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9/7/2008 10:16:20 AM
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topic:
cucumber
borobob
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I have had an abundance of cucumbers this year. The plants have finished now but appart from giving them away does anyone know of a recipe for them so I can enjoy my success next year? Hopefuly BOROBOB.
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9/3/2008 9:22:38 AM
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topic:
local food or healthy food?
jamess
Posts 5
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Hi Carrie
Welcome to the forum - not very active at the moment.
I am James - we live in Gloucestershire UK. I help run the site, though we just had a baby about 6 weeks ago, and have not had much time recently.
Will spend some more time in the coming months getting things going
Looking forward to hearing more about how you grow your own food in the west cost USA!
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8/20/2008 4:45:45 AM
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topic:
Questions about Japanese squash
123carrie
Posts 3
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hey whats up with your squash? did they ever make any produce for you?
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8/20/2008 4:41:12 AM
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topic:
GM crops
123carrie
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oh nice i listened to the links and both arguments seems convincing.food do have the Potential to make stronger better plants.
on the other hand not using gm crops at all can work aand has worked for thousands of years, why mess with a good thing.
personaly i dont see a need to ban gm foods but i dont think there a nessatiy at all ,arent they the plants that the farmers cant harvest the seeds from their own crops ...or is that really inbread hybrid things, cause the plants dont proudce the mature seeds or leagel reasons companys now own seeds farmers grow in their own field.. i think..idk
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8/20/2008 4:30:34 AM
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topic:
local food or healthy food?
123carrie
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HI! great forum here! i hope to find local resources eventually, but im glad to meet you all. im from the west coast of the usa. sorry to post a hi comment here but i couldnt find a better place to post maybe a personal subforum could be handy in the future , not that this site seems to busy but hey great to meet you all im growing tomatoes and corn in my back yard so my food is 15 ft away lol! well i guess really most of my food might come from out of state and even country depending on many factors.. hope to get to know you ll better soon !
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7/12/2008 12:00:46 PM
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topic:
GM crops
jamess
Posts 5
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Found a good discussion on GM crops:
www.ft.com/gmdebate
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4/2/2008 9:59:30 PM
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topic:
local food or healthy food?
bebo
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Our eggs come from about 20ft away from the house (we've got 9 hens). Pork is from less than 150 yards away (we keep our own pigs). Lamb is from within half a mile (next door neighbours are sheep farmers and we buy direct from them). For about 5 months of the year we are pretty much self-sufficient in vegetables and we are hoping to do better this year. The next step is to look at chickens for meat rather than just eggs. Trouble is even if you keep your food miles down, you end up expending more energy to store it (we have two chest freezers to store our meat and garden produce).
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3/29/2008 11:10:44 AM
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topic:
Questions about Japanese squash
melsplants
Posts 6
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Hi all
Has anyone tried the japanese squash it is a flat dark green colour about 9 inches round .I tried one last year and it tasted like walnuts it was brilliant .I have taken the seeds out and have planted them in the greenhouse .My question is does anyone know if they are f1 if so i am probably wasting my time trying to grow them from that seed
Or does anyone know where i can get more seeds
Regards
Mel
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3/29/2008 11:02:59 AM
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topic:
fruit nets
melsplants
Posts 6
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Hi all
Went down the plot to view the snow and found all the roof of my fruit nets on the floor .The snow had collected in the top and tore it.
Point of this posting is, dont leave your nets on all winter they get mullard
Regards
Mel
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3/27/2008 8:39:54 AM
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topic:
Dropped rhubarb
jamess
Posts 5
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I used to have "dropped rhubarb" as a child cooked by my grandmother.
It was basically a large yourkshire pudding, made in a flat tray, with Rhubarb pieces dropped into the centre of the pudding.
it would be cut up, and milk and sugar added. has anyone else had this - might just have been local to Nottingham or Derby where she came from
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3/19/2008 10:28:46 PM
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topic:
Carbon footprint hypnotisim
melsplants
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Hi every one
I am an easy going sort who walks quietly in my veg patch on sunny spring days watching butterflys and swifts circling above .But the mere sound of the words carbon footprint send me into a foot stamping foaming mouthed frenzy .
Govenments want carbon consumption, they desire carbon consumption ,they lust after cabon consumption ,they will never legislate against it only tax working people on the pretense of being against it .
People that are hypnotized need a good slap to bring them out of it .Pain is what is needed .Only when people have houses full of plastic rubbish and we have become so fat and ill through the consumption of colourful packaged poisions .Only when we owe so much money and are working all the hours that god sends for things that we just dont need .Only then we will say that .This is pointless ,and walk down the shops instead of driving in the jag
Have a nice day
Melsplants
Result no carbon footprint
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3/19/2008 8:43:59 PM
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topic:
local food or healthy food?
knollgardener
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Just a quick tip to reduce food miles and insure healthy, locally grown produce, if you are not able to consider growing your own produce at home.
Why not explore the possibilities of contacting some of your nearest allotment holders. They will have designated days in the week where they might sell some surplus fruit and veg for a nominal charge or a donation, some will even give it away in exchange for a little help around their plot. And most of the produce will have been grown organically as well; much better for our health.
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3/19/2008 8:27:03 PM
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topic:
Carbon footprint hypnotisim
knollgardener
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I agree with Melsplants last reply.
And I also would like to add this argument to everyone`s discussion: What difference does it truely make to the rest of the worlds environment as a whole if we here in Britain reduce our impact on our environment by a certain percentage? Unless our neighbours around us and the rest of the worlds neighbours can agree to do as we do, will we realy have made a noticable improvement to the overall environment of our planet? I do not believe so. And how could we possibly convince all of the world to pull ranks on this? I can`t see that ever happening. Politicians and countries will never ever be in total agreement with someone elses law making. Human nature is contrary and selfish at the best of times. And most democratically run countries have the right to opt out of any such discussions in the first place. It will never be 100% possible to make everyone agree to reduce their carbon footprints. What does everyone else think?
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3/19/2008 7:57:29 PM
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topic:
local food or healthy food?
knollgardener
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How local can you get? I started to grow my own in a council house backgarden. I get much more variety and I know what ent in myground before the growing season. During the winter month I also joined an organic vegetable box delivery scheme, have fresh and tasty veg delivered to my door every fortnight, in the knowledge and with security that my dinners will not have harmful additives, pesticides or herbicides to spoil my already fragile health any further.
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3/17/2008 8:48:44 PM
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topic:
Carbon footprint hypnotisim
melsplants
Posts 6
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Hello
I would like to have a short rant about carbon footprints and then i am going to the fruit growing section to share with the world my views about zen in the art of gooseberry planting
If i could find out who actually coined the words carbon footprint i would like to leave a footprint on his behind .If all those gigantic americans threw their fridges out and got concrete slabs to keep their food cool like your granny did .They would have to walk down the corner shop every day to get fresh veg .Thus reducing the size of their vast arses .Thus reducing the need for bigger engines to haul their ever inflating bodies about .And so reducing their carbon foot prints .
What do you think
Have a great day
Melsplants
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3/16/2008 7:23:02 PM
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topic:
Carbon footprint hypnotisim
grower
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Our council tax has gone up 17% this year - with a load of stuff on being more green in the council brochure that came with the bill.
Virtually the only power we have now is in deciding where we spend our money - so i agree it is good to use that sensibly
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3/16/2008 6:38:41 PM
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topic:
Curly Kale ????
emmabj
Posts 1
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my family turn their noses up at most brassiccas but will eat fried cabbage (fried quickly in very hot olive oil).i also add onions garlic and some chilli to spice it up sometimes and anyway i tell them how good it is nutritioally and that ive grown it specially for them.the added ingredients do make a difference oh and slice it really thinly.hope this helps
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3/16/2008 4:49:26 PM
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topic:
Curly Kale ????
etandy
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thanks so much for you your ideas all of you. I will certainly try the freshtopia recipe as it sounds intriguing. Balsamic vinegaris my fav ingredient!
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3/16/2008 1:57:16 PM
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topic:
Carbon footprint hypnotisim
melsplants
Posts 6
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Hi
Good point about people thinking .But the govenment will only let you think enough to be taxed more, not enough to stop consuming .Just think if everyone stopped buying bamboo canes from where ever they grow . Their economy would collaps .Just think what is going to happen to the guys who work in the 4x4 factory .Or if people stopped buying plastic santas .Or all that rubbish that people produce from abroad ,the world economy would collaps .There would be chaos fighting in the streets food riots and eventually nuclea war and the extinction of the human race all because we stopped buying plastic santas from Tiwan .
25 quid on 4x4 users is great .But all they will do is roll it down hill to the poor devil who scrapes a living in a factory .Stop producing rubbish stop buying rubbish stop taxing the hell out of us
Kind regards
Melsplants
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3/16/2008 11:32:23 AM
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topic:
Curly Kale ????
bethtilston
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I had the same problem with the vast quantities of kale that I sometimes got in my veg box until I found this recipe. Go to http://freshtopia.net/vlog/?p=97 You can do the same thing with any leafy green veg that might at first seem slightly tough - spinach, cabbage ect.
Beth
xxx
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3/16/2008 10:27:07 AM
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topic:
Carbon footprint hypnotisim
grower
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I think the idea is a good one - it makes people think about how their own actions affect the amount of pollution there is.
No idea how it is measured though - must be nearly impossible to get anything accurate.
I heard there was something in the budget about so called green taxes which are just a way of getting more money off normal people. Though charging £25 congestion charge for people with 4x4s was a great move by ken livingston.
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3/15/2008 8:43:18 PM
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topic:
Made a start yesterday ...
whiteik
Posts 1
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Dug last of my leeks and will be harvesting lots of purple sprouting brocolli this weekend
Ian
Vice Chair One Tree Hill Allotments London SE23 ( www.othas.org.uk )
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3/15/2008 7:57:37 PM
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topic:
local food or healthy food?
jamess
Posts 5
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yes i think they are two separate important issues.
it makes sense to buy locally grown food - it is less wasteful of resources which are becoming more expensive, lowers amount of pollutants from transportation and supports your local community
the way it is grown is important to taste, the environment, sustainability and your health
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3/15/2008 4:02:50 PM
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topic:
Made a start yesterday ...
Beryl
Posts 1
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Sounds like a fairly tipical day down on the lottie Wardy. My plot in Hampshire is just too wet to do any planting this month. I do have shallots and onions set in and before the storms sown some parsnips. When it has dried out a bit more I shall plant the first spuds. Most of the sowing is done in the greenhouse this month, ready to plant out in April.
The Purple sprouting has stood up well in the gales and is producing spears in abundance.
Beryl.
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