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- Where do you live and garden?
- South Portland, Maine USA
- How long have you been growing food?
- 4-10 years
- Dream garden travel destination:
- school gardens around the world
- Favorite foods:
- beets, fennel, and cipollini
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A Very Easy Scone Recipe
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Mix together:
2 cups flour (I use unbleached white or a combo of 1 c. white and 1 c. something else)
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
a handful of dried cranberries
a handful of chopped crystallized ginger
Very gently stir in:
a scant cup of buttermilk or soured milk (<1 cup whole milk plus a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice, let sit until it curdles before m… Continue
Posted on December 1, 2008 at 8:30am — 5 Comments
Redux in the garden
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 9:00am — 3 Comments
Report from the wallow
Posted on August 12, 2008 at 1:40pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (59 comments)
- At 9:52pm on November 5, 2009,
Gillian said…
- Hello Maya,
thanks for your comment on my passionfruit. Yes I grew up in South Africa with those purple skinned ones, that had to be very wrinkly before eating, quite sour even when ripe as I remember. Here you just wait for them to fall, and they are good and ready - so sweet. I think this yellow one is native to the area - an heirloom I suppose! I am over the moon with how lovely they are, but must really start a new vine soon as they only last a couple of years - sucumbing to the woody passionfruit virus.
Wow I am impressed with you growing tropicals in that climate. I dont grow bananas as we are in a production area and they frown on everyone growing them in their backyards. They say diseases might manifest themselves and spread to the commercial crops. The ladyfinger banana tastes overly sweet to me, here the dwarf cavendish is the one everyone wants to grow. A smaller, (still 5ft high) tidier tree and they have huge bunches of very tasty bananas. Have you tried pawpaw? They grow very easily here from seed, if you can get hold of a pawpaw (I think it is called papaya there) give them a try. I imagine you might have to provide some humidity if you heat with wood.
- At 4:52am on May 28, 2009,
Sue G said… - Hi Maya! Hooray for you and fifth grade band concerts! They can be hard on the ears but it's so great for the kids. We need to do everything we can to encourage music as well as grrowing things in the schools. I enjoy your page (and maybe sometime will have a minute to start a blog on mine...). From your neighbor up in Kennebec County--
- At 12:56pm on May 27, 2009,
SaraBClever said… - How funny! I dream about myself doing the same thing more often than I manage these days! PS I love fennel too--definitely underappreciated, but I guess that's more for us.
- At 10:12am on May 16, 2009,
Tamra said… - I tried the balsamic on berries this morning. You are right, it really brings out the juice, much better than sugar, thanks!!!
- At 8:16pm on May 13, 2009,
Jan Gr said… - Thanks for the input Maya. I know someone in this area who grew her tomatoes in a small green house but she was disappointed because they were very small. She had lots, and they tasted pretty good, they were just small. I asked abt temps because I'm not sure when and how she started them, but it does go down to 1- 5 C in Dec to Feb. Maybe I could put a little grow light in a hoop green house to get longer sun time.
Jan
- At 9:04am on April 18, 2009,
Joy Williams said…
- nope, wasn't me. I don't even know what the Metcalf award is. :)
- At 11:19am on April 10, 2009,
steve hu said…
- Hi,maya,nice to meet you.There are 2 kinds of chinese dumplings which I like best. One is use shelled fresh shrimps,chinese cabbage and leek. Another is use corn granules, pork minced and chinese cabbage. Chinese soup I recommend Pork ribs Chinese watermelon soup. Chinese cabbage chicken soup is good too. So I suggest you plant chinese cabbage and chinese watermelon.
- At 5:28am on April 4, 2009,
Beva said… - Hi Maya,
I have to share this with you...
My husband and I were invited to play the flute for a lady's 80th birthday. The man who invited us is Elder Ron of the Penobscot tribe. He told me that someone had come to visit him, and brought with them a 13 year old girl that they were teaching gardening to. He said he gave the girl an apple to eat, and was amazed when she was done, that she carefully picked out the seeds and folded them up in a napkin to save them.
When I read your comment in the Books discussion about the girl being sent to the city with seeds... I thought you might enjoy this short story.
:)
Beva
- At 5:52am on March 8, 2009,
Clarence said… - "...in primary education should shift from literacy and numeracy to earth science, with literacy, numeracy, and social awareness springing from that core."
Amen to that!
It seems ''interest + opportunity = learning". When they are interested in something and we give them an opportunity to explore that interest, they will learn what is needed for that exploration.
- At 5:35am on March 8, 2009,
Clarence said…
- I grew up in Lake Orion, my wife is from Oxford and I still work in Pontiac as long as there is still a GM... small world.
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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.
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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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