tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post2415525990118834891..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Greenhouse storyRebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-82044503711435079782009-10-14T17:00:28.173+01:002009-10-14T17:00:28.173+01:00Hello,
I found your blogs interesting. I am an ex...Hello, <br />I found your blogs interesting. I am an experimental farmer in Abeokuta, Nigeria. I have also been able to develop an hybrid maroon-coloured maize in my own farm here Nigeria. I want to know if you can help in the area raising and multiplying it for use in the making of popcorn. <br />I have the 2 cobs photographed and I am willing to send them as an attachment if you you so wish. I am preserving them also.<br />Thanks so much for your help.<br />Caleb Adewole.<br />Thanks for your help.Caleb Adewolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-42776091480509233722009-02-19T17:54:00.000+00:002009-02-19T17:54:00.000+00:00Dear Friends,Kokopelli is organizing a tour in Eur...Dear Friends,<BR/><BR/>Kokopelli is organizing a tour in Europe for Tom Wagner in September/October 2009.<BR/><BR/>Tom Wagner is the very well know creator/breeder of so many wonderful varieties of tomatoes (Green Zebra, Banana Legs, Green Grape, Vintage Vine, Green Sausage, Green Bell Pepper, Lime Green, Schimmeig Creg, Brown Flesh, Verde Claro, Gold and Green, Greenwich, Elberta Girl, etc) and of many varieties of potatoes ( Viva el Sol, Adirondacksen, Azul Larga, Awol Dude, Nordic October, Baby Banana, Skagit Valley Gold, etc.).<BR/><BR/>A few pictures are available here: http://www.kokopelli.asso.fr/campagnes/tom-wagner-obtenteur-tomates.html<BR/><BR/>Tom is 63 years old and has been breeding tomatoes since he is 8 years old. In the span of 56 years, he has created hundreds of varieties of tomatoes and potatoes, including potatoes totally resistant to blight. <BR/><BR/>He is working presently in USA with 100 000 lines of potatoes. <BR/><BR/>The first 2 days-workshop will take place on September 22/23 in France (close to Tours), Chateau de la Bourdaisière, hosted by Prince Louis Albert de Broglie who developed a conservatory of 650 varieties of tomatoes 13 years ago with our collection. The themes of the workshop will be: varietal creation of tomatoes and of potatoes, their selection, their resistance to diseases, etc.<BR/><BR/>Would there be any organization in Germany, Austria, Swiss, Spain and Italy interested in organizing other workshops with Tom?<BR/><BR/>We are programming a full month for Tom, so there is plenty of time for him to travel around, teach and visit other people involved in seed saving, seed production or breeding. <BR/><BR/>For the moment, Tom is fully scheduled in between September 12 th and October 5th. He is giving lectures and four 2-days workshops (2 in France, one in Belgium and one in Switzerland.<BR/><BR/>All answers welcome in French, Spanish or English.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes<BR/><BR/>Dominique<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dominique Guillet<BR/><BR/>Association Kokopelli en France<BR/>http://www.kokopelli.asso.fr/<BR/><BR/>Site personnel: Liberterre<BR/>http://www.liberterre.fr/<BR/><BR/>Annadana en Inde<BR/>http://www.annadana.com/<BR/><BR/>Kokopelli Seed Foundation dans les Amériques<BR/>http://www.kokopelli-seed-foundation.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-24395228313248908302008-11-06T14:06:00.000+00:002008-11-06T14:06:00.000+00:00Thank you all. Indeed after one season with a gree...Thank you all. Indeed after one season with a greenhouse I'm already wondering how I ever managed without one.<BR/><BR/>Anna, I'd be happy to send you some seeds of Lemon Drop and Green Tiger, I have plenty spare. Lemon Drop originally came from Real Seeds, but Green Tiger is not available to buy anywhere. It's a great variety and I'd love to see more people growing it. If you want to contact me at "seeds" (at) "rebsiefairholm.co.uk" with a postal address I'll send some off to you.<BR/><BR/>VH, thanks for the tip about January potatoes. I will definitely try that! God I love potatoes.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-67558708486770838302008-11-06T08:58:00.000+00:002008-11-06T08:58:00.000+00:00Hi RebsieGreat greenhouse! What a lovely addition ...Hi Rebsie<BR/>Great greenhouse! What a lovely addition to your garden.<BR/>You've been awarded, by the way. Feel free to participate (or not) as you wish. xxnaturewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05612495206869016620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-42318955098911521192008-11-05T14:05:00.000+00:002008-11-05T14:05:00.000+00:00Nice addition to your garden! You'll not regret it...Nice addition to your garden! You'll not regret it. Even when it's pouring down you can potter about in the dry and feel you're 'in' the garden.<BR/><BR/>I think the dull damp summer caused all sorts of mould and stuff this year. But I didn't need to put up shade netting!<BR/><BR/>I obtained some plastic shelving - not pretty but it's practical and has made a huge difference to how much I can pack in to our greenhouse for over-wintering!<BR/><BR/>CeliaCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-78202271372964692532008-11-05T10:37:00.000+00:002008-11-05T10:37:00.000+00:00Great project Rebsie ... and thanks for the tip ab...Great project Rebsie ... and thanks for the tip about the hosepipe and the watering can, so simple, so obvious, and so not done here ;) but from now on ...<BR/><BR/>Love the look of that big American green tomato ... the people who run the Whistlestop Cafe have a blog, with the famous recipe for fried green tomatoes - better than green tom chutney any day<BR/><BR/>JoannaJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790888857849562408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-84402526001831156902008-11-05T05:48:00.000+00:002008-11-05T05:48:00.000+00:00Great Post Rebsie. From experience I know that be...Great Post Rebsie. From experience I know that being a greenhouse owner and grower puts a farmer/gardener in an entirely different world where nearly anything is possible. You made a very sound purchase as well I may add, very nice greenhouse!Bishops Homegrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530035650083339042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-21369675834973748022008-11-04T21:05:00.000+00:002008-11-04T21:05:00.000+00:00My dad gave me his old greenhouse that he wasn't u...My dad gave me his old greenhouse that he wasn't using!<BR/><BR/>We had to borrow a van to get it here, Michael and his dad put some concrete slabs down for a base, then me and my dad put the greenhouse up.<BR/><BR/>I've been really glad of it this year - my outside tomatoes have produced exactly nothing with the lack of sun and the blight.<BR/><BR/>I need some staging like yours I think, because I found it hard to squish 6 peppers, 6 aubergines, 8 tomatoes, 4 chillies, one cucumber and 3 melons (which didn't do anything at all) in there.<BR/><BR/>Where did you get the yellow chillies and Green Tiger toms from? I'd like to grow them myslef next year...Robbiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528997485488258141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-51158686964786314562008-11-04T17:14:00.000+00:002008-11-04T17:14:00.000+00:00I wouldn't be without my greenhouse - looks very s...I wouldn't be without my greenhouse - looks very similar and is the same size as yours. My parents gave me the cash for it too! I got it from a small nursery in the area - who had a putting-up man on hand for an extra charge.<BR/><BR/>It's invaluable for peppers and I do get much better results from tomatoes grown inside. It's useful in winter too. I put hardy varieties of lettuce in there - and start off a few spuds in Jan/Feb in bubble-wrapped flower-buckets. Oh, you are going to have SO MUCH fun!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841961223771293021noreply@blogger.com