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A place for Community Garden coordinators and members to exchange info and advice.
June 6
It's about time to discuss it! Especially since a lot of people don't understand it.
June 3
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.
May 26
Sharon and Deborah Poppell are now friends
May 24
Deborah Poppell added a blog post
My Aunt Elmina sent this to me in a email so thought it was something everyone would find informative. I remember reading something along this way of healthy eating when studying nutrition, We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cut...
May 20
We will focus this group on different methods of preservation. Canning, drying and freezing are common, but do you preserve your harvest by some other methods? I hope that we can share methods and techniques in this group. Please share pictures!
May 19
Deborah Poppell and Oz Gardener are now friends
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At 7:54am 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 8:09am on May 6, 2009, Kay Robbins said…
Great to have another Florida gardener to share ideas with. We have so many opportunities but also some real challenges. I don't even try planting in Florida soil. I like the raised beds so I can work with good soil.
At 5:54pm on March 26, 2009, Beva said…
Hi Deborah,
Glad to hear from you! I'm surprised to hear that we are not light years behind you in FL on planting!.. I still have a good foot to two feet of snow in areas of my yard. Patches of the woods are now bare. I did get outside and do some cleaning up in my herb garden.. and would have got more done, but Drat! I have to work for a living! :)
I saw on the Weather Channel the nasty weather that is in your region! Yikes! I'm putting a prayer out there that you will be safe and the rain will fall gently!
Everyone here, have a serious case of cabin fever! I drive down the road, and see people out peeking into their garden plots.. looking oh, so hopeful!
Along the house, my chives are popping up and so are the other herb plants... daffodils too. My ravens are back and starting to nest again too.
We have a huge amount of work to do to clean up all the dead fall from the ice storm. I have many trees to trim, cut and tons of down limbs I'll have to deal with when I can get to them.
We are getting rain later, and I hope it will help melt a lot of this yucky white stuff!
I'll be looking forwards to seeing photos of your efforts!
:)
Beva
At 4:42am on March 24, 2009, Harry C Anderson said…
Deborah, I would like to welcome you to our group. This group is new and small but will grow quickly I think as there are many of us who garden in this area and we all face the same problems with our heat and humidity. I will be happy to offer you any help that I can. Thanks for your membership!, Harry.
At 3:56pm on January 29, 2009, Darcy P. said…
How has your garden been fairing lately ? Mine is OK. Have some ice burns but we are trudging through. Expecting more frost this weekend. Is it April yet?
At 5:07pm on January 19, 2009, sorn said…
Hi...I'm from Thailand..It's was nice to see you here..Please visit me in Thailand sometimes...I can be your guide...Please feel free to anything.
At 8:35am on December 17, 2008, Kathryn said…
İ think Florida is the place to be at the moment with snow storms in America. İts snowing here too bit colder than where you are.
At 12:47pm on December 1, 2008, Courtney Ostaff said…
Doesn't sound like the bestest place for gardening! Good luck! Don't we all wish we knew then what we know now? Of course, if we'd known it then, we still wouldn't have paid attention. Since you like to read, do you know about paperbackswap.com ? Awesome site!
At 6:37am on November 30, 2008, Beva said…
Well, the medicine wheel on my land is comprised primarily of stones. There are a few wild plants mixed in as it is built in the woods in an area that has a small natural clearing. But, according to Sun Bear, this is how you can do it;

Starting in the center;
Creator (God) any or all plants
Mother Earth- corn , beans, squash,
Father Sun/Sky- sunflower
Grandmother moon- mugwort

North- sweet grass
East- tobacco
South- sage
West- cedar

These are the basic ones. For a complete list I advise reading "Dancing with the Wheel" by Sun Bear. Or on-line you can find charts of the plants and stones by Googling "dancing with the wheel". It is extensive... and my carpel tunnel is acting up this AM!! Or, I'd type it!
I've got to go play flute later at a flute class, so I guess I'd best quit now while I can still fell my hands!
Hope this helps... and actually, my belief is that a Medicine Wheel should be individual... so what plants resonate with you? You have the tobacco and that could be your center for Creator... then go from there.
At 8:42pm on November 28, 2008, Beva said…
Oh! Duh!! Yes, and I think I even replied to it!!! I had way too much on my mind... can you tell?? tee-hee!!
You asked about the Medicine Wheel... and I replied to that... to remind me.... Ha-ha... now can you see a pattern here? I know I'll forget, so I try to remind myself ahead of time!!!
So, what was it you would like to know about the Medicine Wheel?

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EATING FRUITS .......

My Aunt Elmina sent this to me in a email so thought it was something everyone would find informative. I remember reading something along this way of healthy eating when studying nutrition,

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.… Continue

Posted on May 20, 2009 at 11:07pm —

Deborah Poppell

Spring at last

This is crazy. Yesterday I typed an hour here got a message went to read it without saving and lost everything. And guess what? Just did the same ____ thing again. UGG. HERE GOES ONE MORE TIME

One week to go before the Master Gardener exam. Have enjoyed the course immensely learning a lot. The class visited the research education garden yesterday WOW. I have never seen such beautiful healthy HUGE plants in my life. The sweet bell peppers were 8 ft tall!! Last year mine may have gotten 1 ft but… Continue

Posted on March 25, 2009 at 9:10am —

Deborah Poppell

Deb's Easy Quick Turnip Root Dish





This is so easy and soooo good. I lightly peel the turnips slice them and boil till tender. doesn't take as long as boiling potatos. Then drain melt some butter in and sprinkle generously with lemon pepper.
I can honestly say these purple tops right out of the garden were… Continue

Posted on November 17, 2008 at 8:51pm — 4 Comments

Deborah Poppell

Beautiful Thanksgiving movie

For everyone who reads my blogs I do hope you watch and enjoy this beautiful movie. It touched my heart.



http://www.thanksgivingmovie.com/full/

Posted on November 14, 2008 at 9:00am —

Deborah Poppell

A New View

My garden looks so pitiful after the lush colorful living loveliness of spring then summer. I miss the bumblebees and butterflies. I pulled up the frost killed marigolds, basil, eggplants, squash, beans and tomatoes this morning. Most of the flower seed heads were dried so have several baggies collected of 4 types of marigolds and the chocolate basil. Don't get me wrong the wide rows of various greens and the tiny clover peeking up shows winter is still months away. but bees and butterflies aren… Continue

Posted on November 5, 2008 at 3:32pm —

 
 

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