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> <channel><title>Comments on: The Annual Organic Gardening Carnival 2009</title> <atom:link href="http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html</link> <description>Naturally inspired living for the Christian homemaker</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:49:19 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>By: hydroponics</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-36629</link> <dc:creator>hydroponics</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:23:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-36629</guid> <description>I really love gardening.I am glad you posted an information regarding it. Actually i am really looking for some data about gardening.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really love gardening.I am glad you posted an information regarding it. Actually i am really looking for some data about gardening.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Linda-Kitchen Therapy</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-34038</link> <dc:creator>Linda-Kitchen Therapy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-34038</guid> <description>Hi, I just found your blog and this carnival. I hope it is not to late to contribute.
http://blog.kitchentherapy.us/2009/11/giving-thanks-for-gluten-free-grains-in-the-garden/
A review of veggies, grains, and fruits in our Midwest garden. Zone 5. what we will plant again, and what we won&#039;t.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I just found your blog and this carnival. I hope it is not to late to contribute.</p><p><a
href="http://blog.kitchentherapy.us/2009/11/giving-thanks-for-gluten-free-grains-in-the-garden/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.kitchentherapy.us/2009/11/giving-thanks-for-gluten-free-grains-in-the-garden/</a></p><p>A review of veggies, grains, and fruits in our Midwest garden. Zone 5. what we will plant again, and what we won't.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jacqualine</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29149</link> <dc:creator>Jacqualine</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:45:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29149</guid> <description>http://joycomesfromwithin.blogspot.com/2009/11/garden-journal-2009.html
A quick look at my last 3 year of gardening. This year has proved to be the best!
.-= Jacqualine´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://joycomesfromwithin.blogspot.com/2009/11/garden-journal-2009.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Garden Journal 2009&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://joycomesfromwithin.blogspot.com/2009/11/garden-journal-2009.html" rel="nofollow">http://joycomesfromwithin.blogspot.com/2009/11/garden-journal-2009.html</a></p><p>A quick look at my last 3 year of gardening. This year has proved to be the best!<br
/> .-= Jacqualine´s last blog ..<a
href="http://joycomesfromwithin.blogspot.com/2009/11/garden-journal-2009.html" rel="nofollow">Garden Journal 2009</a> =-.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Abbi</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29147</link> <dc:creator>Abbi</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:15:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29147</guid> <description>Hello! I did post about my garden. I have been thinking a lot about what I want to do next year anyway. Here is the link:
http://proverbs31living.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-back-at-garden.html
Even through neglect and cold weather,God blessed abundantly!
.-= Abbi´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://proverbs31living.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-back-at-garden.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Looking back at the garden&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello! I did post about my garden. I have been thinking a lot about what I want to do next year anyway. Here is the link:<br
/> <a
href="http://proverbs31living.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-back-at-garden.html" rel="nofollow">http://proverbs31living.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-back-at-garden.html</a></p><p>Even through neglect and cold weather,God blessed abundantly!<br
/> .-= Abbi´s last blog ..<a
href="http://proverbs31living.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-back-at-garden.html" rel="nofollow">Looking back at the garden</a> =-.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Gina</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29135</link> <dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:36:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29135</guid> <description>Looking forward to taking some time to read other&#039;s posts!
Our seventh year of gardening was an exciting time to try new things, including a great tomato, a  children&#039;s garden, and new compost pile!
http://homejoys.blogspot.com/2009/11/gardening-year-in-review-2009.html</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking forward to taking some time to read other's posts!</p><p>Our seventh year of gardening was an exciting time to try new things, including a great tomato, a  children's garden, and new compost pile!</p><p><a
href="http://homejoys.blogspot.com/2009/11/gardening-year-in-review-2009.html" rel="nofollow">http://homejoys.blogspot.com/2009/11/gardening-year-in-review-2009.html</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Kim</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29116</link> <dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:19:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29116</guid> <description>I do not have a blog, so I will leave my post in the comments if that is okay.  Last year I read the articles in your Gargen Carnival.  I was inspired to start my own garden.  We live in an apartment, however on our patio we do have beds, but they only had mulch in them.  So I filled them with some soil based on the Square Foot Gardening method.  It was kind of expensive, but it was fun to grow your own things and I plan to use the garden again.  I was a little too ambitious and probably set my hopes too high.  But overall  I did get some nice produce and I learned a lot.
I grew cucumbers, two types of tomatoes, green beans, squash, lettuce, carrots, onions, cilantro, basil, peas, and lima beans.
Some of the lessons I learned:
1.  In Southern California you need to water a lot.
2.  I tried to use Heirloom seeds and try new varieties and I found that my family prefered the more traditional variety.  I think I may buy some of the organic seeds locally next year.  They may have less variety, but they are the &quot;traditional&quot; flavor my family is used to eating.
Here are some of the things I plan to try for next year:
1.  Since I have a small place, pick things that would be more difficult and more expensive to buy locally.  I need to realize that with this size of garden, I am going to suppliment my produce, not provide all of it.  I am going to grow cucumbers, tomatoes, different types of squash, lettuce, snow peas, and maybe some melons.
2.  I also plan to plant onions, cilantro, and basil again.  It was so fun to be able to go pick them and put them in my recipes.
3.  I love to experiment and I would love to see which plants will grow in hotter weather.  We are planning to move to the Philippines as missionaries in about a year and a half.  I would love to experiment with growing some of my own vegetables that would be harder to get over there.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do not have a blog, so I will leave my post in the comments if that is okay.  Last year I read the articles in your Gargen Carnival.  I was inspired to start my own garden.  We live in an apartment, however on our patio we do have beds, but they only had mulch in them.  So I filled them with some soil based on the Square Foot Gardening method.  It was kind of expensive, but it was fun to grow your own things and I plan to use the garden again.  I was a little too ambitious and probably set my hopes too high.  But overall  I did get some nice produce and I learned a lot.<br
/> I grew cucumbers, two types of tomatoes, green beans, squash, lettuce, carrots, onions, cilantro, basil, peas, and lima beans.<br
/> Some of the lessons I learned:<br
/> 1.  In Southern California you need to water a lot.<br
/> 2.  I tried to use Heirloom seeds and try new varieties and I found that my family prefered the more traditional variety.  I think I may buy some of the organic seeds locally next year.  They may have less variety, but they are the "traditional" flavor my family is used to eating.<br
/> Here are some of the things I plan to try for next year:<br
/> 1.  Since I have a small place, pick things that would be more difficult and more expensive to buy locally.  I need to realize that with this size of garden, I am going to suppliment my produce, not provide all of it.  I am going to grow cucumbers, tomatoes, different types of squash, lettuce, snow peas, and maybe some melons.<br
/> 2.  I also plan to plant onions, cilantro, and basil again.  It was so fun to be able to go pick them and put them in my recipes.<br
/> 3.  I love to experiment and I would love to see which plants will grow in hotter weather.  We are planning to move to the Philippines as missionaries in about a year and a half.  I would love to experiment with growing some of my own vegetables that would be harder to get over there.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Shannon</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29058</link> <dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29058</guid> <description>My post is about my experimentations with growing food indoors this winter.
http://www.nourishingdays.com/?p=2360</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My post is about my experimentations with growing food indoors this winter.</p><p><a
href="http://www.nourishingdays.com/?p=2360" rel="nofollow">http://www.nourishingdays.com/?p=2360</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Kate</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29055</link> <dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:46:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29055</guid> <description>I&#039;m submitting mine too!  I am interested to learn from everyone.
http://modernalternativemama.blogspot.com/2009/10/organic-gardening-carnival-reflection.html</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm submitting mine too!  I am interested to learn from everyone.</p><p><a
href="http://modernalternativemama.blogspot.com/2009/10/organic-gardening-carnival-reflection.html" rel="nofollow">http://modernalternativemama.blogspot.com/2009/10/organic-gardening-carnival-reflection.html</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jodi</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29030</link> <dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:06:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29030</guid> <description>My post is a quick what I learned this year in my garden with a few pictures. http://oneblessedmamaofboys.blogspot.com/2009/11/organic-garden-carnival.html
.-= Jodi´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://oneblessedmamaofboys.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-spend-november-couple-yummy-recipes.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;No Spend November: A Couple Yummy Recipes&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My post is a quick what I learned this year in my garden with a few pictures. <a
href="http://oneblessedmamaofboys.blogspot.com/2009/11/organic-garden-carnival.html" rel="nofollow">http://oneblessedmamaofboys.blogspot.com/2009/11/organic-garden-carnival.html</a><br
/> .-= Jodi´s last blog ..<a
href="http://oneblessedmamaofboys.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-spend-november-couple-yummy-recipes.html" rel="nofollow">No Spend November: A Couple Yummy Recipes</a> =-.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Becky</title><link>http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/the-annual-organic-gardening-carnival-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-29027</link> <dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:39:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=1426#comment-29027</guid> <description>Thanks for hosting this Stephanie!  I&#039;m very excited to see what everyone has written.
My post is the reflection and lessons learned from a first year gardener.  http://talesofaperfectionist.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/reflections-on-my-garden/</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for hosting this Stephanie!  I'm very excited to see what everyone has written.</p><p>My post is the reflection and lessons learned from a first year gardener. <a
href="http://talesofaperfectionist.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/reflections-on-my-garden/" rel="nofollow">http://talesofaperfectionist.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/reflections-on-my-garden/</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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