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jeannineanne
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Newbie from BC Apr 1, 2010 21:45:32 GMT -5

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Post by jeannineanne on Apr 1, 2010 21:45:32 GMT -5

Hi, I just joined today after you folks were recommended by some UK friends from another forum . I recognise some names... Hi you guys!!

Bit about me.. born in the UK , moved to Canada in 77, moved back to the UK in 2000 but could not settle so back home to BC in 2009. I made some super gardening friends over there.

My hobbies.. well most everything I think, I love to quilt, and like anything porcelain that I can put in a kiln, so I china paint, and do dolls. I knit, my favourite is making Shetland Heirloom Christening Shawls, in 1 ply pure cobweb wool from the Shetland Isles, callled ring shawls as the finished shawl will pass through a womens wedding ring. I make teddies and gollies and also enjoy minature knitting.

Gardening of course, my passion being tomatoes and winter squash with beans coming up a close third. I seem unable to grow flowers LOL.

Sadly no pets anymore, but I used to have Pekes, Pugs and OES, which I showed way back.

Me in a nut shell I think.

So thank you for inviting me in , I shall look forward to meeting you all.

For my friends who see my name.. I could not get Jeannine as it has already gone so I settled for XX Jeannine which as you know it is how I always sign off anyway.

XX Jeannine

raymondo master gardener Posts: 2,101	Newbie from BC Apr 1, 2010 22:46:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by raymondo on Apr 1, 2010 22:46:10 GMT -5 Hello and welcome Jeannine. Friendly place here. I'm sure you'll like it.
	Ray Silty loam over clay, pH 5.5, altitude 1000m, latitude 30deg south, 150 frost free days.

flowerpower Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Hip-Gnosis Seed Development staff Posts: 2,400	Newbie from BC Apr 2, 2010 5:48:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flowerpower on Apr 2, 2010 5:48:02 GMT -5 Hi Jeannine. Welcome to HG.
	The more I get to know people, the better I like my pig!

JanetM grub Posts: 86	Newbie from BC Apr 2, 2010 7:37:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JanetM on Apr 2, 2010 7:37:46 GMT -5 Hi! I would like to add my "Welcome" to the others. Nice to have you with us. Janet
	Live in woods with tall trees but have some light shade around the home. Zone 5/6 in southern Ind. Soil-good with some clay. Newly retired, musican/singer with a band. Newly remarried to a wonderful guy. Mother/Grandmother, Artist, daughter of a farmer, love to grow flowers. Love to meet people and share life.

jeannineanne gopher Posts: 0	Newbie from BC Apr 5, 2010 0:57:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jeannineanne on Apr 5, 2010 0:57:19 GMT -5 Thank you for the welcome, it is always tough to be the new kid on the block XX Jeannine

kathm gopher Posts: 41	Newbie from BC Apr 5, 2010 5:38:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kathm on Apr 5, 2010 5:38:37 GMT -5 You won't be new for long - people here are very friendly - and there seems to be someone new here every day. (I was the new one quite recently!)
	Kath www.vegheaven.blogspot.com

Penny master gardener Posts: 1,037	Newbie from BC Apr 5, 2010 6:17:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Penny on Apr 5, 2010 6:17:44 GMT -5 Hello there and Welcome.
	Gardening is Great Therapy~!

wolfcub Seasoned vet Posts: 365	Newbie from BC Apr 5, 2010 19:55:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wolfcub on Apr 5, 2010 19:55:55 GMT -5 Welcome from Vancouver Island. Great site you will like it here. Marj

canadamike Homegrown Guru Hip-Gnosis Seed Development Project Coordinator GARDENING FOR TASTE Posts: 3,336	Newbie from BC Apr 5, 2010 23:45:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by canadamike on Apr 5, 2010 23:45:35 GMT -5 Welcome my fellow subject of her Majesty!
	Finally gardening on sandy loam

atash master gardener Me holding a Moringa twig Posts: 720	Newbie from BC Apr 8, 2010 1:53:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by atash on Apr 8, 2010 1:53:57 GMT -5 Pleased to virtually "meet" you, Jeannine. I'm south of you down in Seattle. Depending on which side of the mountains you're on, we might have similar climactic issues.
	Are you ready for post Hubbert's Peak and post-financed-based economies? 2012-2015 will be hard years. Find out how you can grow crops you can actually live on.

galina
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Newbie from BC Apr 15, 2010 14:04:53 GMT -5

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Post by galina on Apr 15, 2010 14:04:53 GMT -5

Jeanninexx

nice to meet you here. Have read your posts in the other place and especially about your generous parcel. You will like it here. Not tough to be the new kid, not here.

How do you stop one ply wool from twisting? Sounds like your eyesight must be spectacular and probably your patience too. I crochet pot holders for presents, that's my skill level. Well not much more anyway.

Welcome!

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ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Newbie from BC Apr 15, 2010 16:43:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Apr 15, 2010 16:43:43 GMT -5 Hi! BC is my birth place but I've dabbled with living in the UK too. Currently residing in winterland of Eastern Ontario.
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

jeannineanne gopher Posts: 0	Newbie from BC Aug 5, 2010 19:30:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jeannineanne on Aug 5, 2010 19:30:38 GMT -5 Finally finding time to update things, thank you for the friendly welcome and Hi again to those that know me from the other side, Still trying to find my way around. XX Jeannine

synergy
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Newbie from BC Jan 29, 2011 0:19:06 GMT -5

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Post by synergy on Jan 29, 2011 0:19:06 GMT -5

Heartwarming to see folks from BC, I have little plots of earth to play in Langley and the Gulf Islands but I am really a rank beginner gardener bent on permaculture despite knowing little. Oh and horses, pfft, that is somewhat a huge contributor to my compost pile.

Lisa

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cortona master gardener Posts: 582	Newbie from BC Jan 29, 2011 7:13:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cortona on Jan 29, 2011 7:13:56 GMT -5 welcome from my little neck of the wood, here italy! nice to see other people here in hg.