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- At 7:55am on May 31, 2009,
Anh Collins said…
- Wanna chat with me on cam?, come see me here You'll enjoy it. I promise!!!! realamateurwebcams.info
- At 3:37pm on January 30, 2009,
chris w said… - Love your pictures! What wonderful yield you have - and what great environmental responsibility. More folks should swap backyard pools for gardens! (I say this because my aunt put a pool in her back yard and it literally left her no dirt - its all pool!)
I have a good friend who lives in Cape Town and runs a restaurant there. I haven't seen her in two decades but think of her often. bye for now.
- At 12:01pm on January 30, 2009,
Jan Maes said… - Hi Jacci,
Nice to hear from you, and excited to learn about the kind of work you are involved with. In fact, your comments comes at a perfect time. As a board member of KGI, I am participating in a strategic discussion and while we seem to know well enough how to reach our our mission in the western world, we don't feel as confident about the role we could play in the so-called developing world.
We are getting back to basics and are asking ourselves the question as to why not many people in poor countries (like India, Mali, Tanzania, Nepal, for instance, as I have some experience there) are not more growing and eating vegetables. We want to help more people grow their own vegetables (that's our mission), but if we don't know what's keeping people from doing so, we can't do anything meaningful. ANY THOUGHTS besides the ones you already mentioned?
All the best from NH, USA, where the snow is still a meter high...
Jan
- At 2:04am on January 18, 2009,
Maggie said… - Hi Jacci, I really think that one needs a permanent frame on which to have maybe a 50% or more shade cloth over most plants for hot summers.
Last year we draped shade cloth over tomato stakes for over 34 C degree days and took it of at night, but this year we have tied it to the trees, it does not look too pretty but the plants are cool and there is good ventilation and the bees love it! There is always something to think about and do when you have a garden.
- At 7:34am on January 7, 2009,
Linda said… - Hi Jacci,
I store my potatoes in styrofoam boxes in layers with newspapers between them. This keep the light out and helps keep them cool. The buckets have had their bottoms cut out. I did this because we had reclaimed that section of garden from pine trees and were not sure of the quality of the soil. By putting them in buckets, the tomatoes got prime quality growing medium to get established and by the time the roots hit the soil, they had just about cropped. The added value of doing this is that you can keep the snails off them as well as prevent water splash which is the biggest cause of soil born diseases like wilt. Because we also had drought conditions, we also could water the pots instead of wasting water on the ground between plants. We just mulched with straw there. I used to live near Johannesburg and also in Durbanville. All the best Linda
- At 8:13am on November 24, 2008,
Beva said… - Hi,
Yes, all the photos are taken in a 30 mile radius of my home.
My garden is now put to sleep for the winter, and even the greenhouse is shut down. Our temps have plummeted into the 20's. So, it will be good to see green growing things from the other side of the world!!!
Beva
- At 8:55pm on November 23, 2008,
Pema said… - Hi Jacci, You can grow dwarf, very sweet bananas in a pot indoors. Don't think mangos or lichi will do that tho. Mango season here in Hawaii is over and avos in our area are just ending, so it's just bananas which grow year round. Am growing Bok Choy , carrots, tomatoes, eggplant, golden beets and butternut squash right now. The joy of Hawaii is year round growing :)
- At 2:44pm on November 23, 2008,
Tamra said… - The "plastic" in my hoop house is called tuffbell. I don't think it is a plastic, but some sort of spun polyester. It is 2 layers that allows moister to be trapped between the layers which freezes at night and helps keep heat in. Like remay it lets rain and air through, so I don't have to worry about over heating on sunny warm days. And since it is almost clear more light gets in.
I bought it a year ago, this will be my second winter with this piece. I only bought this one piece wanting to see if it really worked. This year when I wanted more, I could not find a supplier. I am not sure what the deal is. I hope to find it again next year. I really like it.
- At 9:11am on September 29, 2008,
Jennifer Byers said… - Hello Jacci. Have you ever read about "square foot gardening"? There is a book (by that title) that is a good resource, or you can likely find things on line (you may want to start here http://www.squarefootgardening.com/). The book talks about getting a lot of food yield out of very small spaces so I thought it might interest you (since you commented that your yard is rather small). Good luck!
- At 2:38am on September 19, 2008,
jacci said…
Hullo there, we have also removed all of our lawn, and the pool, water is scarce here in Cape Town so irrigating essentials seems more important - although weve had sooooo much rain these past few weeks, just when I thought that spring had come!
I have divided our garden into 2 sections, the back is for edible plants, and the front for flowers, birds and medicinal plants.
We have only just started so my garden looks a bit like a "slash ans burn" victim. But we are eating from it already, the salady things seem to grow so fast.
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- Where do you live and garden?
- In Cape Town, we have made our back garden into a suburban farm.
- How long have you been growing food?
- < 1 year
- Dream garden travel destination:
- Prince Charles organic gardens at Highgrove
- Favorite foods:
- Proper Greek Salad - no lettuce, just good cucember, feta, olives, tomato and peppers
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