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Hi Avegail. Your UD tomatoes look great! You've got some nice sized fruit growing. What type tomato did you plant? I planted "Better Boys", and I used Osmocote too, and grew my UD tomatoes in deep planters. I didn't want to use the 5 gallon bucket...
June 27
Did you try it? I did it with the 12" hanging baskets . I also used the 5 gallon buckets again this year to compare. I'm quite pleased with the hanging baskets. I used about 1 Tbsp of zebra pellets for water absorption, equal parts of perlite, sph...
June 27
Am using two topsy turvy hangers for growing my tomatoes and one plant already has about 8 tomatoes on it. We only water our plants once or twice a week. Sometimes we have forgotten about watering them and they've survived. They hang from front of...
June 17
Are they getting enough water and adequate drainage? Did you give them some sort of fertilizer when you started them? Were the roots damaged in some way or the stems broken or injured?
June 16
I stake my upside down tomatoes. Geotropism is what makes them turn upward. It's easier to stake the tomatoes when they're young and the limbs are supple, but you can still stake older ones, just tie the string more loosely, it still will help to ...
June 16
Cathy, I can't tell you why some are dying. I can only tell you what I'm doing. I planted them in the topsy turvy planters just to see what would happen. I used a mixture of moisture control soil, peat moss, perlite and crushed egg shells. At firs...
June 16
Help. I have planted many tomatoes upside down -- some are doing great, some wilt and die immediately after planting. Any idea why?
June 11
Try using paint buckets instead, works great. Drill a hole in the bottom of the container and cover the roots and all but 3-4 in. or so of the stem. You can use just about anything to hold the plant secure until the roots set up and while you're a...
June 2
Rick, I'm so glad to hear that using sticks to straighten out your tomatoes is working out for you! Mind you, I broke one of mine twice in the same place trying to "gently" train them to the stick. Both pieces that broke off had blossoms on them. ...
June 2
Hi Michelle, I looked up your page and will keep checking back to compare results. Spent the morning tying my sticks and trying to overcome the hefty S-bends. The sticks are simply an excellent solution. All of our plants are Roma. Our Better Boys...
June 2
I don't know if I can grow artichokes in Georgia. I've been mildly interested, but have made other plants my preference. I have eaten artichokes, but don't care for them significantly. Do some internet research and find out if they can grow in you...
June 2
It will be interesting to see how the plants hold up when the tomatoes ae so big. Do you know anything about artichokes? I would like to grow some but don't know a thing about them.
June 2
Hi Marla. These are Better Boys. They are supposed to get big, and so far, they're heading that way.
June 2
Those look great. What kind are they?
June 2
Here's a picture of my upside down tomatoes. I planted them very early this year because we had good warm weather. The one on the left is doing the best. Last night I counted almost 45 tomatoes of various sizes. I'm very pleased with the success I...
June 2
Marla, Ellie is a real cutie pie! And I like the looks of that giant aloe vera nearby. I planted a yellow variety tomato last year. It never produced much. The fruit was small, and I wasn't all that fond of the taste. I hope you fare better with y...
June 2

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Where do you live and garden?
Amherst NY
How long have you been growing food?
4-10 years
Dream garden travel destination:
anywhere, I love to travel and take photos
Favorite foods:
too many!

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At 7:50am on May 31, 2009, Anh Collins said…
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At 2:59pm on March 29, 2009, Ian said…
Hi Tam, I saw your query in the discussion about file size limits for photos.

There is a 10M limit imposed on photos uploadeed to the site. This limit is imposed by ning and is outside our control. However, smaller files will load must faster leading to better experience by the community

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At 2:37pm on March 26, 2009, Ian said…
Hi Tam Cummings, Welcome to KGI, I'm sure you'll find the community interesting. If there is anythimg I can do to help, then please just leave a comment on my page.
 
 

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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thanks for sharing Roger, I sent my info and will let you know what transpires. Have a Joyful day~ Bea Kunz
11 hours ago
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...
12 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 ??
13 hours ago
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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I would love to have an allotment, there needs to be more of them.
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Hi, I'm starting to put together a few guidlines on using the discussion forum on here.

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Created by Ian May 23, 2009 at 1:55am. Last updated by Ian May 25.

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Hi following recent discussion I have put climate maps of the USA, Australia and Europe on here for reference..

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

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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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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.

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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.

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