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Mike Taylor's Discussions

Seed Sources?

I like seeds of Italy as well. My southern California coastal climate suits many of their varieties well. I also get excellent results from Renee's Garden seeds. Renee's seeds are tested in a numb...

Tagged: seeds

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Help needed for e-book

Mark, I understand your questions and motives - market research. Every IMer's advice is the same - find out what people want and then give it to them. Perfectly sensible. What you, or my Gardenin...

Replied Nov 8

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 ar...

Tagged: manure, grape, compost

Replied Oct 29

Tomato diseases affecting heirlooms

The comment on Bonnie's is interesting. I have prohibited my family from buying any of their plants. The wife has brought Bonnie's plants home suffering from every possible disease... There are som...

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Mike Taylor's Page

Updated pictures and videos montages of of newest garden project here: http://bit.ly/3RsDGL Nov 9

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Mike Taylor replied to PiscesGirl's discussion 'Seed Sources?'

I like seeds of Italy as well. My southern California coastal climate suits many of their varieties well. I also get excellent results from Renee's Garden seeds. Renee's seeds are tested in a number of different climates. Another source is Seeds...

20 hours ago

Mike Taylor left a comment for amna mufti

November 9

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November 9

Updated pictures and videos montages of of newest garden project here: http://bit.ly/3RsDGL

November 8

Mike Taylor replied to Mark's discussion 'Help needed for e-book'

Mark, I understand your questions and motives - market research. Every IMer's advice is the same - find out what people want and then give it to them. Perfectly sensible. What you, or my Gardening Coaches (Free) Resources pages, provide to reade...

November 8

Mike Taylor replied to Melissa's discussion 'Soaker Hoses' in the group Garden Irrigation

I have tried all the ways of watering over the last half century, and none are perfect. Any spray is inefficient, losing much water to evaporation before the water ever hits the ground, the splashing spreads disease spores, and you never can get ...

November 1

Mike Taylor joined Chris Bocchino's group

Garden Irrigation

This group is for anyone who wants to discuss, learn, or teach others about different methods of irrigation.

November 1

Mike Taylor joined SeedHeads's group

one million gardens

This is a group of people who are a part of the movement to plant one million gardens in the United States by 2012

November 1

Mike Taylor replied to LisaLu's discussion 'What's in your garden?' in the group California Gardeners

Hi, Lisa I'm a UCCE Certified MAser Gardener and live in Camarillo, north of L.A. We are in the foothills above the coastal plain, with a climate probably similar to your area. We also have about 5,000 sq. feet of garden, plus various fruit trees...

November 1

Mike Taylor replied to Kimberly's discussion 'Seed Saver plants in So. Cal.' in the group California Gardeners

I have the catalog, and I use some of their seeds. I also really like Renee's Seeds - they are all tested in various California climates to make sure they d well here. I have a page here on recommended vegetable varieties for southern California. ...

November 1

Mike Taylor joined LisaLu's group

California Gardeners

November 1

Mike Taylor joined Horace Ketchens's group

Square Foot _ Raised Bed

A place for Square Foot and Raised bed gardeners can share information. Newcomers to these methods of gardering can learn from others that have the knowledge to help anyone be a successful Square Footer

November 1

3rd workday in our newest community garden http://bit.ly/247wca

November 1

Mike Taylor replied to Jeff St.Clair's discussion 'Compost news'

October 28

Camarillo Community Garden water is in, the raised beds are going in

October 28

Community Garden water is in, raised beds going in...

October 28

Profile Information

Where do you live and garden?: Live in Camarillo, garden at home and run a community garden system

How long have you been growing food?: forever!

Dream garden travel destination:: Babylon

Favorite foods:: Cherimoya, Guava (pineapple or lemon), berries, melons, citrus

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At 4:47am on November 9, 2009, amna mufti said…: Hello Mike!your project was awesome.Great pics.

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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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Mussarat Nadeem is now friends with Kathryn and amna mufti

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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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Kathryn commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'

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

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amna mufti commented on amna mufti's photo 'Flight of fancy'

Thanx!

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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal commented on amna mufti's photo 'Red bugs.'

Your Organic Friends...

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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal commented on amna mufti's photo 'Flight of fancy'

BRILLIANT...

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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 ...

12 hours ago

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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My Allotment

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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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amna mufti added 6 photos to the album 'My farm'

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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!

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US STATE ABBREVIATIONS

AK - Alaska               AL - Alabama              AR - Arkansas
AZ - Arizona              CA - California           CO - Colorado
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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

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