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ilex
  • 40, Female
  • Detroit, MI
  • United States
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May 15, 2009
I think a Michigan gathering is a great idea, especially since not many of us can make it to France for the international gathering this year.
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Where do you live and garden?
Downtown Detroit, MI
How long have you been growing food?
4-10 years
Dream garden travel destination:
Cuba!
Favorite foods:
Paul Robeson tomatoes, any fermented cole or root vegetable, baby asian greens.

High Summer, 2008

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At 7:58am 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 5:19pm on April 25, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
I like michigan and rabbits....I do really.
At 12:33pm on April 13, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
HEY SMILEY!!! WHATSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!! ED
At 4:44am on April 10, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
....Oh,almost forgot,.......great smile,Ilex. ED
At 4:42am on April 10, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
Good morning Ilex,I hope things work out for you.I was laid-off several months back.Its hard to keep a positive outlook....I KNOW. We are not alone....there are MILLIONS in the same boat. GOOD-LUCK. ED
At 9:12pm on April 9, 2009, Joy Williams said…
Glad to hear you are doing ok, I was a bit concerned! How did your corn do last year? someone in container gardening wants to grow corn in a container, and I thought you might have some advice.
At 3:55am on April 9, 2009, Joy Williams said…
Ilex, are you ok? We haven't heard from you for a while.
At 3:56am on April 7, 2009, Ron said…
Hi Ilex

Things have really changed over the past 3 months. I dropped in on my sister in Port Elizabeth and came home with 4 parrots and a box of mealworms.

These mealworms are indicated to be the latest thing in that you get to interact with their breeding cycle as well as feeding them to fish and birds.
I naturally took interest in the fish part as we just can not find earthworms for bait. My nephew on Face Book indicated that they caught a catfish on bread because they had no worms to use. This will give you an idea of how dry it has become - not drought conditions but very dry anyway.
I certainly enjoy my worm farming and they share my Bedroom with me - beat that!
At 6:31pm on March 25, 2009, Penelope said…
Haven't seen you on the KGI site for a while. Are you doing ok? Job? life?
At 9:15am on February 18, 2009, Penelope said…
Loved your blog rant. You've definitely got the creeps pegged! I'm so sorry about your job. Mine is in jeopardy too within a year since I'm pretty low on the totem pole. Top priority is keeping our gardens. Humans are like plants too; we need to stay put a reasonable amount of time every year in order to prosper.
 
 

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Wow Sandra! You've asked for an awful lot of information! Start by checking for your "predicted" last frost date. There are frost charts online, but the quickest way for you, I think, is to call your county extension agent. He'll be listed in the ph…
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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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Hmmm... we are having lots of sacred snow these days in Baltimore... can't wait for some of it to melt down... can't wait for spring to get my fingers back in the soil...
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Those interested in growing gemsquash - a very typical South African vegetable that we miss!
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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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Those interested in growing gemsquash - a very typical South African vegetable that we miss!
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Yes it's hot but very humid which is unusual. We are having a spell of days in the low 30s but tropical air is being pushed south by the weather systems up north and we are getting rain and humidity. The rain we love - the humidity we are not used 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.

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Created by Ian Jun 7, 2009 at 7:28pm. Last updated by Ian Jun. 8, 2009.

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, 2009.

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, 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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Created by Ian Jun 2, 2008 at 9:54am. Last updated by Ian Apr. 13, 2009.

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, 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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Created by Ian May 30, 2008 at 5:29am. Last updated by Roger Jan. 15, 2009.

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.

Ian

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Created by Ian May 28, 2008 at 6:19pm. Last updated by Ian May. 28, 2008.

 

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