Message #164 - PAGAN 
   Date: 03-10-96 14:51
   From: Tide
     To: Frosty
Subject: Potted Mint
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@REALNAME: Diana Schroeder
=-> As Frosty was just saying to Tide, thus moving me to comment...

 Fr> Mint is worth a try, as I use it alot in cooking and such,
 Fr> usually dry, so I could "kill two birds with one stone".  I could
 Fr> start  drying my own for cooking.  I wonder if the mint could keep
 Fr> up  with my use....  (grin)

OH, yes. Definately. Just give it a big pot, or numerous ones. It is very 
prolific, and will grow back relatively quickly when cut.

BTW, found this by chance. Perhaps you can try it?

      Green Ban's Homemade Plant Spray
1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
1 1/2 tsp soy or corn oil 
1 cup water
1/2 cup buttermilk

Put into a blender and blend well for 2 minutes. Add 1/4 tsp. mild liquid
soap
and 2 tsp. liquid kelp (such as "Maxicrop" or a health food store type
thing.)
Blend well for one minute. Decant into large measuring container. Top up with
water to 2 quart mark. Add 1/2 tsp, eucalyptus oil. Stir. Strain thru cloth.
Use undiluted. Makes 2 qts, but it is perishable. 

The company that used to sell this is tangled in the "herbs as now regulated 
by the gov't" red tape thing, (because the ingredients were'nt tested on 
animals--a story in itself) so they published this recipe in a pamphlet so 
people could still use it. It's supposed to be nourishing to plants as well
as 
pesticidal. I haven't reid it yet, so if you do, lemme know if it works.

Firth!
Tide


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