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Margarida
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Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 4:46:07 GMT -5

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Post by Margarida on Jan 31, 2009 4:46:07 GMT -5

Hello
I'm Margarida, and I live in Porto, Portugal ... You should know about it by its famous wine - Port Wine.
I'm an urban grower. I live in an apartment, on the 9th floor, with just a terrace, but I love to garden, and I'm a really passionate of hot peppers!

So, last season I managed to accommodate more than 400 vases in my little terrace, where I have all kind of hot peppers, some cherry tomatoes, all aromatics that you can think of, specially Basil that it's another of my passions. I even managed to have some cutting lettuce !

I'm a natural gardener and a passionate seed saver when I know how to do it ! For instance, I couldn't save the seeds from my lettuces because I never saw them !

I just started my urban vegetable garden last season, so I'm a bit fresh to this entire fascinating world.

I also have in my terrace some citrus little trees, one olive tree, and even a small pine ...

Well, I've talked too much already ! I know I would love to be among you! Hope the reciprocate will be also true !

Let's go!

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Margarida

biorag
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Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 5:06:01 GMT -5

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Post by biorag on Jan 31, 2009 5:06:01 GMT -5

Welcome Margarida !

Karamazovv, a friend of mine and an urban gardener is also passionate of hot peppers ... and many others here :
alanbishop.proboards60.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=tomatoes&thread=1506&page=4#21212

.... not the same climate !

Last Edit: Jan 31, 2009 5:06:44 GMT -5 by biorag

garden=200m² - tunnel=84m² - orchard=4000m²

Margarida
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Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 5:33:45 GMT -5

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Post by Margarida on Jan 31, 2009 5:33:45 GMT -5

Hi biorag, thank you
I know Kara as well... we all belong to the same tomatoes forum, as I believe you do also ? I'm more of a pepper grower than tomato, I must confess, but you all are almost converting me !

Last year I had 2 varieties of cherry tomatoes, this season, with the offers and trades, I have more than 50 !

I don't know where I will be able to grow all that, but it's a challenge !

Nice to find you here

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Margarida

flowerpower Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Hip-Gnosis Seed Development staff Posts: 2,400	Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 6:36:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flowerpower on Jan 31, 2009 6:36:39 GMT -5 Welcome to HG, Margarida! The members here will make you into a tomato addict in very short time.
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grungy
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Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 6:43:59 GMT -5

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Post by grungy on Jan 31, 2009 6:43:59 GMT -5

Welcome, Margarida, to our ever growing group of zany gardeners. Hope you will enjoy our company and we will be interested in your experiences terrace gardening. Please feel free to jump in on all topics and discussion. Great having you here. (Shh, flowerpower, how did you know that we were already drawing up lists of tomato seeds to send her. <lol>
Cheers,
Grungy and Grunt (Val and Dan>

grungy'sgarden.blogspot.com - small acreage, elevation 800 M.,zones 5b/6a Canadian - 6b/7a USA. lake bottom soil silty sand and rocks with added humus, raised beds approximate 3500 square feet,

Margarida gopher Posts: 3	Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 7:23:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Margarida on Jan 31, 2009 7:23:46 GMT -5 Eheh thank you all for the warm welcome I've already my tomato list full ! Don't you dare! I'm enjoying very much being among you And I'm learning a lot too ... thanks again
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macmex gardener Posts: 132	Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 9:45:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by macmex on Jan 31, 2009 9:45:11 GMT -5 Welcome Margarida, though I am probably as new to this group as are you! Wow! You really do have you hands full! By the way, your English is very good. That's impressive. George
	zone 6b, rocky clay, slightly acidic soil, summers here are HOT, average first frost Oct 18, last average frost April 15. Temps here fluctuate wildly in the spring, fall and winter.

pugs master gardener Posts: 625	Hi from Portugal Jan 31, 2009 11:17:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pugs on Jan 31, 2009 11:17:52 GMT -5 It's nice to have you here Margarida. Pugs

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Hi from Portugal Feb 1, 2009 2:37:04 GMT -5

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Post by grunt on Feb 1, 2009 2:37:04 GMT -5

Margarida: We have two tomatoes whose origins are in Portugal, and both were family heirlooms there. Da Costa's Portuguese was salvaged from a sandwich at my inlaws in Atougaiea de Balea, and Joe's Portuguese was saved from a salad at another inlaws place in Casais de Maestro Mendo. Both places are just a few miles from Peniche. I never did get up to Porto, or any farther south than Lisbon, but Portugal is a very beautiful country.
Have fun here, the rest of us do.

Always pay it forward.
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I am located about 10 miles. north of the Idaho panhandle and just below Kootenay Lake.
The property lies in a small microclimate that gives me a zone 5/6 Canadian version or 6/7 US version. One acre of land at an elevation of 1770', just off the edge of a flood plain. Sandy loam soil, hot days and cool nights (55F).

Penny master gardener Posts: 1,037	Hi from Portugal Feb 1, 2009 8:31:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Penny on Feb 1, 2009 8:31:06 GMT -5 Hi there and Welcome. Nice to meet you.
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johno Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Hip-Gnosis Seed Development Staff Posts: 1,963	Hi from Portugal Feb 1, 2009 11:24:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by johno on Feb 1, 2009 11:24:38 GMT -5 Welcome Margarida, it's great to have you here!
	johnosbloggo.blogspot.com/ Look deep into nature and then you'll understand everything better. Albert Einstein Garden Stats: 750' elevation, 36* lattitude, rocky gravelly clay soil, cultivated space 1800 square feet, first frost date Oct 20, last frost date April 13, rural setting

stratcat Seasoned vet Michigan's Sunrise Side Posts: 426	Hi from Portugal Feb 1, 2009 15:07:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stratcat on Feb 1, 2009 15:07:44 GMT -5 And another warm welcome to you, Margarida! It's my understanding that we let the lettuce bolt and send up a flower stalk. Tie up if needed. Save seed from plants that bolt last. Happy gardening. john
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wolfcub Seasoned vet Posts: 365	Hi from Portugal Feb 1, 2009 21:25:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wolfcub on Feb 1, 2009 21:25:54 GMT -5 Hi and welcome. You will enjoy it here Marj

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Hi from Portugal Feb 2, 2009 16:12:11 GMT -5

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Post by hiven on Feb 2, 2009 16:12:11 GMT -5

Hi Margarida welcome !
Are you still hunting for more hot chilies ? I am Momol by Idig

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Glad to see you here !
I should have more chilies this year but still can't eat the hot ones...nevertheless
am enjoying growing them (love eating the sweet one plus the mild chilies).

I have a dating agency for squashes and several other vegetables.

canadamike Homegrown Guru Hip-Gnosis Seed Development Project Coordinator GARDENING FOR TASTE Posts: 3,336	Hi from Portugal Feb 2, 2009 16:45:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by canadamike on Feb 2, 2009 16:45:54 GMT -5 Welcome in the crazy bunch Margarida!
	Finally gardening on sandy loam