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  • Kihei, HI
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Thanks Becca, I really appreciate all the hints. I don't have any pets altho there had been a cat coming into the yard for a while. he seemed to think it was his personal litter box but lately he hasn't been seen. I think maybe it is the Mel's mix (…
July 24
My pea stems are hollow, but they are green. Hmm ... pumpkins are dying too? I would think something is out of balance with that soil. But then, I never had any luck myself with commercial mixes. I just use plain dark dirt and mix some composted age…
July 24
Nothing was planted there before; it's a new box garden 4'x8' filled with "Mel's Mix" (peatmoss, compost, vermiculite) Next I tried Kabucha pumpkin and after a promising start they are dying too.
July 19
Its been a long time and you're probably not growing peas anymore..but I wanted to ask you, where do you live? What was planted there before? It could be nematodes. It sounds like nematodes. You can grow marigold there now to help, and buy beneficia…
July 19
WhaaaHoooo! A free trip to Italy even for only 3 days is a great boon. Have a marvelous time Joy.
July 9
Pema replied to Kay Robbins's discussion 'Rogue Worms' in the group Vermiculture
I never heard of putting the food scraps through a food processor. I have been letting the scraps start to decompose a few days in the plastic container I have on the sink top; I then put the food in the worm bin or freeze it for later use. I defros…
July 7
I created a 3 level "condo" from clear plastic boxes that fit slightly one inside the other with a cover on the top level. I spray painted the two upper boxes black and drilled holes in the bottom of these two. I also drilled holes in the sides of t…
June 27
Thanks for posting this Joy. I've seen it before however now I'll send it to family and friends.
June 26

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Where do you live and garden?
Maui, Hawaii
How long have you been growing food?
< 1 year
Favorite foods:
brocolli, sugar snap peas, butternut squash, mangos, bananas, avocados

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At 7:54am on May 31, 2009, Anh Collins said…
Wanna chat with me on cam?, come see me here You'll enjoy it. I promise!!!! realamateurwebcams.info
At 9:00am on April 29, 2009, TAR HEEL said…
ALOHA, from Ed in North Carolina. good luck this season.
At 1:30pm on February 16, 2009, ilex said…
Hi Pema, thanks so much for your good wishes and kind words. Hawaii must be a vegetable-growing paradise. I really look forward to following your progress.
At 9:14am on January 17, 2009, prabhat choudhary said…
carpet grass insteed of caroet grass
At 9:11am on January 17, 2009, prabhat choudhary said…
thanks mam,for your coopration and your suggestion.regarding LAWN i have a small lawn area 15x6 ft in north side ,in winter there is no sun light on it so my caroet grass burnt in these condition what to do ?
At 9:11am on January 16, 2009, prabhat choudhary said…
thanks,now can i transplant tomato plants in 9"hx12"dia teracota pot and add compost .i can't understand 4x8 box it's cubical or rectuangler -height? i will also see sq ft gardening method
At 8:12pm on January 13, 2009, Ann G. said…
Hey Pema, did you see this thread? Scroll all the way down. Good stuff. Ann

http://my.kitchengardeners.org/forum/topics/depth-of-a-raised-bed
At 3:31pm on January 12, 2009, Ann G. said…
Have you seen the book or the topic 'lasagna gardening'? There is a lot of good detail on how to do it in that book/topic:

http://ourgardengang.tripod.com/lasagna_gardening.htm
At 6:34pm on January 11, 2009, Ann G. said…
Hi Pema, when I started I used Mel's books religiously, and it was wildly successful. I still use them as reference. Great stuff! Ann
At 9:45am on January 3, 2009, prabhat choudhary said…
HAPPY NEW YEAR (sorry for late) i planted some tomato ,onion and coriender seeds in a pot now tomato plants are jumbeld now what to do
 
 

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That is awesome Glenn...thanks for sharing! Inspirational...I have some ideas now!!! Yeah, I think I'll be doing a lot of experimenting next year and a lot of blogging about it =) you never know, like Joel said, I just may get a book out of it along…
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Wow, this is great! I'm attempting to garden on a boat (we liveaboard in the summer) and I was thinking of doing something like this on a small skiff next to it...Thanks for the inspiration!
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Hi Letti Thanks for the info about the contaminated manure. I have not bought manure now for several years in the UK. This was since we had the foot & mouth and BSE scares. I think that municipal compost is your best bet, if you need to say bulk up…
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Hi Kirsti I think the dingy idea seems feasable. Then the plants would be out of the way of day to day activities. Have you seen Margy,s floating garden pictures. Yours would be a variation on that theme.
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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.

 

 

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