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Colleen
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  • Indiana, PA
  • United States
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November 27, 2009
looks lovely
November 27, 2009
This gate is beautiful.
November 27, 2009
Oh how I love dates!
November 27, 2009
Amna, Thank you for your response to my photo. It's cool outside now and the Swiss chard and Russian kale love it!
November 27, 2009
Hello Glenn! Thanks for responding to my photo. I love the way broccoli plants grow flowerettes throughout the season. Sometimes I miss a few and they bloom. There aren't any other edible flowers in the garden now.
November 27, 2009
Hi Colleen I,ve never thought of eating brocolli flowers, what a great idea. PS: Loved the photo,s.
November 27, 2009
GREAT DINER!
November 26, 2009

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Where do you live and garden?
Indiana, Pennsylvania
How long have you been growing food?
10-20 years
Dream garden travel destination:
Rodale Institute in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Favorite foods:
Brussels sprouts, eggplant, carrots, Swiss chard

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At 5:13am on September 3, 2009, Lindsey O'Donnell said…
Hey Colleen! Yes I am! We recently had some guests staying from the States and they told me about this site after hearing about my new venture.
At 10:26pm on August 23, 2009, Maggie said…
Hi Colleen,
Your veggies and prepared food look fantastic.
I wish we all lived closer so we could share picnics together.
Thank you for sharing your day with us all.
There are photos of our day on our blog, there is a link on my page.
At 3:56pm on July 5, 2009, Colleen said…
Oui, je suis d’accord que c’est très bien d’exprimer dans une autre langue. Moi, je voudrais parler les autres langues, comme celles des abées, par exemple, mais peut être les humains ne sont pas prêts pour cela. Donc, on parle anglais pour communique entre les gens de divers langues. Il y a beaucoup de monde ici à « Kitchen Gardeners » qui utilise anglais comme deuxième langue. Cela prend un certain courage.
At 12:17pm on July 5, 2009, de Moffarts Eugène said…
Super que tu parles le français. Je peux m'exprimer en anglais mais c'est moins spontané et me demande un certain effort.En même temps cela maintiend et développe mes connaissances en anglais et comme c'est la langue la plus parlée ici sur terre ce n'est pas sans intéret.
At 3:21am on July 5, 2009, de Moffarts Eugène said…
Thanks for the comments. I look to your photos. What a beautifull garden you have...I like your photos verry much. A wild garden with mutch live in it.
Do you speak french?
At 8:58pm on July 4, 2009, Preeti patil said…
Thanks... The monsoon is in full swing now.... couldnt imagine the garden without the butterflies! :)
At 7:52am on May 31, 2009, Anh Collins said…
Wanna chat with me on cam?, come see me here You'll enjoy it. I promise!!!! realamateurwebcams.info
At 4:46pm on May 4, 2009, Maggie said…
Hi Colleen your garden looks wonderful , I love the view from the attic.
I wish I could zoom in and see all the veggies growing on the right of the photo.
Do you freeze eggplant?
At 8:48am on January 28, 2009, Maggie said…
Hi Colleen here in South Australia we have a heat wave today it was 45.7 Celsius which converts to 114.6 degrees Fahrenheit, please send some cool air or snow our way! It is going to continue like this all week. Oh dear why are there such extremes in our climates. What is the weather like in Pennsylvania today
At 6:14am on January 28, 2009, chris w said…
What wonderful pictures. I clicked on the link by accident and was thrilled. It is single digits outside here, with snow, ice, frozen ground, rather dismal. Your pictures were like a mini vacation. Thanks for sharing.
 
 

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thanks, Katherine, I will try to seek it out... It would be interesting to see where their info came from... stay warm wherever you are...
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Had no luck with gem squash last year - it was just too hot! So I didn't try this year. Maybe next summer.
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Oh gosh, that is rare to get humidity that far south! That is where all our moisture went - we havnt had any rain for over a week :) I started that gemsquash group as I discovered a new member (Margaret Flett) who had gemsquash as her favourite vege…
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yes - the pods are quite tough. We only ate the peas inside and we always ate them green although many Indian people dry them. They are known as toovar dhal in Gujerati or tuvaram in Tamil and there are lots of recipes for them dried. Just google to…
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