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  • Roof-top Kitchen Gardners

    5 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 In the urbanized world today, green roof-tops give material benefits like organic produce, save from excessive summer heat and improve the environment…

  • Guerrilla gardeners

    13 members Latest Activity: Nov 10 This is a group for anyone who would like more infomation on guerrilla gardening - the act of gardening land that you do not own. The website link lea…

  • Orchards

    45 members Latest Activity: Oct 19 For those who are growing small orchards, fruit and nut trees, and grapes. Let's discuss growing, pruning, harvesting, care and maintenance.

  • Preserving the Harvest

    81 members Latest Activity: Nov 19 We will focus this group on different methods of preservation. Canning, drying and freezing are common, but do you preserve your harvest by some othe…

  • Permaculture

    50 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 Permaculture design is a system of ... components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms.

  • Pickling and Kimchi Club

    37 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 All things to do with preserving vegetables using a brining process or fermentation.

  • Root Cellars and Food Storage

    58 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 For those who have root cellars, want root cellars, and want to know more about root cellars; and for those who want to know the various methods in wh…

  • Tomatoes

    56 members Latest Activity: Oct 14 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…

  • The Farmer's Market

    26 members Latest Activity: Sep 7 Most of us shop at farmers' markets and/or sell our produce there. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about where the markets are, the best and the wors…

  • Recipe Exchange

    69 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 This is so silly. I just realized we have this KITCHEN Gardeners International group and we have no category with the things we DO with this food, ho…

  • Home Cheese Making

    40 members Latest Activity: Oct 21 A discussion of Cheese Making, Recipes, techniques, animals, whatever people want to talk about in terms of this wonderful food.

  • Garden Pests

    51 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 I thought it might be good to have a group that discusses our pest problems so that anyone can find it if they need it.

  • Gardening in Australia

    54 members Latest Activity: Nov 20 Australia's climate varies from tropical to cool mountain. This group will discuss kitchen gardening in the variety of climates and conditions found i…

  • The Pecking Order

    92 members Latest Activity: Nov 19 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 but…

  • Kitchen Gardeners TN

    27 members Latest Activity: Nov 9 This group is for persons wishing to share, discuss, and meet about ways to vegetable garden in the state of Tennessee.

  • Garden Lovers Book Reviews

    38 members Latest Activity: Nov 5 Have a favorite book about gardening that you would love to share with other members? Can be non-fiction or fiction, even a childrens book would be fi…

  • Kitchen garden communicators group

    59 members Latest Activity: Nov 20 Do you write/blog/speak/make films or photos about food, gardening, and/or sustainable lifestyle issues? Welcome: this is your place!

  • Gardening General

    50 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 Just plain no matter where you live share you gardening stories, give advice, just a general site for gardeners to communicate.

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Sara Lim, David Howe, rose rivera and 5 more joined Kitchen Gardeners
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Thank you for the email addy !! I am always looking for variations on the food I preserve !! Let us know how yours turns out !! You can`t have too many recipes you know !! I don`t think that I would add sugar till after the brining process !! It c...
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Congrats on your new venture !!! Hope it does well !! Will be looking for you back in the future when you have things under way !!
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You are forgetting one thing !! The person who will be eating the food you prepare !! Yourself !!! If it pleases you,,,I wouldn`t worry about anything else !! Cooking should be an adventure !! I wouldn`t make a comparison unless you have tasted th...
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hi jeff, as i suppose you live in crete, do know anything more about the phrase "strafela", is this a usual word in greek?? or is it used just in certain parts of crete?? would be great if you could give me any info about it, thanks, georg
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Wow, they are good sized plots. I wish we had allotment areas here in Adelaide. Do you get to know the other allotment gardeners?. We have almost finished our composting, pruning back, seed saving and planting out of our seedlings. With a small ga...
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Hi Kathryn This image is a screenshot from Google Earth. The only drawback with Google Earth is that you cannot zoom in as close as you would like. I have a greenhouse in the bottom right and a shed and covered compost bin at top right. A lot of t...
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Hi Salma I am lucky in that my allotment is only a short bicycle ride from my house. Some people in larger cities like London have to travel to theirs in a car. It is interesting to find out from you just how things are in your country. I think as...
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Thanks for sharing Roger, I sent my info and will let you know what transpires. Have a Joyful day~ Bea Kunz
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How times have changed. There was time when there was no food shortage and agriculture was not a profitable business. The poor farmer was having a hard time. After toiling in the field from dawn to dusk he failed to generate enough money to suppor...
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Glenn!British allotment system is quite interesting. It should be initiated here in Pakistan. Is this alloted land close to your home? I mean you have to travel to your home kitchen garden to fetch your vegetables ??
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I also recommend Seed Savers Exchange. Not only does Heritage Farm offer seeds they've grown, but you can become a member and exchange thousands of seeds with other gardeners. The beauty of seed savers is you can use heirloom seeds that you have g...
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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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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

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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