Michelle W. Flannery's Groups (39)

Autumn People

2 members Latest Activity: Oct 1 For those who come alive during the fall season, stimulated by the brilliant colors, growing more active, thriving in the chilly air, spending more ti…
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…

Hydroponics Gardeners

5 members Latest Activity: Oct 26 Growing plants without soil Organic or not, it's your choice saves 90% water and fertilizer Easy Low cost No weeds No soil pesticides, disease,…
Eight Seasons

10 members Latest Activity: Sep 18 In the interest of growing all year

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.
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…

Georgia Gardeners

15 members Latest Activity: Nov 10 This group is for folks who live and garden in Georgia. Let's talk about issues that are specific to our state, like the drought, clay soil, extreme h…
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…

Wild Edible Hunters

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

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…

Garden Irrigation

19 members Latest Activity: Nov 2 This group is for anyone who wants to discuss, learn, or teach others about different methods of irrigation.
Identifying plant diseases

16 members Latest Activity: Oct 7 A place to post photos of diseases that need to be identified.

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…
Garden Poetry

8 members Latest Activity: Oct 21 Does the smell of compost gently simmering wax you poetic? Maybe the sight of newly sprouting seeds fills your heart with song! Share the musing, and…

COMPOST

65 members Latest Activity: Nov 11 This is so universal a subject, and so important I think it deserves its own space!
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.

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Strumelia commented on Joy Williams's group 'BeeKeeping'

Donald you lucky to live in an area where you can start a new hive at any time during the year! In New York one could never start a new package in December! =8-o We'd love to see pix of your current hive. :)

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marion stewart added a blog post

All About Dogwood

Red osier dogwood is just the best plant for this time of year – cut down some branches – you can find them in fields and ditches and then place them in garden pots or containers. Fill the over-season containers with soil to hold the stems. Attach...

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Donald commented on Joy Williams's group 'BeeKeeping'

Hi Everyone: I am new to kitchen gardeners and I currently have one bee hive and I am planning on buying one four pound package of bees and a queen in December. If my luck is strong I will also capture a swarm and end up with three total hives goi...

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Donald joined Joy Williams's group

BeeKeeping

Bees! How they benefit us, how to keep them, how to maintain them! Experts invited, and welcome.

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Donald replied to Valerianella's discussion 'Honeybees Face Towering Threat From Cell Phones'

I had not heard of this new link of cell phone towers to CCD, but I believe that CCD is caused by a number of different things and is mostly limited to large scale professional beekeepers that put their bees on large semi-trucks and haul them all ...

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Donald updated their profile

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Maya replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'

Oi! Penelope! The cooking shows are designed to make people who've grown up eating processed foods and without a Fannie Farmer in the house want to go to a restaurant and be demanding, or buy expensive, exotic ingredients that they'll mostly never...

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Salma Kamal left a comment for Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal

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Salma Kamal commented on Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal's photo 'SUNFLOWER WITH SUN'

Yes! Sun flowers .I went there yesterday. The site of sun flowers is spactacular.But flowers seem smaller then big variety which I have seen growing their previously.

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laurent barbier, Helen Pereira, Sara Lim and 4 more joined Kitchen Gardeners

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Glenn Fletcher commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'

Hi Maggie I hope you are well. I see most of the people on a Friday afternoon, when i do not have to go to work. Most of the other plot holders are retired so they go on weekdays when i am at work. It can be quite solitary, which i find quite plea...

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Mary Riekert left a comment for Sally Parrot

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Martha Hill replied to Janet Hoshel's discussion 'Vert Slightly sweet sauerkraut ????'

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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Martha Hill replied to Chris Bocchino's discussion 'Been a while!'

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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Martha Hill replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'

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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Georg Strafella replied to Jeff St.Clair's discussion 'Compost news'

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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Maggie left a comment for Amanda Williams

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Maggie commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'

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...

22 hours ago

Glenn Fletcher commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'

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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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.