On Fri, 02 Dec 2016 01:26:38 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 22:33:55 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
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>>On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 16:36:57 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>>wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 16:18:54 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
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>>>>On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:53:07 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:44:05 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
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>>>>>>On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:51:39 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>>>>On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:38:12 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:01:12 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:42:40 -0800 (PST), Roy >
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 2:59:15 PM UTC-7, Jeßus wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:40:42 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >Tonight's dinner: leftover grilled, skinless, boneless chicken breast,
>>>>>>>>>>> >probably sliced and served on a salad of some sort. Or, if I'm
>>>>>>>>>>> >feeling really low-energy, sliced and dropped into a bowl of
>>>>>>>>>>> >hot, buttered, nuked, previously frozen green beans.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Nice. Tonight we're having a small pork rolled roast, probably with
>>>>>>>>>>> mashed potato, garlic and some fresh chives, baby broad beans (fava
>>>>>>>>>>> beans) and rainbow chard from the garden.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Sounds great...I haven't had Swiss Chard for ages. I miss gardening but my health problems kind of interfered.
>>>>>>>>>>====
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks. Shame that health issues have stopped any gardening for you,
>>>>>>>>>chard is very easy to grow (but I'm sure you know that).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Chard is easy to grow but a lot of physical labor to harvest because
>>>>>>>>it's on the ground... however chard grows well in large pots. Many of
>>>>>>>>my neighbors are elderly and/or not in good health however they garden
>>>>>>>>with raised beds. Chard will grow well in window boxes on a
>>>>>>>>deck/patio. Container gardening is very popular. It's easy to grow
>>>>>>>>tomatoes, peppers, etc, in a bale hay in a plastic trash bag.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I've decided to convert most of my vegetable garden to raised beds
>>>>>>>sometime next year. My lower back isn't great (digging definitely
>>>>>>>aggravates it) plus raised beds will reduce the amount of weeding
>>>>>>>significantly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>As you say, Roy could possibly grow chard in pots.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Not knowing the nature of Roy's health limitations I would suggest he
>>>>>>start small. perhaps a couple of five gallon contractor's buckets...
>>>>>>and those can be set on dollies.. easy to fabricate ones own with some
>>>>>>scrap lumber and some casters/wheels from a hardware store or on line,
>>>>>>I've bought from:
>>>>>>http://www.servicecaster.com/
>>>>>>http://shepherdcasters.com/
>>>>>>Also from Amazon:
>>>>>>https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&pag...rd%20ca sters
>>>>>>I've changed the casters on our computer chairs to a wider and larger
>>>>>>diameter, the casters that come with computer chairs are too teeny and
>>>>>>ruin the chair pads.
>>>>>
>>>>>Deck gardening is simple and rewarding. I started my deck garden when
>>>>>I was very ill. You can sit for everything you need to do. Very,
>>>>>very little weeding is needed. My source of pots was my local
>>>>>nursery/garden center. They always have pots they are discarding.
>>>>>Lots of the pots had trees in them and therefore are fairly large. But
>>>>>all size pots are available. The springy, coiled hoses to carry water
>>>>>are a blessing for a deck garden. You can add a water turnoff right
>>>>>at your feet on the deck. All you really need is someone to carry
>>>>>those initial bags of potting soil to you from your vehicle.
>>>>>http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4knee7zu.jpg
>>>>>There are more pots out of the photo on left and right. Everything is
>>>>>mixed together. I'm going to cut back in 2017. It has grown much,
>>>>>much bigger than seen here. I've got to exercise some restraint.
>>>>>Janet US
>>>>
>>>>Looks very nice but a lot more than someone with health issues can
>>>>handle. I clicked through all your photos, if that's you in Haiti
>>>>you're hot!@ You can do a whole lot better than that ancient
>>>>looking Bubba Clinton. hehe
>>>>http://s1171.photobucket.com/user/ge...4bc12.jpg.html
>>>
>>>I had serious health issues "when" I started 10 years ago. I started
>>>with a pot of petunias, parsley and a geranium. initially it was to
>>>attract hummingbirds to watch. Time passed, garden grew. I thank you
>>>for the compliment. That's my daughter. She started a program in
>>>Haiti right after the big earthquake. She is working with villagers
>>>in the hills to establish from seed, shade coffee groves to bolster
>>>their income. (currently, her high school senior son is putting
>>>together a DNA profile of some ancient coffee trees that are there
>>>with a view to locating more of the same) She makes many trips a
>>>year and annually takes a group of her university students along. Her
>>>2 sons go along as well. Everyone works for 2 weeks. It's a good
>>>way, a better way, to demonstrate the issues of poor countries and
>>>poor people.
>>>Janet US
>>
>>Kudos to your daughter for her great humanitarian deeds... tell her
>>from me she's hot@.
>>
>>Of course I hope you realize that the people of Haiti are impoverished
>>only due to the the elitists who run the show, any economic benefits
>>your daughter's efforts impart will only go into the coffers of the
>>elites, nothing your daughter does will benefit the poor folk. Sad
>>but true.
>
>I don't agree. These people sell/will sell their coffee and put the
>money in their pockets. They are learning farming and soil techniques
>that will benefit them long term. The Haiti side of the land is
>virtually tree free. All have been burned for fuel. The soil is thin
>and doesn't support much at all. My daughter is working for the long
>term improvement. Such an approach takes away dependency on
>government. (I hope)
>Janet US

I also hope your daughter suceeds.