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Bob Silverman

Two types of squash from the same plant

I have a squash plant that produces two distinct types of squash - long yellow ones and round green ones. I did not know this was possibl...

Started by Bob Silverman

14 Oct 17
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Maggie

Happy Diwali

Do you celebrate this festival today? If so what foods will you be preparing to share with family and friends?

Started by Maggie

0 Oct 16
Maxine Walker

So how did your garden grow?

From one season to the next, I have had variations in plant production that defies my understanding of what conditions soil, weather, fer...

Started by Maxine Walker

17 Oct 16
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Maggie

Have you pickled nasturtium buds, seeds?

Has anyone pickled nasturtium seeds? Some recipes say wait until the flowers wilt, other recipes say use the green seeds. The seeds on my...

Started by Maggie

4 Oct 16
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Marian Worley

Do you wonder?

I am exhausted! Do you ever start to think..."What have I gotten myself into?" I mean it is one thing to get out in the early spring and ...

Started by Marian Worley

15 Oct 16
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Ghulam Qasim Khan

Promotion of kitchen gardening with formal and non-formal basic education schools, especially in rural Pakistan

Hello every one, I am working in National Commission for Human Development as Head of Department (M&E). we are working on a Mid-Day ...

Started by Ghulam Qasim Khan

8 Oct 10
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Maynard S. Clark

Herbivorous Poems

Since my diet's become vegetarian, I find pleasure in pastimes agrarian. I grow my own food, For it strikes me as rude To be constantly d...

Started by Maynard S. Clark

1 Oct 4
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Nancy C

sweet potato pest

SOMETHING is gnawing on my otherwise-gorgeous sweet potatoes. Any ideas about what it is and what I can do to stop it? This is our first ...

Started by Nancy C

10 Oct 2
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Maggie

Can you add leftover soaked roasted grains from beer making to underground bucket wormfarms?

We are making a batch of Adelaide Rye Porter Beer. Can we add the soaked leftover roasted steeping grains to our underground bucket worm ...

Started by Maggie

1 Sep 29
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John Walker

$500 challenge redux

Dear All, Maybe it was because it was at the bottom of the page, or not of interest so I thought I try again... Challenge I calculated w...

Started by John Walker

2 Sep 29
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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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Sumitra Pande added 2 photos
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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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Sumitra Pande added 4 photos to the album 'My Garden at Kathmandu'
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Thats great Everret! So lovingly composed that I felt the warmth of that old rickety stove around me after so many years and away so many miles.
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lovely memories Everett, thanks for sharing.
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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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Amanda Williams and Maggie are now friends
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Donald you lucky to live in an area where you can start a new hive at any time during the year! In New York one could never start a new package in December! =8-o We'd love to see pix of your current hive. :)
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marion stewart added a blog post
Red osier dogwood is just the best plant for this time of year – cut down some branches – you can find them in fields and ditches and then place them in garden pots or containers. Fill the over-season containers with soil to hold the stems. Attach...
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Hi Everyone: I am new to kitchen gardeners and I currently have one bee hive and I am planning on buying one four pound package of bees and a queen in December. If my luck is strong I will also capture a swarm and end up with three total hives goi...
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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

Then go back and highlight the link text.

Then hit the hyperlink button...a pictogram of a chain link.

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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

You can refer any que

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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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