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Adrian Fox

Should we worry about 'poisonous' fruit and vegetable plants?

The more I read about some popular and not so popular plants, the more I worry a bit about whether I'm potentially eating something poiso...

Started by Adrian Fox

10 Jul 14
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Tamra

Companion plant for under grapes

When I planted my fruit trees I followed permaculture or forest garden guidelines and planted other plants under the trees that all benef...

Started by Tamra

5 Jun 27
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larry w ackerman

growing cherry trees

all info is needed

Started by larry w ackerman

2 Jun 24
Reply by Tamra
Linda M.

What's going on with this leaf?

I've been trying to figure out what pest or mold is taking hold of my leaves on my melon vines. All help is much appreciated!!!

Started by Linda M.

5 Jun 6
Reply by Joy Williams
Jane Gibson

coffee grounds

I heard strawberries, blueberries, and other acid loving fruits benefit from coffee grounds. Is anyone doing this? Do you just dump them ...

Started by Jane Gibson

25 Jun 3
Reply by Joy Williams
Adrian Fox

Growing the KIWAI, actinidia arguta

Just wondered if anyone has any experience of growing the Kiwai (actinidia arguta rather than the common kiwi)? Just got a small plant an...

Started by Adrian Fox

1 Mar 26
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Kalyanii Kennedy

fruit trees for small yards

Hi everyone-it's been really cool reading the posts and comments! Reading the comments, I've come across some people who have fruit trees...

Started by Kalyanii Kennedy

11 Mar 22
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joli kestano

What should I do with my bare root strawberry plants?

hello! we had to order our strawberry plants early because they sell out fast but they won't be ready to go into the garden for another ...

Started by joli kestano

9 Mar 21
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amanda

Wines

Has any one here had the experience of growing biodynamic wines? I'm keen to give it a good backyard go. Any tips?

Started by amanda

1 Feb 9
Reply by Maggie
Meg Richards

Sea Buckthorn

Has anyone else in Maine grown Sea Buckthorn? I recently found out about this amazingly hardy, amazingly nutritious, amazingly hideous pl...

Started by Meg Richards

0 Jan 24

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Hello Sumitra, Thankyou for sharing your pictures. Your students are beautiful. I thought of you the other day as I watched a documentary about Nepal on the television.
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Hi Sumitra, It is great to see your photos and bee hives. Like you I long for equality for all people on this planet. If all people could grow their own vegetables it would be a great thing. It is very hard to know that lots of people do not have ...
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GREAT SUMITRA! THERE WAS ALSO THIS LADY FROM NEPAL, CALLED TIGER PRINCESS.so Nepal has great women.
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Thanks Raul, gardening gives me pleasure as well as fresh vegetables as well, and off course an family tie!
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My father-in-law Fred Pond died ten years ago. He loved his garden and I still miss him a lot especially at this time of year when the seed catalogues start arriving. The Pond family lived on a seven acre homestead of sorts in Westford Massachuset...
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I think this might need it's own category, don't you? Tomatoes are one of the most popular things to grow and we've been placing them in all kinds of groups, but the fact is we almost all grow them, and they have specific needs.
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The cooking shows are entertaining, but that's all. Some of my favorite recipes started with notes handed down from family. They're still as good as ever. James Beard, Joy of cooking, and Professional Chefs Manural are good references. I have over...
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Greetings everyone :D Sice we've been having such odd weather this year, I decided to try getting my garlic in the ground this past weekend. Now I hope that it'll all grow nicely.
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HOW TO - ADD A LINK

Several people have experienced difficulty putting working links into comments and blogs etc and I know it is clumsy.... so here is how you do it.....

First type the text you want to appear....  ie  IAN'S PAGE

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Created by Ian Jun 7, 2009 at 7:28pm. Last updated by Ian Jun 8.

Forum Policy

Hi, I'm starting to put together a few guidlines on using the discussion forum on here.

I would be happy to hear any comments you may have.  This is very much a work in progress so plese feel free to ask me to add anything you think is needed.

I don't want to make our community hide bound by rules and regulations but I think that, as the community has grown, some explanation of what is expected is needed.

Administration

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Created by Ian May 23, 2009 at 1:55am. Last updated by Ian May 25.

Climate maps

Hi following recent discussion I have put climate maps of the USA, Australia and Europe on here for reference..

 Climate map of the USA

Climate map of Australia

Climate map of Europe

 

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Created by Ian Sep 12, 2008 at 6:20pm. Last updated by Ian Apr 14.

Recipes, Recipes, Recipes

Hi Everyone,  I've started to collect together recipes from various posts on the site and put them all together here.

If you have a recipe you want to add on here, just post it on the site and leave a comment on my page telling me where it is and I'll go and fetch it back here.

They are organised in Contributor Order but I'm open to better suggestions!

BEVA'S RECIPES

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Created by Ian Jun 2, 2008 at 9:54am. Last updated by Ian Apr 13.

US STATES ABBREVIATIONS

 

US STATE ABBREVIATIONS

AK - Alaska               AL - Alabama              AR - Arkansas
AZ - Arizona              CA - California           CO - Colorado
CT - Connecticut          DC - Dist of Columbia *   DE - Delaware
FL - Florida              GA - Georgia              GU

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Created by Ian Jan 27, 2009 at 4:27pm. Last updated by Ian Jan 27.

HOW TO - MAKE COMPOST

Recently there was an excellent discussion about composting. I’ve pulled together all the various comments here. You can also watch KGI's video on composting here.

 

 

KATE’S ADVICE

I used to have a tumbler that we made from a wine-barrel but

1 you have to fill it up all at once

2. it seemed mostly

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Created by Ian May 30, 2008 at 5:29am. Last updated by Roger Jan 15.

Notes Home

Welcome to Notes.

To view notes that are in the system hit the "all notes" button above.

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Created by Ian May 28, 2008 at 12:10pm. Last updated by Ian May. 30, 2008.

A Note about Notes

I have just written this note so that I can see what we can achieve by using this new feature.

If you read this and have any suggestions then please leave a comment on my page or email me.

Ian

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Created by Ian May 28, 2008 at 6:19pm. Last updated by Ian May. 28, 2008.

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