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Volume I No. 4 ** Harvest Time You have
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included at Special Event Look for John to appear on Steve Harvey's Big Time later this year Thursdays 8/7c on The WB We will post the program dates on our website when they become available
The harvest season has begun and it's an exciting time for all of us. We get to reap the fruits of our labor and prepare for the next growing season. We would like to see what your harvest has brought this year. Get out your cameras and send us a digital photo. Our esteemed panel of judges, John and Mary Evans, will review your pictures for creativity and originality. Whoever sends in the picture selected as this year's Harvest Hero will receive a free Alaska Bounty five gallon brewer. All submitted pictures become the property of Alaska Giant and may be displayed on the alaskagiant.com website. Only first names will be published with the photos. Please submit your photos to customerservice@alaskagiant.com with your full name, address and phone number. In this issue
Harvest is a Busy Time Wow! Here at Growing WISE we are busier than ever. This time of year is always so exciting. Just as we are getting started into a better understanding of the Soil Stimulant System, our gardens are ready for the harvest. The freezers are being stocked with vegetables, wild berries, salmon and moose. Natural foods are of significant importance to us, which is why we want to encourage everyone to provide your plants with the best soil conditions possible. The harvest is always a joyful time as you collect, process, and store up the bounty and then count the blessings. This is also true with “Alaska Bountea”. In this weeks feature article, Banking on the Future, we look at how a late application of Bountea can provide an excellent spring soil growing environment. Additionally, we recognize the
benefits of good garden and landscape planning.
The benefits should reduce maintenance which, in turn, gives us
more time to enjoy the natural beauty.
This week in Tips for Growing John gives us some good techniques to manage
weeds that come with the benefits of a living soil.
So let’s take a break in this issue from the technical aspects of
“Alaska Bountea” and enjoy this issue from a couple of other
important viewpoints that, in some cases, we are just discovering. Take
a look at some of our recent photos posted on our website.
If you get a chance, we would love to see your pictures.
They can be sent to customerservice@alaskagiant.com.
Until next time… To review past
newsletters please see www.akbounty.com/newsletter_archives.htm.
Thanks for joining us in learning more about our natural world. Feature Article Banking on the Future As we reach the end of summer and look into autumn, our plans for next season should begin to formalize. When it comes to your soil, think of it as a bank account. By putting tea into the soil at the end of the season you are reinforcing the infrastructure before the dormant period of winter. The microbes continue to do their work of manufacturing and storing excess nutrients until next growing season. By having this process in effect during the dormant period, you are growing interest in your soil’s bank account. An added benefit to this approach for those of us in the cooler climate regions is that the microbial activities create heat, just as they do in the compost pile. This warms the soil up much faster in the spring and provides for planting as much as a couple weeks earlier than normal. Measurements recorded this past spring showed the temperatures in the soils where the tea had been applies in the late fall to be 7° F higher than soils where the tea had not been applied. Here in Alaska, this situation alone has added 15% to our very short growing season time. Tips for Growing Weed Management This tip for growing builds on the weed management advice that was given in the previous newsletter. Weeds are a constant concern for gardeners and we want to make sure you know everything we do about this subject. Another method you can use to manage weeds is application of corn gluten to the soil surface. This method has natural benefits for the soil and yet robs the surface of nitrogen so the weed seed cannot germinate. Here is a handy method for spot weeding on dandelions, chickweed, etc.. Fill up a hand held spray bottle with vinegar and then add a tablespoon of liquid soap per cup of vinegar to work as a surfactant. Mist both sides of the foliage when possible with the solution. Tenacious weeds need a second application 4 to 5 days after the first application. The University of Colorado has found a plant that puts off a natural poison which kills other weeds. The natural poison is going to be harvested and processed into a product that is used to eliminate weed seed germination. This is a very exciting development that we will bring to you when available for whatever your weeding purposes may be. One less week of weeding means more time to play…
I tried this tea. It is awesome. It's easy to make. It works better than anything I have ever used before. My tomatoes look and taste great. My neighbors are all envious. Thanks,
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