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Michelle W. Flannery

Growing Mushrooms

I've been interested in growing my own mushrooms for years, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I think this year will be the year I f...

Started by Michelle W. Flannery

14 Nov 4
Reply by Marilyn Gang
Meg Richards

What's not too late to start from seed?

It's Memorial Day. What can I still start from seed? My mother and I each won a 4'X8' raised bed in the brand new Waterville Community Ga...

Started by Meg Richards

8 Jun 5
Reply by HeronoftheDarkwood
adriann

Growing Tomatoes in Jackson Wyoming

Please help. I have just transplanted to Jackson, Wyoming from Savannah, Georgia. I am used to starting my container tomatoes by the firs...

Started by adriann

7 Mar 31
Reply by Berry Reed
Michelle W. Flannery

How Is The Current Economic Downturn Affecting Your Efforts to Garden?

We're all growing our own food for a number of reasons. Chief among them for some of us is the current economic downturn in our country t...

Started by Michelle W. Flannery

2 Nov. 21, 2008
Reply by Clarence

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The problem with professional cooks is that they have to add ingredients to foods to make them taste good. The opposite is true for organic home produce, it tastes so good you do not have to add anything to it, good home grown produce is delicious...
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South Louisiana !! Now those people know how to cook !!
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Everything chickens! Weather you are a backyad gardener with two or a small farmer with 200 this group is for you. Everything from incubating to butchering and everything in between. Please feel free to join in on the discussions.
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Ways to garden with small children, fun ways to get kids interested in gardening and how to teach them to love and care for our Earth.
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Sorry I didn't see this sooner (I thought I would get alerts). We are still picking eggplants - in fact they will feature in an appetizer for Thanksgiving...
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Thanks, Kate, for posting what you've saved! How did the seed saving for everyone else go this year? I saved seeds from several herbs that aren't ---I don't think--- heirloom varieties (fennel, dill, basil, flat-leaf parsley, cilantro) and some z...
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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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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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