Urban and community gardening (37)
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garden irrigation systemI've been recommended to install a Watermate garden irrigation system in our community garden. It uses rainwater. Has anyone used one of ... Started by jenny andrew |
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Aug 16 Reply by Grant |
Natural Fencing: Any Pitfalls?I didn't want to spend money on fencing for my plot at the community garden, so I gathered some branches from the woods and built a small... Started by Catherine Wheeler-Mushlin |
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Jul 28 Reply by Joel LeGrand |
Compost basicsHaving run through the previous discussions of compost materials, I am wondering if you might offer a simple lesson in the key components... Started by Marian Worley |
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Jul 7 Reply by Michelle W. Flannery |
HydrengasI have a hydrenga that is probably 6 years old. It bloomed for 4 years and for the past 2 years no flowers, just leaves. I would love for... Started by Jackie Grzelka |
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Jun 27 Reply by Jackie Grzelka |
Fruit trees as street treesI've seen this listed as "Eat the Streets." The link below (sorry if you need to cut and paste) is a city map showing publicly accessible... Started by Maya |
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May 8 Reply by Gillian |
City syrup?Any urban or suburban maple tappers? Started by Clarence |
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Apr 28 Reply by Clarence |
How to make a wild flower meadow...I am looking for ideas, knowledge on how to do a meadow of wild flowers in n.e. Florida! To get rid of some of my grass on my two acres!! Started by Heather WOod |
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Apr 11 Reply by TAR HEEL |
Victory Garden success!I put fliers out to my neighbors asking if anyone wanted to join us in a victory garden group. Basic idea was to have each of us grow foo... Started by Linda Vallentyne |
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Apr 5 Reply by Clarence |
In search of high quality compostHello - I am a horticulturist at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge. My team and I are in the process of transitioning to sustaina... Started by Amanda Everett |
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Apr 1 Reply by Amanda Everett |
Quick growing plants for dorm room gardenI'm looking to start a mini-garden, essentially on my desktop. However, since I'll be moving across the country in four months, I need pl... Started by Madalyn |
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Mar 28 Reply by Mary Dahout |
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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.....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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