tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post5682111195578620372..comments2018-11-29T21:54:37.049-06:00Comments on Watch Out For The Bull: Oat and Turnip Cover CropRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-36771428257416404922015-04-06T16:30:15.231-05:002015-04-06T16:30:15.231-05:00Although I don't really live in town, the town...Although I don't really live in town, the town I "live" in had water rationing back during the last two droughts and they were fining people for watering on the wrong days. Then they had another city department going around and fining people because their yards were dying (neglected landscape or something) because they weren't being watered enough to keep them alive. <br /><br />I wasn't surprised when almost none of the local news stations didn't notice the Catch-22 Insanity of the whole watering too much or watering too little city fines situation. <br /><br />My best guess is that the oats weren't planted deep enough with my version of a seed ball. Right after I threw everything out in the garden, it rained, snowed, and got pretty cold. If the oats were just covered with a thin layer of compost and soil, they might have germinated pretty quick and then died from the cold. The oats that I drilled in the field were planted deep enough that the ground didn't get below freezing even though the air temperatures were in the teens, and by the time they had germinated and emerged it was much warmer.<br /><br />I've been thinking that seed balls might be suited to planting small seeds that are usually transplanted like cabbage, tomatoes, and peppers. You'd have to make a more precise version of a seed ball, and then place them in a row instead of just throwing them here and there. <br /><br />Some sort of lettuce or spinach seed ball might also be worth the effort. Or maybe some wildflower seed balls, if you're inclined to plant flowers. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-85157155547367147222015-04-06T08:08:17.336-05:002015-04-06T08:08:17.336-05:00With all the talks of water shortages, it always p...With all the talks of water shortages, it always pains me to see people watering their lawns for vanity's sake. Your talk of seed balls has got me to thinking that if somewhere were the vindictive sort, they would make weed seed balls and sew them at night in lawns that regularly get watered for vanity. I can't imagine what one of them might do if they woke up one morning to a lawn full of turnips!<br /><br />Any ideas why the oats in the seed balls never came up? I would have though you would have got something.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com