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Post by mnjrutherford on Sept 26, 2010 14:58:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the compliment on the cotton! I'm really pleased with them also. Except my fingers are tired of picking out seed! Who has a cotton gin?!?!
As for the garlic, I quote Dan, "MULCH GIRL MULCH!" We planted ours on Oct 31, covered with a 6" blanket of pine needles and let her go. The weeds were sparse and easily pulled since the roots were not in soil. Water was not an issue. There were about 5 days where they had snow on them and they suffered from it not at all.
This year I hope that we can put mulch over the entire bed rather than just on top of the rows. I also hope that we can mulch the other alliums. Weeds are a serious hurt to them.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 16, 2010 20:56:27 GMT -5
I am still getting back into a normal grove from our trip. We will be drinking the very last of the coffee we got from Mary. This is gravely sorrowful. Mary, I do confess I have a slight preference for the cast iron coffee. I'm interested in trying it out but Mike asked me, "So, just when do you suppose you are going to have time to add coffee roasting to your schedule?" ::sigh:: Still, I am inspired!
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 27, 2010 19:35:52 GMT -5
Karen, the mints are really starting to take off! I can jiggle the pots a tad and they waft up the most amazing fragrance! I can't wait to try some in yogurt sauce. I'm in a "Middle Eastern" season and I'll be making falafel, kibbeh, borek, and hopefully a few other dishes over the coming days. Mint is used generously when I make these things.
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Post by synergy on Mar 15, 2011 14:55:02 GMT -5
I suggested below in the soapbox section , we could find community gardeners, rooftop gardeners , individuals in Japan who garden like the article below mentions and send them seeds ? www.growingedge.com/rooftop-gardens-in-japan-are-growingThey are in zones 7 - 9 from what I read on the internet. I was thinking those people need hope, they need to know people care about them and their futures . Spring will come to Japan too , I thought collectively maybe some of use can find a way to help rather than just commiserate when you see their plight on TV , dangers which we can do less about . Anyone else? I am trying to find groups in Japan to simply mail off some seeds , hokey , nutty , whatever , I want to do something helpful especially to lift their spirits when they are in recovery from this crisis. Lisa
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 16, 2011 7:44:10 GMT -5
I was pondering the same thing myself. The question I have is how? I'm thinking we need a coordinator of some sort both on this side and in Japan. I am also thinking that quantity will be needed as well as quality. In other words, I can get a LOT of seed of some basic varieties from Wyatt-Quareles. No family treasures there, but decent nourishing food all the same. Some, who have more income perhaps, could purchase higher priced specialty seed. Everything gets sent to the designated coordinator who could then mail out a monthly packet.
Perhaps we could work through the Japanese Embassy to help cut some of the customs red tape? Do you have time to do this? Regrettably, I don't have the time, but I would love to contribute some of the seed.
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Post by galina on Mar 17, 2011 8:35:18 GMT -5
What a good idea to organise something to lift the spirits of people who have suffered so much. Whether sending seeds right now is appropriate whilst we wait how the radiation contamination areas play out, I am not so sure though. The tsunami devastated north western agricultural coastal areas are contaminated with debris and salt from sea water and nothing will be grown there for a while either. I have just checked with the Disasters Emergency Committee website and they don't (yet) have a Japan appeal open, but say that the British Red Cross is collecting for the Japanese Red Cross.
Do we have Japanese members on this forum? Please let us know what we can do to help.
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Post by blujckt on Nov 10, 2011 14:13:42 GMT -5
New here, just curious, how did this go? Lots of my family lives in FrenchLick so I know right where you are in Paoli. My brother and his wife just opened (this past summer) a bakery in FrenchLick and my brother's are the house band at the casino. If it went well and you do it again, I can visit the family and trade seeds all at once, what could be better?
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Post by steev on Nov 10, 2011 16:23:51 GMT -5
Anybody heard from heidihi? Wasn't she going to nurse in Japan?
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