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LisaLu
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Do you have chickens?

Replied Oct. 24, 2008

Ginger Root

Replied Sep. 26, 2008

Ginger Root

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MotherLodeBeth commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
I cleaned out the chicken coop and added all the well used straw and all that great manure to a compost pile which I will keep covered as we are getting more rain and I want the worms to come up and enjoy the goodies and if its not covered it get to…
on Friday
Mike Taylor commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
We had a great speaker deliver a talk on composting to our community garden members - she really fired up the crowd. It is very satisfying to see 40 people 'get it' suddenly. We got a HUGE delivery of Agromin's finest compost for our community gard…
on Friday
Sharon commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
We had our first compost workshop at my Santa Monica community garden last Sat. including all the compost we could lug into our gardens that was brought in and provided by the city, plus giveaway seeds and sprayers. The good news is that we'll be ha…
on Friday
Mike Taylor commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
I am adding new instructional articles and videos to the Camarillo Community Garden blog. I have put up the how to start seeds article, plus others on aphids and weeds with more to come. Check it out!
on Thursday
Sheri Powell-Wolff commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
I just checked on my home potager & my tiny seedlings, which had just begun to peek out when they got hailed on. Twice! I think we all survived, tho.
January 22
Sharon commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
Hi Mike...I ventured down to the garden this morning and was relieved to see everything okay. In fact, all of my seedlings look better than ever! I did have them protected somewhat with floating row covers and I think that helped. Thank's for your t…
January 22
Mike Taylor commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
Sharon, I am just up the coast in Ventura County, and we have had tornadoes, lightning, and torrential downpours. I measured 7" of rain in 3 days. That is half our annual average. I went down to our new community garden today and we are surviving…
January 22
Sharon commented on LisaLu's group 'California Gardeners'
With all this rain and wind it will be a miracle if my community garden plot in Santa Monica hasn't floated into the ocean!
January 21

Profile Information

Where do you live and garden?
Wildomar, CA
How long have you been growing food?
forever!
Dream garden travel destination:
Italy
Favorite foods:
Anything homegrown

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At 7:19am on December 11, 2008, Harry C Anderson said…
LisaLu, I have been growing culinary ginger for a number of years in containers. I use a large nursery pot and fill it with a good potting mix such as Jungle Growth from Lowes. I bought a couple of pieces of ginger from the grocery store and planted it. Mine dies back in the winter as it is not frost hardy but you can dig it all winter. I dig only what I need each time. It is great to have it very fresh. I use mine in stir fries and in canned pear preserves. If you lose it you just buy more and start again. Mulch it over the winter with straw, hay or pine straw. Good Luck! Harry
 
 

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Glenn Fletcher commented on Everett McDonald's blog post 'What To Do With the Woody Stuff?'
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…
1 hour ago
Martha Hill replied to Martha Hill's discussion 'Error on page question !!'
No its still giving me an error message !!!
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Martha Hill added a discussion
Error on page question !!
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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kimmy miller, Ludovic, Julie and 2 more joined Kitchen Gardeners
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Penelope replied to Maya's discussion 'Garden in a Box - your input requested'
trowel, fork, seeds with planting directions tailored to the area. harvesting and preserving information. drip irrigation system?
6 hours ago
Michelle W. Flannery left a comment for Sandra Badboy
6 hours ago
Michelle W. Flannery commented on Michelle W. Flannery's group 'Native American Heritage Group'
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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Glenn Fletcher left a comment for Maggie
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Mare Cromwell replied to Katherine Turcotte's discussion 'Book Recommendation for Group' in the group Sacred Gardening
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...
9 hours ago
Mare Cromwell commented on Mare Cromwell's group 'Sacred Gardening'
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...
9 hours ago
Lydia Riedel-Tramsek left a comment for Sandra Badboy
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Gillian left a comment for Steph Webb
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Mary Riekert joined Gillian's group
Gemsquash
Those interested in growing gemsquash - a very typical South African vegetable that we miss!
16 hours ago
Mary Riekert commented on Mary Riekert's photo 'First tomato harvest of 2010'
Had no luck with gem squash last year - it was just too hot! So I didn't try this year. Maybe next summer.
16 hours ago
Gillian left a comment for Marian Worley
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Gillian commented on Mary Riekert's photo 'First tomato harvest of 2010'
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…
16 hours ago
Gillian added a group
Gemsquash
Those interested in growing gemsquash - a very typical South African vegetable that we miss!
16 hours ago
Mary Riekert commented on Mary Riekert's photo 'First tomato harvest of 2010'
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…
16 hours ago
Gillian left a comment for Margaret Flett
16 hours ago
Mary Riekert commented on Gillian's blog post 'gardening year round in the tropics'
yes - the pods are quite tough. We only ate the peas inside and we always ate them green although many Indian people dry them. They are known as toovar dhal in Gujerati or tuvaram in Tamil and there are lots of recipes for them dried. Just google to…
16 hours ago

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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.

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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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