Joy Williams's Groups (34)

Native American Heritage Group

29 members Latest Activity: Oct 26 For those who share a Native American heritage by blood, and those with a spiritual kinship to the original people of the US, who wish to explore that…
Permaculture

50 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 Permaculture design is a system of ... components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms.

Community Gardeners

23 members Latest Activity: Oct 19 A place for Community Garden coordinators and members to exchange info and advice.
Michigan gardeners

21 members Latest Activity: Nov 2 This group is for gardeners in Michigan who can share their collective knowledge and experiences about gardening in our area.

Urban Farmers

124 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 This forum is for those interested in bringing food security to our city limits. Urban farmers, those interested in Community supported agriculture,…
orum

3 members Latest Activity: Jul 14

Vermiculture

53 members Latest Activity: Nov 29 It's about time to discuss it! Especially since a lot of people don't understand it.
Tomatoes

57 members Latest Activity: Nov 24 I think this might need it's own category, don't you? Tomatoes are one of the most popular things to grow and we've been placing them in all kinds of…

Preserving the Harvest

81 members Latest Activity: Nov 19 We will focus this group on different methods of preservation. Canning, drying and freezing are common, but do you preserve your harvest by some othe…
Berry Growers

31 members Latest Activity: Nov 11 My kitchen wouldn't be complete without fresh fruit. The focus of this group will be berrries! What do you grow? Do you have favorite varieties? H…

Wild Edible Hunters

34 members Latest Activity: Nov 21 DIscussion group for people who hunt wild edibles.
Garden Irrigation

19 members Latest Activity: Nov 2 This group is for anyone who wants to discuss, learn, or teach others about different methods of irrigation.

Gardening General

50 members Latest Activity: Nov 18 Just plain no matter where you live share you gardening stories, give advice, just a general site for gardeners to communicate.
Sacred Gardening

36 members Latest Activity: Oct 25 For all interested in the Sacred aspects of gardening, regardless of your beliefs or religion or spirituality.. come join us to share thoughts on how…

Identifying plant diseases

16 members Latest Activity: Oct 7 A place to post photos of diseases that need to be identified.
Orchards

45 members Latest Activity: Oct 19 For those who are growing small orchards, fruit and nut trees, and grapes. Let's discuss growing, pruning, harvesting, care and maintenance.

COMPOST

66 members Latest Activity: Nov 28 This is so universal a subject, and so important I think it deserves its own space!
The Recycle Bin

44 members Latest Activity: Oct 20 Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! It's the new mantra. What are you doing, and how are you doing it, especially in your garden! Do post pictures!

The Farmer's Market

26 members Latest Activity: Sep 7 Most of us shop at farmers' markets and/or sell our produce there. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about where the markets are, the best and the wors…
Recipe Exchange

69 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 This is so silly. I just realized we have this KITCHEN Gardeners International group and we have no category with the things we DO with this food, ho…

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Hi Maggie There are some very nice places in the world, it is so easy to forget what you have on your own doorstep.

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Penelope replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'

I don't get the food channel, only free TV, so the cooking shows I watch at home are on PBS -- Lidia's Italy, the Scandinavian chefs who cook outdoors, Mario Batali and Mark Bittman cruising through Spain with Gwyneth Paltrow and a Spanish actress...

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amna mufti commented on amna mufti's photo 'dragon fly.'

Thankx Kathryn!

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Kathryn commented on amna mufti's photo 'dragon fly.'

that.is.the.most.beautiful.dragonfly.i.have.ever.seen.your.little.boy.looks.nice.to.you.have.to.take.a.photo.of.him.and.post.it.so.we.can.see.his.face.

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Michelle W. Flannery commented on Gillian's blog post 'Recycling to make a beautiful garden feature'

Beautiful and creative Gillian. I really like this idea, and the product of this idea!

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Michelle W. Flannery Our pantry provided a Thanksgiving feast for family and friends. And the garden is still giving up tomatoes and peppers by the baskets-full!

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Laurie replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'

I loved Jamie Oliver's show too. I wish there was a show with his gardener!!! In fact I wrote HGTV (owned by the same people as food network) and told them so. Would like to have the outdoor oven.

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Mary Riekert and Mussarat Nadeem are now friends

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Mussarat Nadeem added 2 photos to the album 'my special photo's'

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Cielce replied to Penelope's discussion 'Feeling Stuck'

I've found the same happening in my mind too. Always looking at the place veggies or fruit is from in the grocery store, and if it's stuff that can be grown local but is out of season I generally avoid it, or if it's in season I'll get it from the...

20 hours ago

amna mufti commented on amna mufti's photo 'dragon fly.'

My son always have these kinds of encounters with nature.He takes the caterpillars from the plants where they are exposed to birds and keep them in small boxes,feeds them with leaves,and when they become butterflies frees them in the garden.

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Salma Kamal commented on amna mufti's photo 'dragon fly.'

Close encounter with nature !

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Mike Taylor updated their profile

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amna mufti commented on amna mufti's photo 'potato seed.'

Fungicide more precisely.

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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

You can refer any que

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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.