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Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 2:34am — No Comments

Woof Em Down Doggie Cookies

"Woof 'em Down" Doggie Cookies Ingredients 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup unbleached white flour 1/2 cup wheat germ 1/4 cup non-fat dry powdered milk 2 tsps baking soda 2 tbsps chopped fresh parsley 1 cup chicken stock 3 tbsps corn oil Directions Combine all dry ingredients. In a small bowl, mix tog… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 2:21am — No Comments

Water Bath Canning

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Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 2:15am — No Comments

What Are Planting Zones? Hardiness Zone

What Are Planting Zones? It seems every gardening book and nursery catalog refers to plant hardiness zones, also known as climate zones or growing zones. If you're new to gardening, you may be wondering what all the fuss is with these zones, and how to find out which zone you are gardening in. Basically,… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 2:13am — No Comments

Fall Gardening

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Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 1:51am — No Comments

Autumn Garden

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Tea For Two - Free Tea for Gardening

Free Tea for Gardening Do you enjoy an occasional cup of tea? Instead of throwing away the empty tea bags, brew them again for vegetable gardening, and provide your vegetable plants with free fertilizer. Cool the tea and use it to condition an… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 1:46am — No Comments

Savings Vegetable Seeds

Saving Vegetable Seeds Lisa Greene - Los Angeles Gardening Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15476-Gardening-Examiner~topic282474-Gardening-101 Sav… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 1:36am — No Comments

Cheap and Easy Worm Bin!

Cheap and Easy Worm Bin! Washington State University Worms a… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 1:23am — No Comments

How To Buy Red Worms For Composting

How to Buy Red Worms By Ann Johnson eHow Contributing Writer Live worms can be used as bait when fishing for crappie, catfish, trout and other fish. There are a variety of worm choices on the market. Red worms are thin, reddish worms, smaller in diameter than the chubby nightcrawler. Anglers can typically… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 1:12am — No Comments

Did You Know Worms Aren't American?

You Know Worms Aren't American? University of Illinois Did http://urbanext.illinois.edu/worms/index.html When you dig in your garden and find worms, you probably think that I have always been here in America. Actually, early… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on November 1, 2009 at 1:06am — No Comments

Halloween Jack O' Lantern Ideas - Pumkin Art

Pumkin Carving 101 http://www.pumpkin-carving.com/ How To Carve A Pumkin http://www.ehow.com/how_3983_carve-pumpkin.html 1. Select a fresh pumpkin in a shape that pleases you. Some folks prefer their pumpkins low and round, while others like them tall and oval-shaped. 2. Draw a circle or hexagon on top… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on October 5, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

It's Time To Ready Your Rain Barrels! It's Easy Breezy to Harvest H2O

Time to ready your rain barrel's! You can find a huge assortment of rain or water barrels on the internet. Lawn and garden watering make up almost 40 per cent of total household water use during the summer. Why not save what fall's freely from the sky? It's easy to harvest H2O! Emma :O)… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on September 15, 2009 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

Why do melons have fancy weddings?

Why do melons have fancy weddings? Because they cantaloupe. Continue

Added by EmmaDear on September 6, 2009 at 1:12am — No Comments

What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?

What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter? Pumpkin pi.

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Added by EmmaDear on July 20, 2009 at 6:34pm — No Comments

Interplanting Flowers and Herbs in Your Vegetable Garden - Attract Bees Repel Insects!

*I've always found interplanting marigold and geraniums very helfpul in the battle against insects and other vermon in the garden. Flowers are not only lovely to look at but, truly ward off pests and invite pollinators. Even gophers seem to not like geraniums! Interplanting Flowe… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on July 18, 2009 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Hints To Raising Seeds At Home - Germination, Preventing Fungus & The Strelitzia Method!

*The following information is provided by Thompson & Morgan my favourite seed company located in Ipswich, England. Thompson & Morgan have always been very helpful to me no matter the circumstance or which particular region I've gardened. http://www.thompson-morgan.com/gardening-… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on July 18, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Guide To Watering Vegetables

gettyimage.com *Believe it or not, some vegetables can give acceptable results with minimal watering. Particular vegetables often have different water needs as like root vegetables compared to leafy vegetables. I've made the mistake of planting a vegetable which needs a lot of water… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on July 18, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Grilled Veggies Three Ways! Tell Me Your Recipe For Grilling.

Who doesn't love grilled vegetables during summer time? Yum! Grilling vegetables is most easy to do. Any vegetable can be grilled. The trick is figuring out grill time. My favourite is a simple recipe of using Italian salad dressing and marinating or basting vegetables before placing on g… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on June 24, 2009 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

Inspiration While Driving Down PCH *Red Skelton - Pledge of Allegiance

While listening to XM radio today I had the priveledge to hear the great commedian/ artist/actor/clown/humanitarian Red Skelton speak of the American Pledge of Allegiance . It gave me such inspiration. Though the original broadcast was in 1969, Mr. Skelton helped me reflect upon th… Continue

Added by EmmaDear on June 21, 2009 at 6:12pm — No Comments

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Martha Hill replied to Janet Hoshel's discussion 'Vert Slightly sweet sauerkraut ????'
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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Martha Hill replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'
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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Georg Strafella replied to Jeff St.Clair's discussion 'Compost news'
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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Maggie commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'
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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Glenn Fletcher commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'
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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Glenn Fletcher commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'
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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Bea Kunz replied to Roger's discussion 'Press inquiry: Women gardeners feeding the hungry'
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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Salma Kamal commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'
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...
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Salma Kamal commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'
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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James R. McBride replied to PiscesGirl's discussion 'Seed Sources?'
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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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'
........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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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'
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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I would love to have an allotment, there needs to be more of them.
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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

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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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