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- Where do you live and garden?
- YORK ENGLAND
- How long have you been growing food?
- 10-20 years
- Dream garden travel destination:
- Any walled kitchen garden.
- Favorite foods:
- Rhubarb Crumble
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Plant Hardiness Zones
Heres a link that may help.
Posted on January 25, 2010 at 7:51am — 4 Comments
This Year I Want To Grow Liquorice.
My mother used to work in a factory making 'Pomfret cakes' in Pontefract when she was a teenager. Pomfret cakes are small black rubbery sweets, which are still made in Pontefract..
It must be a fairly hardy plant to be able… Continue
Posted on January 9, 2010 at 5:13pm — 5 Comments
Permaculture and Aquaculture
Here is a link to a little goldmine of films that i have recently started watching.
I have posted the link elsewhere, but they are so good, i thought they deserved their own blog.
See what you think.
They are about a farmer in Austria called Sepp Holzer, who is a real gardening hero.
These films are interesting, informative and i am sure they will enth… Continue
Posted on January 6, 2010 at 2:49pm — 4 Comments
Winter Pruning Time
[strong vertical growths along the length of the branches] which are a result of previous years over zealous work. Also removing crossing branches and tipping back the long growths by about a third.
On the allotment i get canker. I think this is caused by the wet ground. One apple tree growing a… Continue
Posted on January 3, 2010 at 4:55am —
The Edible Louffa
What a great idea. If you get peckish in the bath you can just eat the louffa!!!!
Posted on December 28, 2009 at 4:43am — 7 Comments
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Comment Wall (74 comments)
- At 7:23am on February 3, 2010,
Maggie said…
- Hi Glen,
Olga passed with lots of rain but not too much damage, I think.
What is the climate like now where you garden?
Our tomatoes are slow to ripen but look okay.
Will you plant tomatoes for your summer?
- At 6:17am on January 24, 2010,
Maggie said…
- Hi Glen'
What's happening on your alotment garden.
We are starting to pick tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, eggplant, basil, wild rocket, passionfruit and spring onions.
It is so good to have these fresh veggies again.
Gillian's part of Aus is having really heavy rain, down south it is very dry now, the chillies are doing well!
- At 5:32pm on January 20, 2010,
Jeff Wright said…
- Hi Glenn, you'll probably want to whitewash your matte black perimeter in the summertime, not to mention the glass if it gets too hot. And rocks and brick release their heat slower than water does - they also absorb heat more slowly. (as far as I know...)
Happy gardening,
Jeff
- At 12:00pm on January 9, 2010,
Joel LeGrand said…
- Hi Glenn,
Do you know of a on line rulebook for alotments?
- At 3:20am on January 6, 2010,
Glenn Fletcher said…
- Yes thats right Ron. I noticed you were from Dayton, Ohio. One of my favourite songs. You look like a baritone yourself.
I noticed your comment on the snow. We've have had more snow here in the last few weeks than we have had for twenty years. Its a bit of a pain driving to work in the morning, as the snow always seems to come each night.
Happy gardening.
- At 8:54pm on January 5, 2010,
Ron Williams said… - You're welcome. Are you are referring to the Harry Chapin song?
- At 4:33pm on December 23, 2009,
Glenn Fletcher said…
- Hi Amna
Happy Christmas to you too. We have the same cold and sunny weather here too. We have had a couple of inches of snow earlier in the week, which is still lying due to the freezing temperatures. The weather forcast says that it is going to warm up a little, so the snow will soon disappear. This should allow me to dig some parsnips from the now frozen ground. These will be roasted to acompany our Christmas dinner. A good frost on them really improves the flavour. I don,t know why.
Do you have seed catalogues in Pakistan? Or do you obtain your seed locally. I suppose with having two growing seasons, the purchase of seed is spread out throughout the year.
Glenn
- At 1:56pm on December 23, 2009,
amna mufti said… - Hi Glenn1 happy christmas! how is the weather?Here we have cold days but sun is shining.
- At 1:30pm on December 23, 2009,
Glenn Fletcher said…
- Hi Penelope
Thankyou very much. I think it's the weather for sitting by the fire and studying the seed catalogues.
Then i go through my tin box filled with with old packets and throw away any that are older than five years.
I also have a week off. Its just a pity we don,t have the Australian weather.
Have a nice Christmas.
Glenn
- At 10:35am on December 23, 2009,
Penelope said… - Just looked at all your photos. What a magnificent garden! Maybe I'll sit with seed catalogs and make out my spring order today. It's snowing lightly and the wind is blowing. Am glad I have the week off so I can stay indoors.
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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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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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Climate maps
Hi following recent discussion I have put climate maps of the USA, Australia and Europe on here for reference..
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Created by Ian Sep 12, 2008 at 6:20pm. Last updated by Ian Apr. 14, 2009.
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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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
Created by Ian Jan 27, 2009 at 4:27pm. Last updated by Ian Jan. 27, 2009.
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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Welcome to Notes.
To view notes that are in the system hit the "all notes" button above.
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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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