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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 he…
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 a…
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 work…
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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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.).

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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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sorry I meant GOURMET.
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Hi everyone, I got my information from the 2010 catolog, I left the website so anyone could look the product up. The catolog says that it is safe for vegetables,that the oil repellent in some bugs & suppresses feeding instincts in others. I have not…
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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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Hi following recent discussion I have put climate maps of the USA, Australia and Europe on here for reference..

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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.

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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

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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.

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.

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