23 members Latest Activity: Oct 19 A place for Community Garden coordinators and members to exchange info and advice.
68 members Latest Activity: Dec 10 This is so universal a subject, and so important I think it deserves its own space!
9 members Latest Activity: Sep 18 In the interest of growing all year
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…
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…
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.
53 members Latest Activity: Nov 29 It's about time to discuss it! Especially since a lot of people don't understand it.
13 members Latest Activity: Oct 25 A group for those who enjoy growing, cooking, and eating Southeast Asian herbs and vegetables
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…
39 members Latest Activity: Dec 16 All things to do with preserving vegetables using a brining process or fermentation.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
50 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago Bees! How they benefit us, how to keep them, how to maintain them! Experts invited, and welcome.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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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