On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 06:25:28PM -0400, Byron wrote: (in another e-mail, I wrote:) >> Any suggestions on what to use to re-vitalize the soil? > My method is to add compost/manure/leaves/grass clippings (from a > NON-roundup lawn )/Veggie Kitchen scraps (no meat, except buried > deep) Veggie/kitchen scraps (including coffee grinds, right?)...no problem. Those are easy enough to re-direct.... > Add all minerals plus tilth. What minerals, and what is tilth? Never heard of it before. > HTH So do I...some of the tabascos do appear to be coming back (some of the seedlings from seeds planted a few weeks ago are starting to break the surface, too). Some of the tabascos have new plants growing under where the other plants' branches were...one is clearly attached to the old plant, so I *KNOW* it's tabasco...the others I'm not sure about, but until I see otherwise, I'll assume they're tabasco plants and allow them to stick around. Gotta go...timer for my pizza (home-made, as usual) just went off... gotta check it, turn it, etc. Thanks, --jim -- 73 DE N5IAL (/4) | -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- spooky130@cox.net | Version: 3.12 http://www.jstrack.org | GCC d- s:+ a+ C++ UB++++$ P- E--- W+++ ICBM / Hurricane: | N++ w--- V PS+ !PE PGP 5++ b+ DI+++++ 30.39735N 86.60439W | G e++ h-- r-- y+ < Running FreeBSD 6.1 > | ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------