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Amy Lockhart
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  • Sanford, FL
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Florida "stake and weave"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Amy Lockhart May 16.

 

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Pamela, are the pumpkins "Seminole" pumpkins? There is a native to s Florida that can produce different looking squash from the same plant...They are very cool!
August 30
Stephanie, we live in Sanford and have had tons of rain! You probably have where you are too! Are the tomatoes that are petering out from your summer planting or this new fall planting? Hot, humid, lots of rain and tomatoes do not go well together...
August 30
Typically, broccoli is a "Cool" weather veggie, so it could be the heat that is delaying the heading...I have found, though, that depending on the variety, it can take what SEEMS like an eternity for the heads to appear. When you do finally get a ...
July 15
So far, we haven't had but only one big thunderstorm come through with heavy winds and they hung in there just fine. My husband sunk the bamboo poles a good 18"-24" in the ground, so that probably helped significantly. The one thing that has been ...
May 16
Too funny!
May 16
........its the TARHEEL TIE round here.
May 16
Its also called texas weave, tennessee weave tc etc. I used to try it until the axillary buds got away from me and I forgot to tie every 6"or so... now its cages for me. I just made 140 of them and made a slight profit at $5 each....... Hope it wo...
May 15
This looks easy and cheap. Does it hold up to heavy winds? That's by big issue. Here is a past thread about tomato support http://my.kitchengardeners.org/forum/topics/how-do-you-support-your
May 15

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Where do you live and garden?
Sanford, FL
How long have you been growing food?
4-10 years
Dream garden travel destination:
English Countryside
Favorite foods:
Broccoli, Collards, Cherokee Purple Tomatoes, Stilton Cheese, and any oaky buttery chardonnay :)

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At 6:34am on May 15, 2009, Kay Robbins said…
I am glad to see another Florida gardener on this site. We do have some unique challenges.
At 3:07am on July 16, 2008, Ian said…
Hi Amy. Welcome to KGI. I hope you'll find the community interesting. If there is anything I can do please just leave a comment on My Page.
 
 

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now to try bean leaves - really nice green to use if you haven't got chard or spinach. My Chinese friends introduced me to this. you just have to take out the ribs of the leaf and use the soft green parts. yes, a little bit of work, but really wor...
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Those are really beautiful, Danny! :)
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I'll bet this place smelled wonderful. I love prunes, and have very fond memories off sneaking the unfinished halves out of my parents dehydrator when I was a kid. you know, moving around the ones left behind to make it look like I hadn't been the...
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One of my favorite books...I think I actually recommended that to you. They did start in the spring and I'm thinking that would be the right time for where we live. And it gives me extra time to do research about local resources.
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Kristi Birchenough added a discussion to the group Tomatoes
Ha ha!!! I can almost guarantee you guys haven't read a discussion like this yet!!! Ok, Growing Tomatoes on a Sailboat...I need some thoughts on this, I'm thinking ahead to next summer here and what I shall do to grow Tomatoes on our Sailboat that...
7 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 groups, but the fact is we almost all grow them, and they have specific needs.
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That sounds awesome! You read "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" right? I think they started in April if I remember correctly. Good book.. Rock on girl!!!
7 hours ago
I think that just made my decision... the carolinas aren't far enough south for me, florida or us virgin Islands here I come!
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Wow! That's beautiful!!!
7 hours ago
Sweet potato leaves, I bet if you threw a handfull of those in your blender with 3 or 4 pieces of fruit and a cup or two of water that would be a yummy smoothie! I do it with spinach, and you don't even taste it...yum!!! it's more fun that eating ...
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I saw a Useful Post on seed saving at the blog Simple Green Frugal Coop, written by coop member Gavin. The blog post gave an especially helpful tip about how to isolate members of the squash/melon/cucumber family, one flower at a time, using eithe...
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Shawna Just checking in, been busy with work and going back to school
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Our local squirrels learned to leave the back yard alone as I set the dogs out to chase them anytime I saw one back there, but the squirrels now know the front yard is fine... My problem is more the deer who love the Hostas in the front yard........
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Awe... lucky!!! How did you do that? I've tried growing it both on deck in summer and just a week or two ago here on the boat. It just gets spindly and sick looking, fails to grow and withers away?!. I'm not sure what kind of soil i used here in t...
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Good idea! I'm due for another batch... soon to come, "how-to photos"
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Would like to see pics of you rooting them and how they grow in water. I'm interested in trying this.
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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.

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Created by Ian May 23, 2009 at 1:55am. Last updated by Ian May 25.

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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.

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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!

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Created by Ian Jun 2, 2008 at 9:54am. Last updated by Ian Apr 13.

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US STATE ABBREVIATIONS

AK - Alaska               AL - Alabama              AR - Arkansas
AZ - Arizona              CA - California           CO - Colorado
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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

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Created by Ian May 30, 2008 at 5:29am. Last updated by Roger Jan 15.

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Welcome to Notes.

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Created by Ian May 28, 2008 at 12:10pm. Last updated by Ian May. 30, 2008.

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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.

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