My website: www.perennialveg.org.uk should give you a good idea of what's available and will grow in a temperate climate. Please bear in mind that it's a...
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Vital Scherrer
v.scherrer
Mar 1, 2008 3:13 pm
And another one at "www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=81" scroll down to "Special Protection for Women's Health": "... For women between the...
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Mary Lloyd
whinberry
Mar 1, 2008 3:13 pm
Hi and thanks Michael and Julie... I am in Wales UK. Lots of rain and milder winters than in the E. of Britain. I didn't realize Good King Henry was a...
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Travis Philp
trphilp@...
Mar 1, 2008 3:13 pm
Grapes (the leaves are tasty too!) Perennial Arugula aka sylvetta New Zealand Spinach Perennial Kale(Brassica oleracea L. var. ramosa) Sorrel Eastern...
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Warron van Riet
pinigardens
Mar 1, 2008 3:13 pm
Hi Happy people, Living on a greek island where we see no rain for 7 months a year(summer) I`ve had to reuse everybit of water we consume. all goes into a 3...
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Mary Lloyd
whinberry
Mar 1, 2008 3:13 pm
Hi Stephen, Boris and all, Really useful responses, thank you very much. I am looking for a copy of that book Boris and looking up all the plants Stephen...
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Michael Porter
michaels4gar...
Mar 1, 2008 6:02 pm
On the Daves Garden web site, --you may be able to find Baa , she is in the UK and very knowledgeable - and probly some others also, --Michael Mary Lloyd...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
Mar 1, 2008 7:59 pm
is it big bamboo or the little skinny ones? There is more than one bamboo species, you might want to find out about edibility of all of them. In a message...
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Infowolf1@...
infowolf1
Mar 1, 2008 8:00 pm
diarrhea or aphrodisiac? In a message dated 3/1/2008 7:14:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mary@... writes: I have grown the jerusalem ones: they...
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Michael Porter
michaels4gar...
Mar 1, 2008 11:21 pm
Gas Infowolf1@... wrote: diarrhea or aphrodisiac? In a message dated 3/1/2008 7:14:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mary@... writes: I...
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Clinton McDowell
morbambu
Mar 4, 2008 9:04 am
Hello, ALL bamboo shoots are edible ...tho some are far tastier than others. generally they are boiled twice(throw out the boiled water each time). that...
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Peggy
peg6012
Mar 4, 2008 9:04 am
I want to grow cattails to help clear up our creek. Do I need to buy plants or seed? Where can I get them? Many thanks, Peg...
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Mary Lloyd
whinberry
Mar 4, 2008 9:04 am
Yep, thats the one...GAS. I hadn't heard Jerusalem artichokes were aphrodisiac, could be a musical experience! hehe...
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Travis Philp
trphilp@...
Mar 4, 2008 9:05 am
Thanks for all of your input everyone, though I feel like I'm more confused than when I started :) I do only use cardboard in the first year of my garden beds...
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edibleforests
Mar 4, 2008 9:05 am
hello all, i'm new to the group but have been a follower of pfaf for many years... just wanted to chime in... for a great resource on perennial vegetables i...
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sustain_ability@...
mogiljan2
Mar 4, 2008 9:05 am
Hello! Anybody using commercial hydro/aero-ponic systems? I'm not looking for an endorsement, but any advice regarding reliability and other issues is welcome....
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Teeter
teetertwo06
Mar 4, 2008 9:05 am
http://www.agroforestry.net/pubs/perennial_vegetables.html http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Perennial_Foods These two links should get you a good perennial...
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Travis Philp
trphilp@...
Mar 7, 2008 8:25 am
I would use a hydro/aero system but I'm concerned about the plastic and what toxins leach from it. Most plastics leach easily and contain hormone disrupters...
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Travis Philp
trphilp@...
Mar 7, 2008 8:25 am
Peggy, If you have cattails in your area that you think are safe, meaning they aren't downstream from a source of pollution (ei. cattle deficating near or in...
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cromlech108
Mar 7, 2008 3:38 pm
... they aren't downstream from a source of pollution (ei. cattle deficating near or in the waters edge... Travis Oh PLUR-EASE...
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cromlech108
Mar 7, 2008 3:39 pm
... ..I thought we'd covered cannabis grows exhaustivly? I can tell you that outdoor grown with wild genetics makes the best charras, failing that (this is an...
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Traveler in Thyme
travelerinthyme
Mar 7, 2008 6:39 pm
Personally, I am wary of using any growing system that depends on electricity...........one power failure and you are out of business. Plus, since we are all...
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Martin Naylor
martinwnaylor
Mar 7, 2008 9:01 pm
Check these dudes out barrelponics@ yahoogroups.com Anybody using commercial hydro/aero-ponic systems? martin John Lennon describes his first acid trip ...
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Dan Culbertson
culbertson999
Mar 8, 2008 11:43 pm
Of course some of us have problems with good old dirt - like notorious-nematodes-from-hell and vicious-voracious-vandalizing-voles eating our sweet taters and...
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Cesca Beamish
cesbeamish
Mar 9, 2008 8:04 pm
I have just had my soil association inspection for my growers license and was asked to not use cardboard anymore, especially corrugated because of the glues....
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sustain_ability@...
mogiljan2
Mar 9, 2008 8:13 pm
Thanks, Dan. That's the ticket, along with barrel hydroponics (I remember a commercial site for raising fish in a barrel, also) mentioned earlier. Locally, I...
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Dan Culbertson
culbertson999
Mar 10, 2008 8:50 am
That is also a problem I face along with the soil critters. Most of my best possible garden sites are problematic with respect to tree roots and structures....
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cromlech108
Mar 10, 2008 10:44 am
Yes sure, I'm sure you have to be careful in strick organic regulation terms with using scavenged stuff...but I don't think its s real factor in the garden. I...
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Dan Culbertson
culbertson999
Mar 10, 2008 1:25 pm
I don't know if seeds are offered but cattails spread so fast that a few plants would be all you need. There are some cattail plants offered at Catalpa Tree...
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vic_doyle
Mar 10, 2008 1:48 pm
Any company making cardboard should have a COSHH care of substance harmful to health register, all chemicals In the UK anyway) used in an employment situation...
