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Where do you live and garden?
Gulf Coast,Fl
How long have you been growing food?
4-10 years
Dream garden travel destination:
Old lady's 50 year old backyard. Only the best and hardiest plants grow there.
Favorite foods:
Mediterranean, Mexican, beans and rice, cheese

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At 7:58am on May 31, 2009, Anh Collins said…
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At 1:06pm on September 11, 2008, Roger said…
That's a scary spider...
At 4:14am on May 22, 2008, Steve MacDowall said…
snakes and spiders - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
At 9:00am on January 21, 2008, Jean said…
Thanks for your comment on my garden. It has nice raised beds and a fence to keep out the many deer and the groundhogs. It was fairly neglected the past two years because of family illness but I hoping to have a productive vegetable garden this year and lots of flowers around the outside of the fence for pleasure. I hang flower baskets on the gate end in summer and that is just an extra delight.
At 11:22pm on January 18, 2008, COPE Farms Caretakers Of Planet Earth said…
Thanks for adding me.
I lived in Florida for about a year and a half in the Orlando area. Loved it except for the hurricanes got hit by 3 in the same year LOL :) Decided to move back to Georgia.
At 3:28pm on January 17, 2008, Firiel said…
How nice! It is a beautiful language- very soft and lilting. I never learned how to write in tengwar. It seems to be made for right handers and I am left handed. I am pleased to meet you, Entwife. Namaire, meldanya! (Farewell, my friend- minus the accents. The AllChars is not installed in this PC, so I can't put in the accents!)
At 12:56pm on January 17, 2008, Brandi said…
I recommend lots of mulch at the root. I have had problems with squash borers, and the much helps. Also side dressing with manure is good. Don't be too impressed ... each squash was about 40 lbs!
At 11:26am on January 17, 2008, Firiel said…
Entwife, you must be a Tolkien fan. Do you study the Elvish languages? I have been trying to learn Quenya. It is very cahllenging, but provides me with something to do during the long New England winters.
At 9:57pm on January 16, 2008, Brandi said…
It's a hybrid squash. ... my Bangladesh garden neighbors called it giant Asian squash and gave me some seeds. I ended up with at least 250 pounds of sweet, orange-fleshed squash similar to butternut. The soup was phenomenal. What we didn't eat will go to the worms :)
At 9:19pm on January 16, 2008, Entwife said…
What a great idea. Hoping we can all share tips. Any Gulf Coast gardeners here?
 
 

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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.
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lovely memories Everett, thanks for sharing.
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Greetings everyone :D Sice we've been having such odd weather this year, I decided to try getting my garlic in the ground this past weekend. Now I hope that it'll all grow nicely.
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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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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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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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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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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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Created by Ian Jun 7, 2009 at 7:28pm. Last updated by Ian Jun 8.

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Hi, I'm starting to put together a few guidlines on using the discussion forum on here.

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Hi Everyone,  I've started to collect together recipes from various posts on the site and put them all together here.

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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.

 

 

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Welcome to Notes.

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Created by Ian May 28, 2008 at 12:10pm. Last updated by Ian May. 30, 2008.

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