Hydrogen from the wind!

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-04-08/car-future-very-near-future-might-be-driven-wind

Second batch ever of kanji.....first one I fermented outdoors for two weeks and it was delicious! I used a little bit of dairy kefir to supply the bacteria again.

Andy Firk and others have had this chronic problem of ever-bearing mulberry always being HEAVILY infested with scale/mealy bugs, with a nearby Paper Mulberry my apparent vector. I cut back the ever bearing a couple of months ago, swabbed the stubs with Neem leaf tea, covered them with a pipe filled with leaves (I've used this for years on roses and hot peppers) for two weeks, removed the pipe then watered. It is responding very well indeed! And no sign of pests. Some self sown Iron Clay cow peas are coming up, will let them mingle with the mulberry for more food and to provide nitrogen.

Yesterday at dusk I looked out my window NW of me, saw dark clouds, on radar watched them quickly become a very small very narrow rain cell that came here and stayed....very heavy rain. I got 3.6 inches in my gauge, containers every where filled! As I suspected, the iron oxide concrete colorant I'd used recently to stain my carpeted driveway mulch did not rinse off. I have 2 gallons of food grade potassium chloride getting ready in my shower water solar heater, will spray a second time the nut sedge coming up through the carpet. This intense rain storm looked like it hit a very small area in Tampa.

I love this family owned iris grower with very fair prices, I just ordered three Louisiana Irises from Greg: Acacia Rhumba (yellow), Ann Chowning (red) and Lizzoo (orange) to add to my collection. The rhizomes come here in September.

http://www.iriscitygardens.com/lairis1.html

I made one batch of kanji last winter using this recipe.....I let it ferment outdoors, covered, for two weeks and it was wonderful. I will start making two batches a month.

http://www.aartibatavia.com/blog/carrot-beet-probiotic-beverage-aka-gajar-beet-ki-kanji/

This the concrete colorant that I added to 2 gallons of water in my spray tank to stain red the mulch of my carpeted driveway. $8 after tax, it is a VERY thick paste of iron oxide and water....I REALLY had to shake and pound the bottle to get some out at all, then add a touch of water and shake and pound again to get the rest out. Since this is a mineral vs. a dye I think this will last quite a while, even after rains. I looked into dyes FOR mulch but even if they had iron oxide there were tons of polymers and stuff I don't want in my soil, especially since bananas and papayas grow right next to the driveway. This was cheaper than buying "red mulch" that very often is contaminated with arsenic, nickel and chromium compounds, plus MUCH easier.