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Bees and other creatures pollinate our crops. Birds and toads eat insect pests. Many animals play a helpful role in the vegetable garden. How can we make our garden friends feel at home?
November 14
Some clarifications: Most authorities do not recommend adding food coloring to hummingbird nectar. (See for instance the comments from the Hummingbird Society here.) Depending on weather, it may be necessary to replace hummingbird nectar and clean...
October 17
Wild Flora joined Kara's group
October 16
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
October 16
How to plant a hummingbird, bee or butterfly garden. The picture is of a male Anna's hummingbird on my deck.
October 16
Bees and other creatures pollinate our crops. Birds and toads eat insect pests. Many animals play a helpful role in the vegetable garden. How can we make our garden friends feel at home?
October 10
As it happens, I wrote a long item about moving a bumblebee nest for my blog at http://www.wildgardeners.blogspot.com. The instructions are for moving a bumblebee nest, but they might work for "drover" bees too. (I'm not familiar with that type of...
September 5
September 5

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At 5:29pm on August 14, 2009, Michelle W. Flannery said…
Hi there WF. I've seen you buzzin' around the site here and there (chuckle). Nice to finally meet you. So how's your garden growing this year? Lush and bountiful I hope. Best gardening wishes.
At 5:26pm on August 14, 2009, Carol said…
Wow! Your blog is a treasure trove. I think I've died and gone to gardener's heaven. Thank you so much!
At 11:01pm on February 7, 2009, Ann G. said…
Isn't comfrey used as an ingredient in salves for healing abrasions and burns?
At 8:44am on December 1, 2008, Maya said…
Welcome from Northeast Coastal Forest (NE0411)! I love your site and will need to explore more as I find time.
At 4:28am on December 1, 2008, Maggie said…
I always make sure there are flowers or plants going to seed so we always have plenty of bees, birds and some other insects in our garden. I am looking forward to looking at your website.

Profile Information

Where do you live and garden?
Nova Scotia, Canada
How long have you been growing food?
4-10 years
Dream garden travel destination:
I'm happy to be in my own garden or woodland. My dream is to see both as they look in my imagination!
Favorite foods:
As long as it's fresh and local, I'll probably love it.

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Comfrey is a good example


The very knowledgeable Ann G. reminded me that comfrey is still used in medicinal salves. That in turn reminded me that comfrey is a good example of a couple of points gardeners, especially herbalists, should alw… Continue

Posted on February 8, 2009 at 7:00am —

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Should we avoid toxic plants?

American germander, Teucrium canadense, is one of my favorite plants. So are the monkshoods (Aconitum spp.). And I'm also quite fond of foxglove (Digitalis spp.) I also like to grow comfrey (Symphytum officinale) because it is so beneficial for soils.

What all of these plants have in common, as you may already have guessed, is that they are potentially toxic. Comfrey is potentially carcinogenic. The digitalis in foxglove is a heart stimulant that can be used for good… Continue

Posted on February 7, 2009 at 9:26am —

 
 

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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.
4 hours ago
great shot, yours seem to have the most on it.
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Thanx!
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Your Organic Friends...
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BRILLIANT...
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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal added 4 photos to the album 'TURKY'
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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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Glenn Fletcher added a blog post
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 ...
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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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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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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.

Then hit the hyperlink button...a pictogram of a chain link.

Your browser may intervene and request permission to allow temporary scripting or some similar message.   Allow it and go back and highlight the text again

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Created by Ian Jun 7, 2009 at 7:28pm. Last updated by Ian Jun 8.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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