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Does anybody know what this is??? 12 Replies
I have this little plant taking over my garden. I don't remember planting it... and can't figure out what it is. Before I pull it out, I want to make sure it's not edible. thanks
Started by Maria Schultz in Growing vegetables and herbs. Last reply by TAR HEEL 41 minutes ago.
Should we worry about 'poisonous' fruit and vegetable plants?
The more I read about some popular and not so popular plants, the more I worry a bit about whether I'm potentially eating something poisonous. For example, I read recently that the leaves, flowers,...
Started by Adrian Fox in Growing fruits and nuts 1 hour ago.
Compost basics
Having run through the previous discussions of compost materials, I am wondering if you might offer a simple lesson in the key components of composte. I know we want green, brown and wood. But coul...
Started by Marian Worley in Urban and community gardening 1 hour ago.
Checking in on your tomatoes! 18 Replies
Very soon we will begin the summer harvesting of tomatoes and I cannot wait. Wilth the cool wet summer in the south the tomatoes took a while to make, and I have experienced a bit of blossom drop a...
Started by Marian Worley in Growing Tomatoes. Last reply by Marian Worley 1 hour ago.
Survey: What Do You Eat For Breakfast? 144 Replies
I'm curious and I'd like to know what people are eating for breakfast. What do you grab as you're running out the door in the morning? What breakfast satisfies your hunger and health requirements? ...
Tagged: Breakfast
Started by Michelle W. Flannery in Food for thought. Last reply by Desi Powell 1 hour ago.
Growing Lime Trees
I purchased a lime tree a couple of months ago. I planted it with plenty of compost, and have been feeding it Epsom Salts every few weeks, and also sprinkled some 3:1:5 around it as the leaves star...
Started by Desi Powell in Growing fruits and nuts 2 hours ago.
Eating cooked lima beans in the shell - poisonous? 1 Reply
Hi Folks, I have about 20 bush bean plants, and the blue lakes and lima bean plants got mixed up. Honestly, they all look the same to me. I've been harvesting the beans and cooking them in the shel...
Started by Leah in Growing vegetables and herbs. Last reply by Michelle W. Flannery 7 hours ago.
4th July Local Food Dinner, what are you going to serve for Dinner? 13 Replies
Food Independence Day is fast approaching. Let's share our most mouth watering, delicious and healthy local dishes. "This July 4th, let's declare our food independence by sourcing the ingredients...
Started by Maggie in Growing vegetables and herbs. Last reply by Maggie 18 hours ago.
my zuchinni
I'm growing a womderful garden, everything you can imagine, my squash I alreadyb have gotten about 10 off of it and only one zuchinni, my zuchinni is starting to grow then it gets real mushy and ha...
Started by jennifer lynn minnix in Growing vegetables and herbs 19 hours ago.
Preserving Pesto
I was wondering if anyone has preserved pesto without freezing it. We live off the grid, and only have a tiny freezer (part of the frig) so we can or dry our food. I would really love to be able to...
Started by N & K Grant in Food preservation 1 day ago.
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Your First Vegetable Garden
Here are my suggestions for all you starting out this year …
Start Relatively Small – For most beginners, smaller is better. Unless you have recently retired, finally quit playing golf or some ot… Continue
Posted by Oz Gardener on May 6, 2009 at 1:30pm — 6 Comments
Do you want to Know which Breed of Chickens Lay those Large Brown Eggs?
Those are Rhode Island Red chickens, New Hampshire Red chickens as well as Barnevelders, Welsummers, Buckeyes, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Black Breasted Red Cubalayas, Black Shamos, Buff… Continue
Posted by Suzie O'Connor on May 6, 2009 at 5:14pm — 2 Comments
A Day With Seed Catalogs
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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
… ContinueCreated 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
… ContinueCreated 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.
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
… ContinueCreated 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
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
… ContinueCreated by Ian May 30, 2008 at 5:29am. Last updated by Roger Jan 15.
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Welcome to Notes.
To view notes that are in the system hit the "all notes" button above.
ContinueCreated 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
ContinueCreated by Ian May 28, 2008 at 6:19pm. Last updated by Ian May. 28, 2008.
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