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Permaculture design is a system of ... components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms.

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This is so silly. I just realized we have this KITCHEN Gardeners International group and we have no category with the things we DO with this food, how we cook! So here we are with a Recipe Exchange.

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I thought it might be good to have a group that discusses our pest problems so that anyone can find it if they need it.

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Bees! How they benefit us, how to keep them, how to maintain them! Experts invited, and welcome.

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Where do you live and garden?: About 5 miles north of Santa Cruz, on 32 acres

How long have you been growing food?: forever!

Dream garden travel destination:: here, when my garden is what I want

Favorite foods:: Tomatoes, chiles, garlic, cheese, homemade bread, homebrewed beer

It's raining today. I have to wait a weekend before I can do my intense tomato planting regime. That should be interesting.

Just added a Greenhouses discussion group.

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Ted Kennedy, Rest in Peace

The Lion of the Senate, Ted Kennedy, has finally succumbed to brain cancer at 77. Very sad news, he did all that he could to secure health care for all. He accomplished a lot of positive things for this nation, including getting the right for young people to vote at the age of 18.

His life was colorful, but he was an absolutely stellar example of a person who fought for the common person, even th… Continue

Posted on August 26, 2009 at 3:00am — 3 Comments

Preserving Food: Using the Tools at Hand

Hey there folks!

We had enough cucumbers and zucchinis ready to pickle them this last weekend, so we went ahead and did so.

Both Tom and I thought about the fact that we have this giant brew sculpture that Tom uses for brewing and it would probably work to boil all the jars in a hot water bath rather than do two batches, which was more than likely with our rather smallish ability to do so on the stove.

Here's what we did:

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Posted on July 23, 2009 at 4:30am — 9 Comments

OK i'm just gonna blather, no agenda, trip to Italia

How is everyone? I'm doing pretty well.

I have great news, I'm going to Italy soon (Sept), we have an all expense paid trip to this romantic country. I will definitely be looking at their gardening and their sustainability. It's only 3 days though. I would love to have a lot more, but this is paid by a company that's bringing us over so though I already asked Tom to ask if I can come, I can't ask more! So only three days in Italy.

But that's ok, I probably wouldn't have even gotten the chance… Continue

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 11:48pm — 8 Comments

Interview with the Producer of Food, Inc., on PBS

You all will want to watch this.

PBS doesn't offer an embed feature, so I'm doing it the old fashioned way, linking it.

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 11:30pm —

Ok, Mother Jones mislead me

and a lot of other people about the White House Lawn. Here was the original article. And it had me alarmed. The Mother Jones article this derived from though is exceedingly misleading.

This is very upsetting to me, and I'm disgusted with them.

I used to work on lead issues, but that was 15 years ago and I haven't kept up. 93 parts per million is NOT high.

Here's the… Continue

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At 8:22pm on October 30, 2009, Joel LeGrand said…: Hi Joy,
In Backyard Kitchen Herbalists Discussion Rosemary, Sunrays said her rosemary dies every year. Can you help with your garden wisdom.
Thank you.
Happy Holidays.

At 11:40am on October 17, 2009, RAINBOW said…

At 4:25am on September 13, 2009, RawZi said…: You're welcome. I had no idea someone was harrassing this social network, I never saw them. I have gotten under stress from people acting cruelly online before. Maybe I made a mistake in response too in those cases, IDK. We just do our best under any given circumstances.

Thank you :)

At 9:42am on August 10, 2009, mario olarte dela cruz said…: i know i will learn a lot about kitchen gardening in this website and hopefully from you and your friends here. thank you! :)

At 9:23am on August 10, 2009, mario olarte dela cruz said…: thanx for the add,,
can i have a lesson on how to plant tomatoes upsidedown? pls ma'am.

At 9:52pm on July 12, 2009, Gillian said…: Joy,
I just noticed your comment - I am signed onto chat now (I think)

At 7:34pm on July 12, 2009, Gillian said…: Hi Joy I just added a link to my blog on blogspot which shows the progress of the garden since December. I think this might be a better way for me to post photos

At 5:34am on July 12, 2009, Ian said…: Hi, thanks for your chat request...... Sadly, I seem to have picked it up about 5 hours too late and it''s now about 3.30am in your part of the world. We will get to chat one day.... I promise
Ian

At 6:22am on July 11, 2009, Michelle W. Flannery said…: Good morning Joy. I've been staying busy with gardening and preserving, and the chickens and other projects. Congratulations on your upcoming trip to Italy. How exciting! You'll have to take lots of pictures and share them with us! How is your garden doing?

At 3:20pm on June 26, 2009, Kitty said…: Hi Joy, I just saw your youtube hummingbird video, and had happy tears in my eyes. It was very moving. Goes back to what I always say, "everything matters to someone, somewhere". You, or I, or anyone, can change the world... in this case, the world of a hummingbird. Thank you for the insight.

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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

........So the story is that this land is under the unlawful use of big wigs.No body dares to touch them.As they are usually in govt.or are the relatives of those in power.That is why I was telling Salma,problem is not simple.It is so intricate,it...

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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

Glenn! we also have the same allotment system.In which about 550 square feet ,(if I am not mistaken) or so is alloted to a family to grow fuel wood on it .Govt. only plants the trees and then the family looks it aftern grow what everthey want alon...

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Kathryn commented on Glenn Fletcher's blog post 'What is an Allotment'

I would love to have an allotment, there needs to be more of them.

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great shot, yours seem to have the most on it.

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Glenn Fletcher commented on Glenn Fletcher's blog post 'What is an Allotment'

I pay £50 pounds a year approximately for my allotment. This amount has doubled in the last few years as their popularity has increased. Mine is 300 square yards, although there are smaller ones. The trend nowadays is to split them in two, so they...

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What is an Allotment

Allotments are now very popular in the UK. I used to have empty ones around mine for years. This site describes what an allotment is. The main advantage of an allotment is that it does not have to be too tidy, so is ideal for trying out different ...

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Glenn Fletcher commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

I believe the British allotment system was developed in the late 19th & early 20th centuries to feed the urban poor mainly in the north of the country. Areas of land in urban areas were owned by local government and small parcels [300 square yards...

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Kathryn commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

I am not in Pakistan as you know but there are very many similarities. The populace is very poor with the basic wage being given to most and usually without health insurance included, even though that is illegal here. The basic wage is not enough ...

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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.

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.

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

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Created by Ian Sep 12, 2008 at 6:20pm. Last updated by Ian Apr 14.

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.

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.

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.

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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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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.