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Ludi
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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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| gonfishn wrote: | Help! I need plant ideas for a wet area on my property.
I've already got a good supply of cattails growing in another area.
the ground is saturated but without standing water.I'm trying to plant as many things in these areas that will reproduce themselves as possible.I've planted berries around the fringe of this area now I need to fill it in.Lets here your ideas, |
Here's an article about edible pond and bog plants:
http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/edibpond.php
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Ludi
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:10 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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Banana update:
Many of my bananas have died. Some died over the winter, probably from cold, but a couple more have died since, probably from drought. I've been watering them about once a week, but this is probably not enough. We've had about 6" of rain so far this year.
Poor bananas. 
The survivors will be moved into a greywater bed near the house.
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Heineken
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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Rice? (Wild idea.)
Hey, you could become a millionaire!
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Tucker
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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| gonfishn wrote: | | Help! I need plant ideas for a wet area on my property. |
Wapato. |
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frankthetank
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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Bananas need lots of water. I water my container ones everyday.
I'm getting sick of eating snap peas. Can i freeze them?
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WisJim
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:11 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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| frankthetank wrote: |
I'm getting sick of eating snap peas. Can i freeze them? |
Absolutely--we spread them out on a cookie sheet in the freezer and then put them in baggies after they are frozen, so they don't stick together as much--easier to take out just part of a bag for a winter stir fry or something. I think that we blanch them for a few seconds in the steamer before freezing them, too. But maybe look it up, about blanching, before you do it. |
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Ludi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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| MrBean wrote: |
A Fukuoka Inspired Permaculture Garden: |
I'm a huge fan of Masanobu Fukuoka. 
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PeakOiler
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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This sunflower has a lot of seeds, the diameter is over 6":
The sunflowers are candy-cane shaped now and I hope the netting keeps the birds off!
I planted some pumpkin and more gb seeds this weekend.
<--has received less than 1/2 in rain in 8 weeks 
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JJ
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:03 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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| PeakOiler wrote: | This sunflower has a lot of seeds, the diameter is over 6":
The sunflowers are candy-cane shaped now and I hope the netting keeps the birds off!
I planted some pumpkin and more gb seeds this weekend.
<--has received less than 1/2 in rain in 8 weeks |
rained all night here...still too little too late...
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peppers
eggplant
orangeglo watermelon
long bean
peaches and apples
white flesh sweet potatoes
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joelcolorado
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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| Lack of non hybrid seeds will be a real issue post peak oil. Cant replant them. |
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PeakOiler
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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| JJ wrote: | | rained all night here...still too little too late... |
The recent rains passed by on both sides. Yellow and red on the radar all around me. I was VERY disappointed. The rain guage indicated about 0.1 in. fell here.
Nice pics of your garden, JJ. Are the long beans more tolerant of the heat than bush or pole snap beans?
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Ludi
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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Oh darn, PeakOiler. We got 1/2 inch of rain here!
The forecast shows plenty of rain chances coming up throughout the week. Here's hoping!
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Ludi
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:18 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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I have a question about germinating lettuce seeds in hot weather.
I'd like to try to plant some lettuce in protected parts of the garden, but lettuce won't germinate at high temps. So I'm considering mixing lettuce seed with a little moist soil or compost, and putting in a ziploc bag in the fridge for a few days to germinate, then planting the mix in the garden beds. Does this look like it would work?
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strider3700
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production Gardening, General |
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how hot are we talking? I continuously planted lettuce in the shade of an apple tree all summer last year and it kept coming up even when the temps hung around 27 (80F)degrees for weeks. Lots of water was provided as well.
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