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At 4:45am on July 30, 2009, RawZi said…
Hi Ian,

Thank you for all your time and effort you put into this garden network community. I opened the email you wrote over in my offsite inbox, and came right over to KGI and dealt with my comment wall. Any more concerns, please come to me. Thank you. I wish you all the best,

RawZi
At 4:12pm on July 27, 2009, Joel LeGrand said…
HELP! I would like add to "my friends" & Chat . Is there a web page I can read.
At 4:51am on July 18, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
thanks
At 7:58am on July 17, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
Ian, could you please me some help in changing my profile photo. I'm not tech-savy like some of our members.no computers in MY garden. I see no ADD or SAVE option. Thanks for your patience with this dumb ol country-boy. I'm doing the best I can to stumble around this site.But if things get too big and complicated, I'll just unplug this thing and say good-bye. I'm not scared of the heat or the sun like some folks. I hope you can help.
At 6:43pm on July 16, 2009, Joel LeGrand said…
Ian,
I am new to key broads & blogs. However, I really like this one. I read a "FORUM" posted by Brook "BLACK EYE PEA CAKES" ON MAY 27, 2008 AT 3.34 PM ."France is pretty spare on peas". I am sorry, I missed the fact that your commented was made over A YEAR AGO !!!! Again I am sorry, Still if you want any peas let me know. I can not live with out them .
At 10:20pm on July 15, 2009, Joel LeGrand said…
Ian,
I have lived in South Carolina U.S.A . all my life. I never heard of pea cakes.If you can not find black eye pea or red eye pea. I will call my seed company, if they can not or will not mail you in France,then I will.
Let me know if I can.
At 7:11am on July 14, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
.....I think I've got it now Ian. thank you for your patience.still no grapes on my vines. year 4. the other vines(wild), have small green ones , about the size of peas now. I dont get it. thanks again.
At 4:02pm on July 13, 2009, Becky Christensen said…
Ian - what you could do is send out a message to all members that Chat is available - and that it is in the bottom right hand corner - that little Green Dot tells you that you are signed in! You are automatically signed in unless you change your settings - Members can also use the pop out feature of chat -

and there is a way to do Individual private chats as well -

I will practice on you - as I see you are in and on chat right now

Becky
At 11:06am on July 13, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
Ian, seems to me,in the past,when I pulled up friends/view all, there was a green dot beside the member image if they were online. thanks my friend for your help.
At 8:35am on July 13, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
Ian, when I log on, how can I tell which members are online? thanks.
At 12:22am on July 12, 2009, Joy Williams said…
Hey Ian, I'm in chat now... oops, just popped out, I'll be in there again as soon as I'm done with this comment. :)
At 3:14am on July 11, 2009, Chris Harris said…
Hi Ian and thanks for your message - much appreciated! I'm new to this social networking scene so it will take me a while to work my way around it!
At 8:55am on July 10, 2009, Martha Glass said…
Thanks for your message. I think this is an important website for folks who love to grow their own food, for themselves or others. I have sent info out about KGI to over 400 members of the North Carolina Agritourism Networking Association, most of whom are farmers who have agritourism activities as well as still grow produce for sale to customers.
At 4:18pm on July 7, 2009, Bea Kunz said…
Hi Ian,

Apologizes for taking so long to respond. Just crazy busy around here.

Was also trying to figure a way to say yes to the invitation to attend the meet-up...but isn't looking good for that.

Hubby has not retired as of yet and we have no help on the farm this summer.

Just too many comittments to take a break until next year.

I'm sad, was so looking forward to the experience.

If....things should change I will inform you and would of course expect to stay somewhere nearby...if possible.

thanks so very much

Bea Kunz
At 3:26pm on June 23, 2009, EmmaDear said…
Howdy Ian,

Thanks for noticing my pixels. I changed the avatar. How's it look now? wink
At 3:49pm on June 21, 2009, Sharon Davis said…
Hi Ian,
Thanks for the follow up, checking to see if I can attend the September get together. Sadly, finances being what they are this year, I am unable to make it. Hopefully, there will be a next year's event and our economy will be in better condition.
I hope all is well with you and I applaud you for putting together the opportunity for KGI members to get together in such amazing surroundings!
Sharon
At 8:23am on June 17, 2009, Heather WOod said…
Ian, Thank-you so much for you thoughts, they are much appreciated! And Yes, NY- is MUCH different than rural America! I will go check out your blog!:-)
~Heather:-)
At 9:59am on June 16, 2009, Heather WOod said…
Forgive my horrid typing!
At 9:59am on June 16, 2009, Heather WOod said…
Ok Ian, I have just been reading your incredible journey _on "Moving to France" I live in the states (FL) and my Husband and I really would like to maybe move or re-tire in Europe-We love Ireland, Austri and we are going to Italy this summer (Tusacany region) I have been to Paris-I loved it, being a artist -but wasn't quite the welcomed being a American :-(.ANyhow how do you like living in another country?
At 9:47am on June 16, 2009, Heather WOod said…
No- Ian, I am actually going to Italy & Hungary next month for my 21at ann.a suprise from my wonderful husband! , So ,France is not gonna happen this year!!! Wish I was independently wealthy!!!! I'd be there!:-)

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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.

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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..

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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.

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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.

 

 

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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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