tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post8808160052154631633..comments2023-11-27T08:17:04.505-06:00Comments on Adventures in Urban Homesteading: Garden beginningsAimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-66598461651062101832009-03-09T13:16:00.000-05:002009-03-09T13:16:00.000-05:00I don't know why we're growing skirret (or pepperm...I don't know why we're growing skirret (or peppermint for that matter) - I just let Jeremy do the planning. <BR/><BR/>Jen - that would be cool to go over seeds!<BR/><BR/>Mom - thanks for the ideas for peppermint and the tax credit. Jeremy and I are on a committee making recommendations to the mayor regarding gardening, so I've passed this on to the committee. It's a great idea.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-67036157031456343062009-03-09T09:32:00.000-05:002009-03-09T09:32:00.000-05:00another thought - You should get your congresspeop...another thought - You should get your congresspeople to sponser a bill that would give a tax credit ( like be able to deduct up to $50 or $100 a year for the cost of vegetable seeds, garden supplies, etc for growing your own food. And then if you donate some to a local food bank, a credit for that. That would encourage people to grow their own food, reducing the amount of carbon fuels we would have to use to import food from thousands of miles away, and alleviate hunger. if everyone in the US would grow a little garden, the benefits would be unbelievable. I suggest you because I am getting too old to lead the good fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-9769334685121761672009-03-09T09:28:00.000-05:002009-03-09T09:28:00.000-05:00put an old gallon coffee can - or two on top of ea...put an old gallon coffee can - or two on top of each other, with the bottoms cut out, around the peppermint - or it will take over your garden. It sends out runners underground and pops up wherever you don't want it. Or, any type of metal that you can create a space around the plant and then just bury it about 18 - 20 inches. Unless you want to have a peppermint farm in a couple of yearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-20824484504511107442009-03-09T08:41:00.000-05:002009-03-09T08:41:00.000-05:00Wow- that is a GREAT list we ordered about half th...Wow- that is a GREAT list we ordered about half that from Seed Savers- When you get back in town we have to get together and go over seeds!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540616950623724263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-25489228732297509692009-03-07T00:24:00.000-06:002009-03-07T00:24:00.000-06:00You are obviously insane. What a list. Skirret! us...You are obviously insane. What a list. Skirret! usually removed by invasive surgery, why would you grow it?Dwelf the senior raincoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437879262403813420noreply@blogger.com