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Michelle W. Flannery

Michelle W. Flannery's Groups (39)

  • Autumn People

    1 member Latest Activity: Oct 1 For those who come alive during the fall season, stimulated by the brilliant colors, growing more active, thriving in the chilly air, spending more ti…

  • 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…

  • Hydroponics Gardeners

    5 members Latest Activity: Oct 26 Growing plants without soil Organic or not, it's your choice saves 90% water and fertilizer Easy Low cost No weeds No soil pesticides, disease,…

  • Eight Seasons

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

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Georgia Gardeners

    15 members Latest Activity: Nov 10 This group is for folks who live and garden in Georgia. Let's talk about issues that are specific to our state, like the drought, clay soil, extreme h…

  • 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…

  • Wild Edible Hunters

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

  • 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…

  • Pickling and Kimchi Club

    37 members Latest Activity: Nov 27 All things to do with preserving vegetables using a brining process or fermentation.

  • Root Cellars and Food Storage

    58 members Latest Activity: Nov 16 For those who have root cellars, want root cellars, and want to know more about root cellars; and for those who want to know the various methods in wh…

  • 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.

  • Identifying plant diseases

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

  • 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…

  • COMPOST

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

  • 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.

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Daniel Borghi updated their profile
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Daniel Borghi My wife and I just dumped our old hobbies and distractions and want something healthy to do together after we remodel our home.
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Katie-Lynn McDonald added a discussion
Has anyone else considered living by a 100-mile diet (only eating foods grown/raised within 100 miles of your house)? I just listened to a really amazing podcast on a couple from Vancouver, BC who did it for a year and am inspired to try it myself...
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Katie-Lynn McDonald inspired by my dad's garden and enthusiasm for KGI brings me back here. Will have to post of pics of my own gardens when I get back to NH.
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Thanks Kathryn for the valuable link - Mr. Tomelden made right points on 'Why Roof-top Kitchen Gardening'
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Kitchen Gardeners who live in Florida, USA. Mostly for thought who live in Palm Beach County-south. For growers of 10a and 10b
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This forum is for those interested in bringing food security to our city limits. Urban farmers, those interested in Community supported agriculture, backyard farmers, Spin Farmers, and those who care where their food source comes from. Welcome!
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Arthur Kirstein added 4 photos
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I think one major thing to consider when gardening on your flat roof top or balcony, is the weight of the pots/compost and the strength of the structure you are placing them on.
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Hi Gillian I totally agree about the sweet potato leaves. I thought they were great to eat as well.
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4991833/mature-homemade look.at.this.site.it.tells.you.how.to.make.containers.suitable.for.use.on.your.roof.
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I.have.started.mine.with.a.few.pots.of.chrysanthemns.
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Notes

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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