tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3053153006332345164.post8365051551491736627..comments2024-02-28T04:59:43.596-08:00Comments on Kid Friendly Organic Life: Homemade Dishwashing Detergent and the Emporers New ClothesCara Sue Achterberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02700233615162786243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3053153006332345164.post-50293422300900295072010-10-04T19:45:38.252-07:002010-10-04T19:45:38.252-07:00Not a comment on the dishwashing detergent - altho...Not a comment on the dishwashing detergent - althought I just made up a batch and it's running for the first time right now, as well as a load of laundry with the home made detergent - I'll let you know how it goes. <br /><br />My comment is in regards to the photo with the board fence for weaving tomatoe plants through that "Nick picked up" while traveling in Asia. It's a great idea, however, something that is much easier and we've used for a couple of years now are cattle panels. They are wire fence panels (ours are the 16' long panels) that you can pick up at TSC / Quality Farm & Fleet or similar stores. We use 3 T posts per panel and weave the tomato plants through as they grow. Works awesome, we re-use them every year, easy to put up and take down. <br /><br />I usually plant the tomatoes on both side in an alternating pattern. They work great at keeping the pets from damaging your plants also. We have dogs, a litter of puppies on occasion, etc. They used to run through the garden areas and play under the plants and usually ended up knocking them down or breaking them off. The fence panels keep them from that. They still run up and down the rows, but they don't bother the plants at the base. It keeps deer from trampeling plants also. It also supports HUGE tomato plants with a problem. Our grew up and over the top and made it all the way back to the ground without taxing the fence support. Those wimpy tomato cages never worked.<br /><br />It's the same concept Nick picked up in Asia, but so much easier, IMHO, than building a wooden fence rail system. VERY easy to put up and take down. Holds up HUGE plants. <br /><br />BTW Cara, I just recently found your site, but have read through a LOT of it . . . in my "free time." :) It's almost impossible to find people, resources or websites that teach or support organic lifestyles that aren't more fanatical and less practical. Thanks for all the great, and practical, ideas.Lisa Kiesslinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04220237397304496849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3053153006332345164.post-83292731807953137882010-04-27T13:16:55.814-07:002010-04-27T13:16:55.814-07:00Can't wait to try this one! Thanks, Cara!Can't wait to try this one! Thanks, Cara!U2redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161254520408507176noreply@blogger.com