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PiscesGirl's Groups (16)

  • Wild Edible Hunters

    34 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago DIscussion group for people who hunt wild edibles.

  • The Recycle Bin

    45 members Latest Activity: Oct 20 Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! It's the new mantra. What are you doing, and how are you doing it, especially in your garden! Do post pictures!

  • Native American Heritage Group

    29 members Latest Activity: Oct 26 For those who share a Native American heritage by blood, and those with a spiritual kinship to the original people of the US, who wish to explore that…

  • 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.

  • Vermiculture

    53 members Latest Activity: Nov 1 It's about time to discuss it! Especially since a lot of people don't understand it.

  • Southeast Asian Food Enthusiasts

    13 members Latest Activity: Oct 25 A group for those who enjoy growing, cooking, and eating Southeast Asian herbs and vegetables

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Puget Sound Kitchen Gardeners

    11 members Latest Activity: Sep 24 Puget Sound-area vegetable and fruit growers sharing tips on what grows in our rainy paradise

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Urban Farmers

    124 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 This forum is for those interested in bringing food security to our city limits. Urban farmers, those interested in Community supported agriculture,…

  • 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…

  • 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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Latest Activity

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...
2 hours ago
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...
2 hours ago
Thanks for sharing Roger, I sent my info and will let you know what transpires. Have a Joyful day~ Bea Kunz
2 hours ago
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...
4 hours ago
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 ??
4 hours ago
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...
11 hours ago
Amanda Williams and Georg Strafella joined Kitchen Gardeners
16 hours ago
........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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BRILLIANT...
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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal added 4 photos to the album 'TURKY'
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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal updated their profile photo
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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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Notes

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.

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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