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Compost news

Replied Oct. 22, 2009

Compost news
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Joel LeGrand Dec. 14, 2009.

Storing potatoes

Replied Apr. 1, 2009

 

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Hi Jeff, I use coffee chaff, that a coffee roaster gives away here in S.C. I am getting sawdust from a local mill & all the leaf matter I want. But never used grape waste, my brother in law has a 800 acre vineyard & winery. I've never ask him what h…
December 14, 2009
hi jeff, as i suppose you live in crete, do know anything more about the phrase "strafela", is this a usual word in greek?? or is it used just in certain parts of crete?? would be great if you could give me any info about it, thanks, georg
November 22, 2009
Hi all, As a back yarder, my compost ingredients accumulate from my personal gardening, cooking, and catering scraps. But what I have noticed over the past year where I have stepped up the compost production is that 2 large recle bins go to the stre…
October 29, 2009
What a great resource - and by the ton. I am envious! What we get free and by the truck load are tree trimmings all nicely chipped. I have made friends with a couple of school and city crews who are happy to give me their lawn clippings to complimen…
October 28, 2009
HI Gillian Yeah it's great to get get so much "free stuff" Just the work loading and un loading the truck, but to us it feels like putting money in the bank. The uncomposted grape waste or "Strafela" as it's called here has been fermented and then p…
October 22, 2009
Oh I just love to use up "free stuff" to make black gold! So glad your compost turned out so well. One thing I get a fair amount of here is seaweed and I find it also makes lovely compost and is good as mulch, although sometimes can attract flies. w…
October 21, 2009
Jeff St.Clair added a discussion
Hi Greetings from Crete, last year I posted a question on KGI to ask you all about composting grape waste ie the skins and seeds left over from wine and raki making, my villagers produce tons of the stuff this time of year. Last week I opened up the…
October 19, 2009
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Where do you live and garden?
Crete
How long have you been growing food?
1-3 years

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At 5:47am on April 29, 2009, Valerianella said…
Hi Jeff, nice to meet you. I live and garden in Greece too , in green but very wet Epirus. Do you also have so much rain this year?
 
 

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Hi Maya Maybe you could contact Jude and Michel Fanton they started a Seedsavers group and seed bank many years ago. They have a great book on Seed saving they have written and they tour many countries helping people set up seeds banks and gardens.…
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The turmeric flower is beautiful, I hope ours flowers.
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Hi Everett I found this article on Mycorrhizal Fungii which i think is quite interesting. I am sure the production of this stuff is one of the benefits of the "hugelkultur pile" that you describe. I know on the TV gardening programmes they advocate…
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No its still giving me an error message !!!
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Martha Hill added a discussion
I tried to add a reply to two posts and got an "error on page" note !! But then it asked me to sign in again !! Would that be the reason my posts did not work ?? Sign in was negated ?? Or is it common to have to do this occassionally ??
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trowel, fork, seeds with planting directions tailored to the area. harvesting and preserving information. drip irrigation system?
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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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Mary Riekert joined Gillian's group
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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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

A Note about Notes

I have just written this note so that I can see what we can achieve by using this new feature.

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

 

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