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I'm back! I've finally gotten myself back to doing this podcast, and I decided to start with bugs. "True" bugs. All those pesky sap suckers that plague our plants. The new Podcast art is a AI Neural Net's cyberpunk "Retro-wave" interpretation of a bumblebee on a Hollyhock. This was generated by Welshpixie - https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie who's a great artist over on Mastodon. I'm on Mastodon as Troy the Gardener - https://kith.kitchen/web/@Capheind. If you subscribed during my long hiatus I'd like to thank you, seeing my nearly abandoned podcast get around 30 downloads a week kept me interested in coming back.

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The order Hemiptera at the Discover Life website. A great overview of the order.
https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Hemiptera
The order Hemiptera from the Australian National Science Agency that breaks down the Suborders.
https://ento.csiro.au/education/insects/hemiptera.html
A squash bug article with a good picture of the egg clusters.
https://extension.umn.edu/fruit-and-vegetable-insects/squash-bugs
A University of Wisconsin extension article about Scale Insects.
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/scale-insects/
The Lost Ladybug project, with some info on Ladybugs as well as details on the loss of native species in the United States.
http://www.lostladybug.org/

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If you have any specific questions about getting started with Compost (or anything else) you can contact me through the website or Direct Message me on the Fediverse http://mastodon.sdf.org/@capheind (or on Twitter or Instagram if you must)

Its time to cover compost, at least cover some of the basics. Compost, and organic matter management in general, is a huge topic, and it will be many episodes before I can even hope to cover it all. In this episode I give a basic overview of Hot Composting, Vermicomposting, and the biology that enables it.

• A handy resource on Hot Composting, the info on dynamic accumulators is a little debatable, but it covers the basics well (https://www.compost.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4-Hot-Composting.pdf)
• A simple overview of compost microbiology from CalRecycle (https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/homecompost/microbes)
• Cornells fairly extensive composting handbook (http://compost.css.cornell.edu)
• The Humanuer Handbook (https://humanurehandbook.com/)
• Everything You Know About Composting is Wrong: Mike McGrath at TEDxPhoenixville, Leaf Mould (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9OhxKlrWwc)
• The Myth of Foliar Feeding (https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/foliar-feeding.pdf)
• Vermicomposting, Is it Great? (https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/foliar-feeding.pdf)
• The Myth of Compost Tea (https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/compost-tea.pdf)
• The Myth of Compost Tea Revisited:"Aerobically-brewed compost tea suppresses disease" (https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/compost-tea-2.pdf)
• The Myth of Compost Tea, Episode III: "Aerobically-brewed compost tea suppresses disease" (https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/compost-tea-3.pdf)

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Update: An explanation of the change I made to the show notes of my Seed Starting Special episode (https://www.buzzsprout.com/501553/6925235 ) after seeing a tweet by Dr. Sarah Taber (https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1350557247680761857). It added to small field of red flags I already had regarding that company.

In this episode I follow up on my Seed Starting Special by discussing the horticultural practice of “Stepping up” or more simply, moving your plants from a low nutrition seed starting mix to a medium suitable for growing out your plants. 2

• Cliven Bundy’s remarks - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cliven-bundy-racist_n_5204821
• Decent starting guidelines for Potting Mix - https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=C787
• Some info on how to work out how much actual NPK your getting - https://www.gardenmyths.com/fertilizer-npk-ratios-what-do-they-really-mean/

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