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McPete
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- Claremont, CA
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- Where do you live and garden?
- Claremont, California
- How long have you been growing food?
- 1-3 years
- Dream garden travel destination:
- Some of the old and richly fertile farms of France, Germany, and Switzerland.
- Favorite foods:
- Artichokes, Brussel's Sprouts, Broccoli, Watermelon, Plums, Peaches, Green Smoothies from our garden (32oz/day), chocolate chip cookies, and our local Dale Brother's Beer
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- At 7:58am on April 28, 2009,
Michelle W. Flannery said…
- Hi. I was looking at the new pictures you posted, and decided to visit your page. I've been looking at all your photos, and your work is so impressive! I applaud you and your wife for being so consciencious, and for creating for others what you are creating for yourselves. Is being a suburban small plot farmer working out for you? Are there many in your area who want what you are doing?
I have lived most of my life in rural areas. When I did live "in town" no one seemed interested in gardening vegetables, only flowers. When I was at university, there was a community veggie garden on campus for staff and instructors. I've always thought that was a great idea. I was blessed to be invited to share in one person's gardening efforts. I've never forgotten that. I know your work must be bringing blessings to many.
Brussels sprouts are a favorite of mine too! Best gardening wishes! mwf
- At 7:54pm on April 4, 2009,
Emily Kaminsky said…
- Hi, I saw on Front Yard Gardeners that you are part of a Food Not Lawns Chapter. I'm looking to start something similar to it but perhaps more just inspired by it and was wondering if you would share some lessons learned, etc? See my post on Front Yard Gardeners - I started a discussion there.
- At 12:51pm on February 20, 2009,
Donna Smith said…
- Hugs to both of you! My trip was safe and so inspiring. I look forward to you visiting Portland! Keep me updated on your business movement.
- At 4:15pm on January 25, 2009,
Sarina said…
- Nice to hear from you.
It`s winter here and pritty grotty weather at the moment. Rain, gales, damp and misreable. Nothing will grow much now until I start seedlings off again end of Feb./March time.
- At 2:32pm on January 22, 2009,
Sarina said…
- Your garden looks amazing.
Your ideas about your business are great, and I wish you all the success in this world. Shame there isn`t someone like you in my neighbourhood. I`d love to have someone come and maintain a veggie garden for me. I just have to dig myself, I guess and hope to have some veg growing whenever I find time to tend to it.
Best of luck to you and happy harvesting your own.
- At 8:23am on January 19, 2009,
prabhat choudhary said… - namaskar,(hi) your wife is a good artist to play instruments and also a very good visuliser in land scaping i think u both also agood worker in KGI u will guide to us I am new in this field when you create a new idea remember me. THANKS
- At 7:38am on January 19, 2009,
Beva said…
- Wonderful! The drums bring heart to life! We did a drumming circle Saturday night with one other friend (normally there are 6 or more, but we felt the call and need- short notice). Our circle is done on a improv basis, and each person is free to create the sounds that their heart needs in the moment... voice included. It is a great way to open up the chakras and create energy flow.
My passion, other than gardening, is working with the Sacred Medicine Wheel.. the reason your wife's stone arrangement caught my eye. If you are not familiar, you can google "Dancing with the Wheel" and that will give you some sort of a clue as to what I mean. Each Wheel is personal and designed to fit the need of the community of individual. If this is anything she has interest in, I'd be honored to chat with her about it.
18 inches of fluffy snow here today... beautiful clear sky... will be a pretty day!
- At 1:45am on January 18, 2009,
jacci said… - Hi
we have this past year replaced our swimming pool with a veg garden - swapped it online for sand to fill the hole. We did replace the pool with a small portable pool in the driveway area as the summers here are really getting hot and the kids do love to swim.
The result is an amazing veg garden, you can see pics on my page. We are striving for self sufficiency and this is a challenge as we do not have a large plot. The big challenge is to use all the sunny vertical spaces as possible.
- At 8:58am on January 16, 2009,
Eliza said… - Yeah it is, they barely look real, huh? You can get them by hanging up a white sheet and shining a compact florescent + a blacklight on it. The moths in the vicinity will come land on the sheet for your photographing pleasure. In my area, April - June is the best time for luna moths.
- At 8:16am on January 16, 2009,
ilex said…
- Go for it, McPete, I'm here to help. Gotta spread the container gardening love. Let me know if you need bigger pics- I have them all in my computer.
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