Colloidal Silver for agriculture

Take a sec to check out this mans blog, ?very informative?,  He explains all about colloidal silver and its uses,
everything from washing your produce to killing blight on your tomatoes. very interesting read, I will be testing the idea this year. Thanks for all the info Steve!



Colloidal Silver Secrets: Using Colloidal Silver for Healthier Fruits and Ve...: Using Colloidal Silver for Healthier Fruits and Vegetables by Angela Kaelin Many grocery stores and chain supermarkets now sell organical...

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Edible Flowers ❀❀❀ Pansys ✿ ✿ Johny jump ups ✿ ✿ viola ✿ ✿ Jumping jack

Edible flower Black Pansy + gourmet flowers

While most people wont even consider flowers in food, me on the other hand find the consumption logically essential. If dietitians call for eating every colour of fruit and veggie possible then what would consuming a flower with all those phytochemicals do?  I find it humorous to think there is a whole class of food/ nutrients not even being consumed all because the idea of eating a flower seems "silly", when what really is silly is not eating them at all.

I tell ya, there is not a dish that doesnt look better for having them in it, even burgers, it just seems to make everything look like high class cuisine if you ask me. If you really want to impress your friends, when bringing a cake for birthdays/gifts/ or parties, take a few seconds to add some neatly placed flowers around and watch how your cake goes from (nice) to (food network fantastic).

If your are interested in edible flowers here is a few links with lists of edible flowers you might like.

http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blflowers.htm

http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm

Edible flower Pansy 

( Johny jump up blend )

?These look stunning on a white cake?.

( Earwig eaten pansy )

 ( Viola - jumping jack - Johnny jump up )

( Edible flowers - Pansy Hybrid )

This tops my list for best looking flower on food, put a couple of these on a burger with some veggie and youve got a $100 dollar burger IMO.

( Salad with edible flowers )

Just remember, when people look at you weird for putting flowers in your food, just look back at them weird like, ......you dont put flowers in your food ? Its all relative.

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Chitin ☜ the all natural pesticide disease correction in plants ●●●●☺

We have been very interested in chitin as of recently, weve always used worm castings in our grows, even hydroponics,  but never knew of its amazing qualities in bug prevention and disease correction, we just thought it was our special touch, lol, how naive the human brain can be.
But just recently thanks to john from growing your greens.com
( http://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens )
gave a wonderful talk about the benefits of chitin and where you can get it. This got me to researching and found its one of the most abundant sources of natural polymers, has healing benefits, treats disease on trees, and repels insects just to name a few. I found an article online with an extensive list of ideas on how to use it, create it, and where to pick some up. HERE YA GO
http://idigmygarden.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51481

and if your into worm composting this is a great site to help you along with making teas and such.
http://www.organicrosecare.org/articles/worm_castings.php

We were also lucky to have stopped by the local hydroponics expo recently
( homegrown Hydroponics expo)
Not only are we very excited over there snap together piping but, they had a product there that was fertilizer from insects, this seems like a great idea, we will doing a controlled experiment very soon with this product, Will keep ppl updated on the progress and results.

Masked Hunter nymph, 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_hunter

all if a sudden Im seeing bugs Ive never seen in Canada before, 

what in the world is that????? a bug covered in dust? 

YUP!! Meet the masked hunter nymph, for some reason he thought my studio/office was a good place to roam. wish I could have got a better shot for ya but he was a quick little bugger.

Bug covered in dust

masked hunter covered in dust

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Apple rust ◊ and colloidal silver gold ◊

We just noticed rust on our apple tree the other day, since weve heard of using colloidal products as a form of disease control we decided to give it a shot, so far it does not look like its working, but sometimes in life, it gets worse before it gets better. The one issue I was not happy with was how a local ant colony seemed to be feeding off these rust lesions, I tried (orange guard) which was suppose to work on ants + the aphids they were hoarding, it did not work. I tried hot pepper spray, they went away and then came back in ten fold. Frustrated, I tried many different ways until I came up with an idea to try a product I had all but given up on ( at least for bug prevention )
Diatomaceous earth - I figured I had enough lying around I would give it a shot, as soon as I dusted the tree I could see the exodus. By the next day it was empty of ants and only a few aphids remained. By the third day, I noticed a few determined ants had somehow made there way to the very top where the Dia earth had mostly dispersed from wind gusts. There determination is impressive to say the least, but necessary intervention is paramount in order to save the health of the tree and the production of its fruit. I grow many other plants for them to gorge on, so they should have plenty of options for dining, just not on the fruit trees.

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