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My two year old has a couple of favorite movies he watches repeatedly one being the Bee movie with Jerry Sienfield as the voice of the main character, in that it shows that if it werent for bees all the flowers and pollination stops therefore basi...
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I think increasing pesticide usage, both in commercial agriculture and in home lawn use is playing a much larger part than cell phones. I read lots of articles written a few years ago claiming this cell phone issue as the cause of colony collapse....
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Wow this is a really scary article. Thank you for posting it to keep us all informed.
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Honeybees Face Towering Threat From Cell Phones Posted by: Dr. Mercola November 07 2009 | 26,681 views Studies have brought out evidence to support the theory of colony collapse disorder (CCD) among honeybees due to bioactive microwave radiation ...
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Vegan organic gardening is a way of growing plants without adding any animal products, except what nature adds by herself. This is a place where people can describe their method of vegan organic gardening, exchange ideas and give advice to others.
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Vegan organic gardening is a way of growing plants without adding any animal products, except what nature adds by herself. This is a place where people can describe their method of vegan organic gardening, exchange ideas and give advice to others.
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Where do you live and garden?
Greece
How long have you been growing food?
4-10 years
Dream garden travel destination:
Italy, England and France
Favorite foods:
everything vegan

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At 7:58am on May 31, 2009, Anh Collins said…
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At 8:54am on May 1, 2009, Penelope said…
I'm glad to hear that you are doing well. Your greenhouse sounds wonderful. We've had a pretty cold spring so far, even a few snowflakes this week! My root crops and peas are in and growing a bit, although stray cats dug up half of two rows. Annoying! My daughter and her family are going to a conference in Crete at the end of May; they're really excited. Take good care, happy spring, Penelope
At 6:28pm on March 25, 2009, Penelope said…
I haven't read your input in a long time. I hope things are going well for you. HOw does your garden grow this year?
At 2:01pm on March 3, 2009, Damomac said…
Hi Valerianella,
I'm a journalist in Greece writing an article about organic farming and would like to talk to you about your experiences of kitchen gardening here.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Damomac
At 3:18pm on December 9, 2008, Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal said…
I work myself with the help of a gardner and my kids. Well we have four sesons; extreme hot and extreme cold. In winters we do have lots of frost and sometimes heavey hailstroms. Our city Islamabad is located at the foot hills of Marghalla and Murree hills where heavey snow fall takes place during winters.
This is the period full of challenges, saving off season veges in a tunnel, such as tomattoes, chillis and eggplants is quite a difficult thing, but i do enjoy.
At 12:08pm on December 8, 2008, Kathryn said…
Hi well İ have been here now for 4 years. Shame about your oranges. The turks grow lots of olives and İ have picked them, sorted them and then pickled them. What they seem to do here is to cut each olive and then soak them in water changing that water every day for about 1 month. After that period of time most of the bitterness should have left and then you can put into a brine solution. You can add lemon or other flavors if you want and they store like that for along time. You can also place the olives under a layer of salt and as the salt disolves keep topping it up. You do that for about a month also. İts easy to do and worthwhile. Good luck with your harvest.
At 11:16am on December 8, 2008, Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal said…
Its pleasure knowing someone in Greece with such a lovely plantation.
At 9:11am on December 7, 2008, Kathryn said…
How long have you been in Greece and what kind of things do you grow on your farm? Do you have any olive trees?
At 4:30am on November 17, 2008, Kathryn said…
No you dont have to just comes straight out.
At 4:00pm on November 12, 2008, Kathryn said…
http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=372385 here is a picture of what İ was trying to descripe they sell here from 20 to 25 lira. You could probably find one there.
 
 

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thank you , I took it with my iphone on the way out to work, a little out of focus , shaky hands but I agree great orchid I have had it for about 8 yrs
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Sounds great !!! Why didn`t I think of that when I had bushels of peppers ?? I also would do it at the same time I did the cabbage !! I would slice thinly or shred with the cabbage so it would be pretty as well !! I would think that the sweet tast...
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Hi Sheryl I think you have come to the right place. There is a wealth of information on this site and everybody is helpful. I use the search box in the top right hand corner of the screen. You will have to post some before and after pictures of yo...
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zuni replied to zuni's discussion 'Garlic' in the group Ontario Gardeners
My original post was from last year. I ended up planting 50/50 (fall and spring). I found the fall bulbs were bigger and matured faster. This year I planted all of my garlic in late October (Ontario, zone 5a). This is early enough for the roots to...
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I think it depends on the type of soil you have as to when you plant. I think garlic is tougher than it looks, but no plant likes being sat in cold wet soggy soil. If you have free draining soil with plenty of compost like in a deep bed then autum...
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Members should live in Canada or close to the Canadian border and be intetrested in vegetable gardeninng.
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Hi Everett I have a similar Christmas Cactus that used to belong to my mother. I would say yours is about a good month ahead of mine. My flower buds are about half an inch long at present. This is probably due to your warmer climate i imagine. I k...
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http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/2000/archives/2000/in_the_garden/flowering_plants_and_shrubs/zygocactus I am sure it is one of these zygocactus, my family has grown them for years and they are so beautiful and have a range of colours.
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My two year old has a couple of favorite movies he watches repeatedly one being the Bee movie with Jerry Sienfield as the voice of the main character, in that it shows that if it werent for bees all the flowers and pollination stops therefore basi...
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I think that the pepper would be the culprit. You can add that when you shred the cabbage.
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They are so cute Everett.
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I cant watch the video either as it dosnt stream in Turkey. I am aware though that Australia the country I originate from is totally sold out to gm foods and seeds with the exception of Tasmania that is trying not to have them in thier state. The ...
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Beautiful kids,your grand children?Apple cheeks!!
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Can you give me name of this flowering plant in pot.?? Beautiful flowers.
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I used to have a tumbler that we made from a wine-barrel but

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