Katherine Turcotte's Groups (17)

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…
Tomatoes

57 members Latest Activity: 19 hours ago 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…

Berry Growers

31 members Latest Activity: Nov 11 My kitchen wouldn't be complete without fresh fruit. The focus of this group will be berrries! What do you grow? Do you have favorite varieties? H…
Wild Edible Hunters

34 members Latest Activity: Nov 21 DIscussion group for people who hunt wild edibles.

Sacred Gardening

36 members Latest Activity: Oct 25 For all interested in the Sacred aspects of gardening, regardless of your beliefs or religion or spirituality.. come join us to share thoughts on how…
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…

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…
BeeKeeping

49 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago Bees! How they benefit us, how to keep them, how to maintain them! Experts invited, and welcome.

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.
Hummingbird, Bee, and Butterfly Gardens

33 members Latest Activity: Oct 17 How to plant a hummingbird, bee or butterfly garden. The picture is of a male Anna's hummingbird on my deck.

Greenhouses

36 members Latest Activity: Oct 23 Greenhouse, Coldframe, and Solarium gardening discussion
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…

Wildlife-Friendly Food

37 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 Bees and other creatures pollinate our crops. Birds and toads eat insect pests. Many animals play a helpful role in the vegetable garden. How can we m…
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!
Master Gardeners Exchange

35 members Latest Activity: Nov 11 University certified Master GARDENERS SPACE TO EXCHANGE IDEAS, UPDATES, INFO ABOUT mASTER gARDENER PROJECTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GROUP PROGRESSES.

Backyard Kitchen Herbalists

131 members Latest Activity: Nov 8 I would like this group to focus on kitchen herb gardens, be they culinary or medicinal. What do you grow, what do you use it for, do you make any med…

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Everett McDonald commented on Sumitra Pande's album 'My Garden at Kathmandu'

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.

7 hours ago

Maggie commented on Sumitra Pande's album 'My Garden at Kathmandu'

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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amna mufti commented on Sumitra Pande's photo 'Bee keeping'

GREAT SUMITRA! THERE WAS ALSO THIS LADY FROM NEPAL, CALLED TIGER PRINCESS.so Nepal has great women.

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Sumitra Pande replied to Sumitra Pande's discussion 'My Home Garden, Kathmandu Nepal'

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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amna mufti commented on Everett McDonald's blog post 'My father-in-Laws Garden'

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.

15 hours ago

Gillian commented on Everett McDonald's blog post 'My father-in-Laws Garden'

lovely memories Everett, thanks for sharing.

17 hours ago

Everett McDonald added a blog post

My father-in-Laws Garden

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...

18 hours ago

Mary Riekert joined Joy Williams's group

Tomatoes

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.

19 hours ago

david e kelley replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'

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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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.

Your browser may intervene and request permission to allow temporary scripting or some similar message. Allow it and go back and highlight the text again

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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.