Take a look:





I stake the vine using a large tie-down. Cut sharp on one end and stick it through the bale.



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Straw Bale Gardening Sham

I was looking at some picture of straw bale gardens. The proponents of straw bale gardening claim that they are growing in a straw bale alone. They claim they use only spoiled straw bales treated with lots of fertilizer. But what they don't tell you is that they are not growing in a bale alone but through a bale. The straw bale decomposes and the plant roots extend through the bales into the ground where plants normally grow.

What a sham that people pay over twenty dollars for books that promises something new but instead are all deception.

In my books I tell you exactly what goes on in bale gardening. In fact, I help the plant by adding soil to the decomposing bale. If you don't believe me then try growing your bale on hard cement without soil and see if your plant survives.

I believe in hay bale gardening that uses common sense and a sensible approach in growing the garden of your dreams.

Question for Larry Zoro

Question of the Week: I thought this was a how-to book on using the straw bales to plant a garden in. But in this case the bales are just the border around the planting bed.

You have to fill the center with soil that may have weed seeds that will still germinate along with any seeds you might plant. NOT GOOD!

Using borders around you planting bed is an idea that I still use.  

The rotting or spoiling of hay bales draws the earthworms and makes an habitat for your garden. The other day I saw the largest lizard from under a bale. Think of how many insects he must eat? When the bales get old I use them for mulch.

When you use a lot of mulch you do not get very many weeds. Mulch from hay is a very good idea only if it had be scythed. Short strands of grass birds will use for their nests and take it away. Scythed grass is long and does not remove from your garden.

As you will find, bales are not just a fancy border. They have many uses. Chapter three talks about using them for windbreaks.

Join the hay bale revolution and stop buying expensive straw bales. Make your own and enjoy the harvest of organic and fresh produce.

Hay baler plans:

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Is it Hard to Find Hay Bales?

I made it so simple to make hay bales. I made a video that shows you can make them out of a tote. Best of all I have a website that sells the plans www.aaahomebaler.webs.com

What is even easier is buying my book for only $3.99. 

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I have the plans for a baler right inside the kindle book. So you have two choices to get the plans for the baler: my website or Amazon Kindle Books. You can't even buy a bale for the price of this inexpensive book.

When you make very inexpensive bales you can begin to experiment. Look at this carrot patch protected from wind and those pesky varmints. When you bales get old you can use the rich spoiled hay mulch to keep your plants moist and healthy.

Hay Bale Gardening Going Strong

I'm still gardening the way I taught in my first book on "Hay Bale Gardening." 

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In Chapter three I mention using bales as a windbreaker. It really works. I usually get broken plants during a storm but not now.

I line up my bales around my garden and when the bales get old and spoiled, I break them apart and use it for mulch.  Mulch keeps the ground moist and in hot weather I hardly need to water.

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1
MAKING HAY BALE RAISED BEDS
Chapter 2
TYPES OF BALES
Chapter 3
WIND BREAKING
Chapter 4
THE DISINTEGRATING COMPOST BALES
Chapter 5
DON'T BAIL OUT WHEN YOU SEE THEM VARMINTS
Chapter 6
GROWING IN BALES
Chapter 7
STUMP REMOVAL OR STUMP HIDING?
Chapter 8
THOSE PESKY GARDEN INSECTS
Chapter 9
TO SCYTHE OR NOT TO SCYTHE?
CONCLUSION

This book is a good little read and it's only 99 cents.