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Hi Everyone My name is Sheryl and I live in St Catharines, Ontario Canada. I have recently acquired a larger home with a big garden. In my home I also have a root cellar and a huge pantry. I have been gardening and putting fruits and vegetables d...
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Hi again to Nick Hanson ... those darn white cabbage butterflies! and their caterpillars that follow. One very workable strategy, particularly for a small plot gardener, is to defeat them by timing your planting of the cabbage ( same holds true fo...
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Hi Nick They do say that clay soils do make the best soil in the long run, when you have added compost over the years. I would also check your acidity and if you can try adding some lime. Lime makes the clay form a better crumb structure. If your ...
November 8
Thanks very much for everyones offers of help and advice, This is why i came here. I have attrocious soil (clods of clay )and after digging in lots of material this year i am going to hopefully have better results this year. I had alot of problems...
November 8
Now, looking at those photos, I so want summer back. Sigh.
November 8
Hi Nick Welcome to a select band. There are not too many from the UK on KGI, so welcome. I,m up in Yorkshire so you should do slightly better than us for the weather. I would imagine your soil is OK there as well. I think that the smaller your ope...
November 8
Hi Nick. I'm not from the UK, but 4 of the 5 gardens I've grown over 40 years were definitely small scale ... living in the confined and small space of a city yard, or the current garden in the country which is purposely small and highly efficient...
November 7
Hi Im Nick, I live in Lincolnshire in England, This summer was the first summer we have had an attempt at growing out own produce. we grew tomatoes, cabbages, strawberries, runner beans , butter nut squash and Onions with vatrying degrees of succe...
November 5

Profile Information

Where do you live and garden?
South West France
How long have you been growing food?
4-10 years
Dream garden travel destination:
I'm going to try and attend all the KGI Global meet-ups.... 2009 shouldn't be too difficult, after that we'll just have to see.... 2010 is a long way but.... 2011 I'm sure I'll manage...
Favorite foods:
In France you don't have "favourite foods". All food is treated with reverence and meals aren't made they are constructed. For me , I really like duck in it's various forms - foie gras, confit de canard, duck with pineapple and ginger sauce. I also love homemade bread, homemade chutney and homemade jams and any fresh vegetables.

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Fun in September

Ian, ably assisted by Kate, is hosting a weekend of gardening fun in September.

The weekend is in support of Kitchen Gardeners International's commitment to encouraging vegetable gardening across all the nations of the world.

The fun will start in France on Friday evening and go through to Sunday evening with visits to local gardens and markets etc. There will be ample opportunity to sample some of Perigord's exquisite cuisine and, after all, Perigord is one of France's gastronomic delights.… Continue

Posted on May 12, 2009 at 11:58am —

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Ian is on the sick

Ian was recently admitted to hospital and may not get back to the blog until early January.

Posted on December 8, 2008 at 2:50pm — 10 Comments

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My Friend Bernard





I visited my friend Bernard the other day and was forced to try a couple of his wines.


The first was his 2007 AOC Bergerac Rosé. Of course, this wine was still very young at only a few months old but rosé is best drunk young. This one was a very


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Posted on May 31, 2008 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

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FOOD GROWING BLOGGERS GET TOGETHERS

Some weeks ago the idea of a kind of international food growing bloggers get together was mooted. It was a kinda fun thing that grew out of various conversations by some blog writers, Patrick in Amsterdam, Kate in Adelaide and myself

Well things have been quietly going on in the backstreets of the towns and countries around the world and I’m pleased to report that there are now Food Growing Bloggers Get Togethers planned for the next few years.
They kick off this year with events on August 24.… Continue

Posted on May 16, 2008 at 4:40pm — 1 Comment

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Reflections on times past

I used to sit in a pub with a few friends and the conversation would eventually get around to gardening. At the time I was probably the only one out of the five or six of us who regularly met who didn’t grow food. You know the reasons, I was too busy, I worked long hours, I had a large garden which already took a lot of maintenance.

So there we were, usually in a real ale pub, five fairly conscientious veggie growers and me. Every so often someone would claim they had grown the biggest potato,… Continue

Posted on May 8, 2008 at 3:39pm — 5 Comments

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At 7:40pm on October 21, 2009, Gillian said…
Hello Ian,
There is a blog about cellulite by robbie williams - I am sure most people on this site are more concerned with their gardening than pinching their skin to inspect their cellulite. He doesnt seem to have posted any type of gardening items. Maybe he is lost....
thanks Ian
At 4:53pm on October 6, 2009, Maggie said…
Thanks for the instructions Ian. I shall give it a go .
At 5:29pm on October 4, 2009, Gail Wolf said…
Ian, how do I get rid of the "Update Status" feature that appears right under my page title? I notice that some people don't have it on their page. Thanks vary much.
At 6:24pm on October 3, 2009, Maggie said…
Hi Ian, Can you please tell me how to change the title of "my page"?
I would like to write where I blog as Tamra has done.
http://my.kitchengardeners.org/profile/Tamra?xg_source=profiles_memberList
I would also like to suggest some of our gardening in Australia Group do the same, a lot of folks have good gardening blogs.
Many thanks
Maggie
At 3:01pm on September 30, 2009, Mary Heaner said…
Well done on the KGI meet up. Thanks again.
At 2:24pm on September 19, 2009, amna mufti said…
Hi Ian! I have posted a recipe on my page .
At 1:17am on September 18, 2009, RawZi said…
This is very possibly Carol's Sharon: http://tinyurl.com/l7559w. If you'll note they have posted nothing since they joined, not even checking their comment wall when the spambots posted to them, until apparently someone else noticed and deleted the spambots.
At 12:10pm on September 16, 2009, Gail Wolf said…
Hi Ian,

This is just a general inquiry....Has the profile format been changed? It seems like I used to have some text on my profile which described my gardening activities in the past when my kids were little...now I don't see that text on there anymore. I didn't delete anything on my profile that I can remember.
At 6:15pm on August 31, 2009, Michelle W. Flannery said…
Hi Ian. Ankit Khare is still spamming members about her yoga site. See Maggie's page. I know of at least a half dozen other members she's done this to. Makes friends first. Then spams.
At 7:22am on August 29, 2009, Maxine Walker said…
Looks like two more solicitors Ian, webhost and mfairport mac om
 
 

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Hi Sheryl, I am sorry, I helped at a friends wedding & was 1:00 am getting in and did not look the book up. It is"Root Cellaring"by Mike & Nancy Bubel, Rodale press(ISBN 0-87857-277-5). My copy was copyright 1979. You can get it at some used books...
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It really is the easiest thing in the world to make !! Just make sure that the cabbage stays under the brine and skim it as needed !! In two to three weeks you will have kraut !! Please do keep us informed !! Are you adding the peppers to this bat...
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Hello Glenn, I sow seeds for tomatoes sometimes in September. The plants live for 2 years, but it is advisable to replace them after one year.
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Hi Muhammad You have a great garden, the soil looks quite sandy, but it must be very fertile. If your tomatoes grow all year round, what time of year do you sow your seeds and how long do the plants live?
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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

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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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