tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post1106116215429141037..comments2024-01-22T14:07:41.683-06:00Comments on Edifice Rex: All Good BooksMamaHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-51207513792683122552012-01-29T20:52:32.596-06:002012-01-29T20:52:32.596-06:00Hey Rich! Ah! now I could use a book with some inf...Hey Rich! Ah! now I could use a book with some info on garden layout; I never feel that I do that part exactly right. Thanks for commenting!<br /><br />Hey Aunty! I been doing right well, thanky! things are coming along good here in a lot of ways. I'se so glad to see Uncle came through his surgery okay and is doing well too. <br />I did check through the books and they did mention squirrel remedies but unfortunately, it's what you are trying now. Nets or cayenne pepper was all they gave. Have you tried a fake owl or hawk posted somewhere in your garden? Sometimes that works.MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-62310253655956962722012-01-29T05:40:44.314-06:002012-01-29T05:40:44.314-06:00Well, iffin' anaay of these books could tell m...Well, iffin' anaay of these books could tell me how to rid us of squirrels I'd be much obliged.<br /><br />Fer some reason we's overrun wif' the blasted varrmits. They dig in the pots of herbs and vegetables to bury their acorns, but it tears up the roots of my seedlings!<br /><br />Uncle said too bad we din't have a taste fer squirrel perloo. At the moment we's tryin' dustin' ever'thang down wif' cayenne pepper which is reported to cause a squirrel to skedaddle. <br /><br />Granny had a slew of Rodale books.<br /><br />How ya' been Annie?Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-21500798006372570842012-01-27T16:46:32.730-06:002012-01-27T16:46:32.730-06:00I've always liked Dick Raymond's 'Joy ...I've always liked Dick Raymond's 'Joy of Gardening'. My parents bought a Troy-Bilt tiller back in the '80's and the book came with the tiller.<br /><br />It is a basic gardening book with useful info about planting green manure crops (everybody calls them cover crops now for some reason), wide row planting, and garden layouts. <br /><br />It isn't a strictly organic book (he does use fertilizer at times, etc.), but he does write a little about composting, and has a insect and disease section that talks about both chemical treatments and 'home remedies'.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-22375441725988196262012-01-26T13:27:53.509-06:002012-01-26T13:27:53.509-06:00Hey Tom! well, ya'll got me really curious now...Hey Tom! well, ya'll got me really curious now; I'll have to find this book! lol!MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-63535857101973422992012-01-26T11:06:30.370-06:002012-01-26T11:06:30.370-06:00As A Want-a-be homesteader, back when I was in the...As A Want-a-be homesteader, back when I was in the Navy ( for 24 years), I would take books about Homesteading on all cruse's. Ant "Carla Emery" book was the one I took all the time! I have read it cover-to-cover more time then I can count!<br />Sense I have moved to the "PLACE" 4 years ago, It is still the go-to book for me!Tom Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617525385016644041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-32012951900852655022012-01-26T10:01:54.388-06:002012-01-26T10:01:54.388-06:00Hey Kathy! thanks! I will certainly look into thos...Hey Kathy! thanks! I will certainly look into those. I believe I have seen the book by Emery but am totally unfamiliar with Markham's; sounds very interesting.MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-51216839456651514672012-01-26T08:34:30.036-06:002012-01-26T08:34:30.036-06:00Carla Emery's "encyclopedia of Country Li...Carla Emery's "encyclopedia of Country Living" an oldie, but a goodie. And a new favorite on gardening is "Mini Farming - self sufficiency on 1/4 acre" by Brett Markham.Sufficient Grace Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677815486063179234noreply@blogger.com