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David Brownlee

"An interesting thought you brought up David. Isnt it wonderful that the world is m..."

Gillian replied Oct 28 to Food for Thought

3 Oct 28
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Jeff St.Clair

"Oh I just love to use up "free stuff" to make black gold! So glad your compost tur..."

Gillian replied Oct 22 to Compost news

4 Oct 29
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Maggie

"That is another interesting thing I have thought about, but havnt actually got aro..."

Gillian replied Oct 16 to Have you pickled nasturtium buds, seeds?

4 Oct 16
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Gillian

"Every time a see an aspargus shoot I pick it and nibble it while in the garden - s..."

Gillian replied Sep 19 to Growing asparagus

9 Sep 19
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Robin Stevens

"I read somewhere to hang bits of that sticky yellow "fly paper" around the place a..."

Gillian replied Sep 13 to Help! My lettuce has fleas!

6 Sep 13
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Gillian

"thanks everyone for all the responses, and the video Glen.. That is cool - I didnt..."

Gillian replied Sep 3 to Growing asparagus

9 Sep 19
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chris w

"sounds great!"

Gillian replied Sep 2 to Amazing meal

2 Sep 3
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Melissa

"I also planted six cherry tomato plants, but dont have as many other vegetables as..."

Gillian replied Aug 29 to What is your biggest mess-up in the garden so far?

98 Aug 29
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Marian Worley

"what a lovely selection!"

Gillian replied Aug 27 to Checking in on your tomatoes!

82 Sep 5
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kls

"I have a volunteer pumpkin that has sprouted out alongside a bed of flowers, and i..."

Gillian replied Aug 4 to squash leaves not dark green

4 Aug 5
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........So the story is that this land is under the unlawful use of big wigs.No body dares to touch them.As they are usually in govt.or are the relatives of those in power.That is why I was telling Salma,problem is not simple.It is so intricate,it...
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Glenn! we also have the same allotment system.In which about 550 square feet ,(if I am not mistaken) or so is alloted to a family to grow fuel wood on it .Govt. only plants the trees and then the family looks it aftern grow what everthey want alon...
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Mussarat Nadeem is now friends with Kathryn and amna mufti
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DIscussion group for people who hunt wild edibles.
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I would love to have an allotment, there needs to be more of them.
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great shot, yours seem to have the most on it.
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Thanx!
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Your Organic Friends...
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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal added 4 photos to the album 'TURKY'
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I pay £50 pounds a year approximately for my allotment. This amount has doubled in the last few years as their popularity has increased. Mine is 300 square yards, although there are smaller ones. The trend nowadays is to split them in two, so they...
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Glenn Fletcher added a blog post
Allotments are now very popular in the UK. I used to have empty ones around mine for years. This site describes what an allotment is. The main advantage of an allotment is that it does not have to be too tidy, so is ideal for trying out different ...
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I believe the British allotment system was developed in the late 19th & early 20th centuries to feed the urban poor mainly in the north of the country. Areas of land in urban areas were owned by local government and small parcels [300 square yards...
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I am not in Pakistan as you know but there are very many similarities. The populace is very poor with the basic wage being given to most and usually without health insurance included, even though that is illegal here. The basic wage is not enough ...
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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.....

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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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