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Maggie

Maggie's Groups (20)

  • Community Gardeners

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

  • COMPOST

    68 members Latest Activity: Dec 10 This is so universal a subject, and so important I think it deserves its own space!

  • Eight Seasons

    9 members Latest Activity: Sep 18 In the interest of growing all year

  • Tomatoes

    60 members Latest Activity: 23 hours ago 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…

  • vegan organic gardening

    31 members Latest Activity: Aug 31 Vegan organic gardening is a way of growing plants without adding any animal products, except what nature adds by herself. This is a place where peop…

  • Hummingbird, Bee, and Butterfly Gardens

    33 members Latest Activity: Oct 17 How to plant a hummingbird, bee or butterfly garden. The picture is of a male Anna's hummingbird on my deck.

  • Vermiculture

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

  • Southeast Asian Food Enthusiasts

    13 members Latest Activity: Oct 25 A group for those who enjoy growing, cooking, and eating Southeast Asian herbs and vegetables

  • 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…

  • Pickling and Kimchi Club

    39 members Latest Activity: Dec 16 All things to do with preserving vegetables using a brining process or fermentation.

  • 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…

  • Garden Poetry

    8 members Latest Activity: Oct 21 Does the smell of compost gently simmering wax you poetic? Maybe the sight of newly sprouting seeds fills your heart with song! Share the musing, and…

  • Gardening with Children

    37 members Latest Activity: Dec 10 Ways to garden with small children, fun ways to get kids interested in gardening and how to teach them to love and care for our Earth.

  • 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

    70 members Latest Activity: Dec 10 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…

  • BeeKeeping

    50 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago Bees! How they benefit us, how to keep them, how to maintain them! Experts invited, and welcome.

  • Backyard Kitchen Herbalists

    132 members Latest Activity: Dec 10 I would like this group to focus on kitchen herb gardens, be they culinary or medicinal. What do you grow, what do you use it for, do you make any med…

  • Gardening in Australia

    55 members Latest Activity: Dec 13 Australia's climate varies from tropical to cool mountain. This group will discuss kitchen gardening in the variety of climates and conditions found i…

  • Kitchen Gardens, Southern Style

    102 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 Discussion in this group includes what edibles perform well in our heat and humidity (and also mild winters), favorite ways to prepare a Southern dish…

  • Wildlife-Friendly Food

    37 members Latest Activity: Nov 15 Bees and other creatures pollinate our crops. Birds and toads eat insect pests. Many animals play a helpful role in the vegetable garden. How can we m…

KG Day - Help us choose a date!

Kitchen Garden Day has traditionally been celebrated at the end of August which is a great time for gardens in temperate, northern climates but not a great time for many other gardeners around the world (e.g. August is winter in the southern hemisphere, monsoon season in India, too hot for many gardeners in southern states, etc.).

We're exploring the possibility of changing the date to the spring and would like your input. Please answer our poll here.

Latest Activity

Hi Joel Rhubarb is one plant that is best grown from a small portion of a known variety, [a piece of root with a bud] rather than from seed. We have about five degrees of frost right now [which is unusual], but in a week or so when the soil thaws, i…
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If you did this well with your first garden just imagine what next year's harvest will be like. But why wait until March? Here in Florida we can be growing so many great things in the winter months. (beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, collards, must…
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I may have to grow some Rhubarb just to see if it is something I will like. It is in all my catologs & I was told that it will stand on it on after the frist year.
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Joel LeGrand and Maggie are now friends
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Shakir Ullah Shams, p verrill and Justice Bell joined Kitchen Gardeners
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Hi Penelope I'm glad you're feeling good and no longer wilted. I will have to try the cracked wheat idea. It sounds good. Glenn
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Hi, Wonderful colors, makes me hunger. Enjoy!
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I started my first garden ever in late May! Thanks to all my friends and everyone on here, I feel I have been soooo blessed! I can't wait to work my soil and begin again in March!!!!!!!
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Stephanie Hankins added 3 photos to the album 'Veges!'
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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 groups, but the fact is we almost all grow them, and they have specific needs.
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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.

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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