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David Hare-Scott[_2_] 11-09-2011 03:54 AM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
Billy wrote:
In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
Chris Thompson wrote:

Dodge wrote in
news:Dodge.8dfdab7 @gardenbanter.co.uk:


Hello!

I know that you can use comfrey tea, and even normal 'builders'
tea as a plant fertilizer.

Can anyone think of a reason why I shouldnt use Peppermint Tea?

It must contain nitrogen and other goodness?





How about cost?

Chris

At least it would help cover the smell of the fertilizer. Although,
we spent 2 weeks on a dairy farm in Brittany, and at first I was
appalled by the smell, but by the time we left, I didn't notice it
at all. (Bourg-Blanc, the Le Hir family).


For your next holiday you should room next to a chicken shed, try to
be there when they clean it out.

D


Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?


To a kid with a hammer everything is a nail .....

D

FarmI 11-09-2011 05:54 AM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
"songbird" wrote in message
...
Billy wrote:
...
At least it would help cover the smell of the fertilizer. Although, we
spent 2 weeks on a dairy farm in Brittany, and at first I was appalled
by the smell, but by the time we left, I didn't notice it at all.
(Bourg-Blanc, the Le Hir family).


i grew up near a dairy farm, properly
managed it does not smell that bad, compared
to a CAFO, chicken shed or badly run pig farm
a well run dairy is heaven.


I grew up on a poultry farm but our chooks were all free ranged, being let
out first thing in the morning and locked up again at night. There was
never, ever any bad smell associated with the chooks. We had one bak of
cages (a total of 10 cages) where chooks that were poorly were placed so the
other chooks couldn't pick on them and they stayed there in peace till they
either recoved or died.

Once a year each house was dug out and sawdust laid down. We used to ahve a
market gardener come and hand dig out the houses and he'd pay me to hold the
bags for him while he shovelle dint he flooring. He said ti was THE best
thing for the veggies he grew. He always offered to pay for the stuff but
we thought we were getting a good deal by ahving him clean out the houses so
the new flooring sould be added and he thought he was getting a good deal by
getting free fertiliser.

my brothers worked there at times helping
out, they'd come home smelling rather ripe,
Ma would make them take their clothes off
outside and hose them down before washing
them. i used to go help milk and liked to
talk to the guy who owned/ran the place. it
is still going as a dairy farm even now all
these years later but i don't know who is
running it. many many stories, playing in
the barn hayloft, barn cats, calfing, raising
a calf, ornery cows and the ones that loved
you if you brought them a carrot or apple,
the smell of sileage, the sound of milking,
... etc.


Ahhh memories. I spent a lot of time on our cousins dairy farm. It was
just as you described except that one of my fondest memories is sitting in
the blood plum tree eating the fruit and chucking the stones at the chooks
who had no idea where the strange missiles were coming from.



Billy[_10_] 11-09-2011 07:15 AM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
Chris Thompson wrote:

Dodge wrote in
news:Dodge.8dfdab7 @gardenbanter.co.uk:


Hello!

I know that you can use comfrey tea, and even normal 'builders'
tea as a plant fertilizer.

Can anyone think of a reason why I shouldnt use Peppermint Tea?

It must contain nitrogen and other goodness?





How about cost?

Chris

At least it would help cover the smell of the fertilizer. Although,
we spent 2 weeks on a dairy farm in Brittany, and at first I was
appalled by the smell, but by the time we left, I didn't notice it
at all. (Bourg-Blanc, the Le Hir family).

For your next holiday you should room next to a chicken shed, try to
be there when they clean it out.

D


Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?


To a kid with a hammer everything is a nail .....

D


Point taken, paranoid, or not. But to a humanist, all lives are worth
saving (all life).
--
- Billy
Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy.

Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for
elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans
"appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of
waste, fraud and abuse."
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re
p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/

[W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And itıs not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. Thatıs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they donıt get away with no taxation.
- Ralph Nader
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis

Billy[_10_] 11-09-2011 07:19 AM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
In article ,
wrote:

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:00:21 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
Chris Thompson wrote:

Dodge wrote in news:Dodge.8dfdab7
@gardenbanter.co.uk:


Hello!

I know that you can use comfrey tea, and even normal 'builders' tea
as a plant fertilizer.

Can anyone think of a reason why I shouldnt use Peppermint Tea?

It must contain nitrogen and other goodness?





How about cost?

Chris

At least it would help cover the smell of the fertilizer. Although, we
spent 2 weeks on a dairy farm in Brittany, and at first I was appalled
by the smell, but by the time we left, I didn't notice it at all.
(Bourg-Blanc, the Le Hir family).

For your next holiday you should room next to a chicken shed, try to be
there when they clean it out.

D


Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?


Nice hijack.

I hope I didn't inconvenience you too much. To the loons, or the sane
(your call) these are very dangerous times.


Mint is good as an activator. Add it to comfrey etc and get better
effect. Accelerated effect.

No cites, my studied opinion. (And who knows what I've studied.)


Comfry and yarrow as compost activators. There may be more.
--
- Billy
Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy.

Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for
elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans
"appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of
waste, fraud and abuse."
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re
p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/

[W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And it's not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. That's hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they don't get away with no taxation.
- Ralph Nader
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis

[email protected] 11-09-2011 03:12 PM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:19:30 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
wrote:

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:00:21 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
Chris Thompson wrote:

Dodge wrote in news:Dodge.8dfdab7
@gardenbanter.co.uk:


Hello!

I know that you can use comfrey tea, and even normal 'builders' tea
as a plant fertilizer.

Can anyone think of a reason why I shouldnt use Peppermint Tea?

It must contain nitrogen and other goodness?





How about cost?

Chris

At least it would help cover the smell of the fertilizer. Although, we
spent 2 weeks on a dairy farm in Brittany, and at first I was appalled
by the smell, but by the time we left, I didn't notice it at all.
(Bourg-Blanc, the Le Hir family).

For your next holiday you should room next to a chicken shed, try to be
there when they clean it out.

D

Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?


Nice hijack.

I hope I didn't inconvenience you too much. To the loons, or the sane
(your call) these are very dangerous times.


Yes, and we wouldn't want a gardening newsgroup to be nurturing and a
place of peace.


Mint is good as an activator. Add it to comfrey etc and get better
effect. Accelerated effect.

No cites, my studied opinion. (And who knows what I've studied.)


Comfry and yarrow as compost activators. There may be more.


I'm sure there are. It's not like plants are on this earth for no
reason.

Billy[_10_] 11-09-2011 06:31 PM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
In article ,
songbird wrote:

Billy wrote:
...
Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?


dude, that's a pork farm.


songbird


That's hamming it up a bit, don't you think ;O))
--
- Billy
Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy.

Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for
elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans
"appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of
waste, fraud and abuse."
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re
p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/

[W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And itıs not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. Thatıs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they donıt get away with no taxation.
- Ralph Nader
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis

Billy[_10_] 11-09-2011 06:53 PM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
In article ,
wrote:

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:19:30 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,

wrote:

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:00:21 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
Chris Thompson wrote:

Dodge wrote in news:Dodge.8dfdab7
@gardenbanter.co.uk:


Hello!

I know that you can use comfrey tea, and even normal 'builders' tea
as a plant fertilizer.

Can anyone think of a reason why I shouldnt use Peppermint Tea?

It must contain nitrogen and other goodness?





How about cost?

Chris

At least it would help cover the smell of the fertilizer. Although, we
spent 2 weeks on a dairy farm in Brittany, and at first I was appalled
by the smell, but by the time we left, I didn't notice it at all.
(Bourg-Blanc, the Le Hir family).

For your next holiday you should room next to a chicken shed, try to be
there when they clean it out.

D

Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?

Nice hijack.

I hope I didn't inconvenience you too much. To the loons, or the sane
(your call) these are very dangerous times.


Yes, and we wouldn't want a gardening newsgroup to be nurturing and a
place of peace.

Hinayana, Mahayana, why can't the whole world be a garden, or would a
lobotomy be sufficient?
---

"When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why
the poor have no food, they call you a communist."
-Archbishop Helder Camara


Mint is good as an activator. Add it to comfrey etc and get better
effect. Accelerated effect.

No cites, my studied opinion. (And who knows what I've studied.)


Comfry and yarrow as compost activators. There may be more.


I'm sure there are. It's not like plants are on this earth for no
reason.

--
- Billy
Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy.

Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for
elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans
"appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of
waste, fraud and abuse."
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re
p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/

[W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And it's not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. That's hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they don't get away with no taxation.
- Ralph Nader
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis

allen73 14-09-2011 06:48 AM

Tea has ability to fight bacteria and strength the immune system.Young mint leaves give a strong, refreshing flavor when used as a tea.Practice of growing mint in potting containers.

Chris Thompson[_2_] 14-09-2011 02:55 PM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
Billy wrote in news:Wildbilly-
:

In article ,
songbird wrote:

Billy wrote:
...
Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?


dude, that's a pork farm.


songbird


That's hamming it up a bit, don't you think ;O))


Please, leave it aloin already!

Chris

Amos Nomore 14-09-2011 08:31 PM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
In article ,
Chris Thompson wrote:

Billy wrote in news:Wildbilly-
:

In article ,
songbird wrote:

Billy wrote:
...
Would that be worse that being next to the U.S. Congress, which never
gets cleaned out?

dude, that's a pork farm.


songbird


That's hamming it up a bit, don't you think ;O))


Please, leave it aloin already!

This is getting boaring.

goldentony111 16-09-2011 03:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by songbird[_2_] (Post 936073)
Billy wrote:
....
At least it would help cover the smell of the fertilizer. Although, we
spent 2 weeks on a dairy farm in Brittany, and at first I was appalled
by the smell, but by the time we left, I didn't notice it at all.
(Bourg-Blanc, the Le Hir family).


i grew up near a dairy farm, properly
managed it does not smell that bad, compared
to a CAFO, chicken shed or badly run pig farm
a well run dairy is heaven.

my brothers worked there at times helping
out, they'd come home smelling rather ripe,
Ma would make them take their clothes off
outside and hose them down before washing
them. i used to go help milk and liked to
talk to the guy who owned/ran the place. it
is still going as a dairy farm even now all
these years later but i don't know who is
running it. many many stories, playing in
the barn hayloft, barn cats, calfing, raising
a calf, ornery cows and the ones that loved
you if you brought them a carrot or apple,
the smell of sileage, the sound of milking,
.... etc.


songbird

excellent post

Shane Westerbur 28-10-2019 01:44 AM

Mint Tea fertilizer
 
replying to Dodge, Shane Westerbur wrote:
No but it will repel spiders and other insects.

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