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  • Brewton, AL
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Skip, you have been busy. We have something in common. My Mom moved in with me a few years back and has been teaching me some tricks from my grandmother but she's scared of the pressure canner, so that's my job. If the stovetop wasn't so fussy, it...
September 3
We have also made 45 pints of green tomato relish
September 2
Hey, ya'll. Been around a while, but new to this group. I've been too busy canning and working in the garden to post much lately. We've been canning and freezing for the last month or so. My wife is scared of the pressure canner, so I do most of t...
September 2
Our gardens didn't produce real well this year because of our weather, so I haven't been canning as much as usual, but I am doing a lot of drying. Got beet greens, dandelion greens, blueberries, raspberries, cauliflower and ground cherries done an...
September 2
Stephanie a lot of folks have complained of poor tomato harvests this year. Amy is right the hot, humid and rainy weather is not a good environment for tomatoes. For the first time in about 3 years we had to supplement our tomatoes with some bough...
August 30
Since Teri found the old post, I'll update. I planted it in the front flower bed with several other herbs (thyme, rosemary, sage, lavender and a bay in a large pot), flowers (zinnias, day lillies, echinacea, small sunflowers, daisies, etc) and a c...
August 26
this is an old post, but i'm new here so it's new to me! if you're talking about tagetes lucida, my experience with it is that it can take more sun in the ground than it can in a container; and in either case, it's probably best described as semi ...
August 25
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At 5:10pm on August 14, 2009, Wild Flora said…
That's a beautiful photo of a tiger swallowtail on zinnias.
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At 7:55am on May 31, 2009, Anh Collins said…
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At 7:19am on May 16, 2009, Angie Knost said…
Hi Sharon and welcome to the Berry Growers group!
I hope you can post some pictures of your berry patch.
I am not familiar with dewberries as I have never lived that far south. Can you share some more info about them?
Happy Gardening! Angie
At 6:02pm on November 20, 2008, Sharon said…
Hi Kathy - Well until this week it was still warm enough down here to get some fall cleanup and planting done and some expansion of the kitchen garden. Tomorrow we will be down around 25 so my busy schedule outside will scale back for a couple of months. I get through early winter by planning what we want to plant and where and going through last year's catalogs and websites to narrow my choices some. Then we just throw all of that away and circle too many things when the catalogs arrive. Well, not quite that bad, but it seems to be a trend!
At 8:12am on November 20, 2008, Katherine Turcotte said…
Hi Sharon - Thanks for joining the kitchen garden group - I hope you will be adding lots of information for us to share! Bet you are waiting for the Winter seed catalogs to start coming in - lol, and it is not even Winter!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood

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Where do you live and garden?
south Alabama
How long have you been growing food?
forever!
Dream garden travel destination:
Thomas Jefferson's home
Favorite foods:
any veggie I grow myself

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Hi Maggie I hope you are well. I see most of the people on a Friday afternoon, when i do not have to go to work. Most of the other plot holders are retired so they go on weekdays when i am at work. It can be quite solitary, which i find quite plea...
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Thank you for the email addy !! I am always looking for variations on the food I preserve !! Let us know how yours turns out !! You can`t have too many recipes you know !! I don`t think that I would add sugar till after the brining process !! It c...
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Congrats on your new venture !!! Hope it does well !! Will be looking for you back in the future when you have things under way !!
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You are forgetting one thing !! The person who will be eating the food you prepare !! Yourself !!! If it pleases you,,,I wouldn`t worry about anything else !! Cooking should be an adventure !! I wouldn`t make a comparison unless you have tasted th...
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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
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Wow, they are good sized plots. I wish we had allotment areas here in Adelaide. Do you get to know the other allotment gardeners?. We have almost finished our composting, pruning back, seed saving and planting out of our seedlings. With a small ga...
12 hours ago
Hi Kathryn This image is a screenshot from Google Earth. The only drawback with Google Earth is that you cannot zoom in as close as you would like. I have a greenhouse in the bottom right and a shed and covered compost bin at top right. A lot of t...
15 hours ago
Hi Salma I am lucky in that my allotment is only a short bicycle ride from my house. Some people in larger cities like London have to travel to theirs in a car. It is interesting to find out from you just how things are in your country. I think as...
15 hours ago
Thanks for sharing Roger, I sent my info and will let you know what transpires. Have a Joyful day~ Bea Kunz
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How times have changed. There was time when there was no food shortage and agriculture was not a profitable business. The poor farmer was having a hard time. After toiling in the field from dawn to dusk he failed to generate enough money to suppor...
17 hours ago
Glenn!British allotment system is quite interesting. It should be initiated here in Pakistan. Is this alloted land close to your home? I mean you have to travel to your home kitchen garden to fetch your vegetables ??
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I also recommend Seed Savers Exchange. Not only does Heritage Farm offer seeds they've grown, but you can become a member and exchange thousands of seeds with other gardeners. The beauty of seed savers is you can use heirloom seeds that you have g...
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........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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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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DIscussion group for people who hunt wild edibles.
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US STATE ABBREVIATIONS

AK - Alaska               AL - Alabama              AR - Arkansas
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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

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