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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Hi Bob - thanks for your note. yeah, I do a lot of research. You should have seen me the first time I put up wallpaper - having read all the...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Hi Jo-Ann - thanks for all thinking. I work through things much the same way. I had actually planned to use nylon screening (not very...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Ok - I follow the logic about drying times, and I understand the effect of cutting the raw tomato in smaller pieces before you start drying,...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Thanks for the note Jo-Ann. I'm just starting my research. It makes sense that constancy of heat would be important - I'm hoping to achieve that...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 19, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Bob -thanks for the link. Seems to be all sorts of good stuff. I have a restriction on how to dry stuff since our home is off-grid, hence my...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Many thanks, Bazette3. That is a great source of information - now to try to pick the right one(s) <sigh>. Reading an earlier post reminds me...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 17, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Hi and thanks for the links. I'm going to talk to one that is (somewhat) local to me. Eagerly anticipating some really neat tomatoes this summer...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 14, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom tomatoes

    Many thanks to the encouragement from all three of you. Apparently we're in Hardiness Zone 4B - now I just have to find out what that means....
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Heirloom Apple trees

    Thanks Margaret for your suggestions - U of Guelph was on my list of places to contact but I hadn't thought about the two heritage villages.
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 10, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Heirloom Apple trees

    Hi Ron - yeah, I think that's probably correct but I'm not sure they know exactly what trees were there before. Our farm was only about 80 miles...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 9, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Heirloom Apple trees

    Hi - thanks very much for the link. I've sent them an email but, on reading their site further, realize that I have no idea what they mean by...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 8, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Zone map link down?

    Once again, many thanks. I assume the name you're thinking of is not either "companion planting" or "permaculture". (I know the terms, just...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 3, 2009 in forum: HortForum
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    Zone map link down?

    Again, many thanks. Not sure there are a lot of master gardeners around here - think of me as living outside Brackendale, or Hope, or someplace...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 3, 2009 in forum: HortForum
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    Zone map link down?

    K Baron - many thanks for the information and the welcome. Dumb question - does the zone matter on all plants? Local farmer says he buys corn...
    Post by: Roger Priddle, Feb 3, 2009 in forum: HortForum
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    Heirloom Apple trees

    Hi. I have a friend who is the naturalist at the Simcoe County museum. On the property there is the remains of an old orchard which he would...
    Thread by: Roger Priddle, Feb 3, 2009, 7 replies, in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees