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Honeybees Face Towering Threat From Cell Phones

Hi Strumelia, I thought you might be interested in this publication. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhyBeesVanish.php I enjoyed your pictures of the hive. Regards Susan

Tagged: disorder, collapse, colony, honeybees

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Genetically Engineered Right to Know

http://www.psrast.org/beegutht.htm Genetic engineering/ Bees

Tagged: food, genetics, GMO

Replied Nov 13

Preserving Pesto

You may try drying whole plant in a cool place hanging top down, it will not loose its color and is perfectly suitable. Solar drying quickly also reduces discoloration. Store your herbs properly th...

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Genetically Engineered Right to Know

http://www.psrast.org/pop.htm from susan

Tagged: food, genetics, GMO

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susan rigali replied to Valerianella's discussion 'Honeybees Face Towering Threat From Cell Phones'

Hi Strumelia, I thought you might be interested in this publication. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhyBeesVanish.php I enjoyed your pictures of the hive. Regards Susan

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susan rigali commented on Strumelia's blog post 'my honeybees'

Beautiful pictures and a link of interest to beekeepers. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhyBeesVanish.php

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susan rigali replied to Jessica Soulliere's discussion 'Genetically Engineered Right to Know'

http://www.psrast.org/beegutht.htm Genetic engineering/ Bees

November 13

susan rigali replied to N & K Grant's discussion 'Preserving Pesto'

November 13

susan rigali replied to Jessica Soulliere's discussion 'Genetically Engineered Right to Know'

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November 12

susan rigali replied to N & K Grant's discussion 'Preserving Pesto'

Adding Salt and small amount of an acid (lemon, vinegar,wine, citric acid) will improve preservation. When doing this only prepare with basil, garlic, and olive oil. Add cheese and pine nuts when ready to serve. . Another way to have year round is...

November 12

susan rigali is now a member of Kitchen Gardeners

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Where do you live and garden?: Reseda

How long have you been growing food?: forever!

Dream garden travel destination:: no desire

Favorite foods:: fresh

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

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amna mufti commented on amna mufti's photo 'turnips'

I don't eat turnip greens but some people use them in a mixture of other leaves i;e.mustard, fenugeri ,spinach and turnip greens.These leaves are collected when very young, the variety is also different.

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

Cool! Thanks Mike - I'm off to check it out now! :-)

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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...

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Everett McDonald commented on amna mufti's photo 'turnips'

hello Amna, Do you eat the turnip greens as well as the turnips?

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Letti replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'

Penelope, I used to enjoy watching the cooking shows ten years ago. I do not watch them any more. Turn of your TV and enjoy your cooking again. I grow lots of herbs and I enjoy adding them to whatever I am cooking. I love preparing simple and crea...

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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

Labor is going to foreign countries since ages.In medieval times warriors were required, they left their homes and now you can see many races spread all over the world.In past decades they were called in western and middle eastern countries,its a ...

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Salma Kamal commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

Dear Amna! Get ready for much bigger population flow.In past it used to be skilled and semi skilled workers,but now workers with agriculture back ground are in great demand.I recently read an advertisment in news paper ,an overseas recruiters agen...

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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

This is what we need::::: “Nation Building through Self Reliance” WHAT IS NATION BUILDING THROUGH SELF RELIANCE??? It is a bouquet of Attainable, Retainable and Sustainable initiatives and projects, addressing Best Improvement Practices in all wal...

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Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

I fully agree with the issue that has been highlighted and also agree to the Amna Mufti sahiba's point of view. Please visit www.vegegarden.net and see the presentation on food crisis. I am trying to raise voice since last 3 years. PLEASE! don't w...

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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

Salma apa! Problem is many fold,our syllabus should be looked again.I remember in our childhood every body have at least wheat,rice and fuel for them selves.They use to do different duties at village level.Some are laborers in fields,some are pott...

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Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.

Like the rest of the world Pakistan is also hit by severe inflation and resulting food shortage. Price of all food commodities has triple during past few years. One third of Pakistan population is below poverty line and more and more people are fa...

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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

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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

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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.

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