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  • From: "Judy Lynn" <thlady_saint AT hotmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] New guy Introduction (+ weed question)
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:52:24 -0700



Another geek farmer!  I was concerned I was the only one ;o) I break software by day and farm by night... people tend to think it a bit odd hehe... Welcome to the list Mike!

   Judy


>Hello, I thought I'd drop a line to introduce myself. You could consider
>me a farmer in a geeks body - I'm a software developer by day, and
>oftentimes by night, but a part-time farmer of timothy hay, garlic and other
>veggies (small scale) in the "spare time".



Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >From marcw AT iinet.net.au Fri Apr 25 12:55:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org Received: from mail.iinet.net.au (mail-07.iinet.net.au [203.59.3.39]) by happyhouse.metalab.unc.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FCE9200B9 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:55:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 1030 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2003 16:55:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO OzChilliMan) (203.59.211.9) by mail.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 25 Apr 2003 16:55:23 -0000 Message-ID: <00dc01c30b4b$72835c10$0e69fea9@OzChilliMan> From: "Marc Winterburn" To: "Steve Sando" , "Market Farming" References: <022a01c30b48$6ea31c00$e66be5d8@coconuteru4tk2> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pasilla de Oaxaca Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:55:14 +0800 Organization: The Oz Chilli Man MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-BeenThere: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Market Farming List-Id: Market Farming List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:55:31 -0000 Hi Steve, It was me , I haven't been able to track as yet any supplies of the seed in any quantity. If you can help that would be excellent. During your chile hunting in Mexico did you witness authentic chile smoking. I am real interested in any info on the subject. Kind Regards Marc Winterburn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Sando" To: Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:33 AM Subject: [Market-farming] Pasilla de Oaxaca > Sorry but I don't remember who asked about this chile. A new member? > > I just wanted to add that they are delicious. Also that I was chile hunting > in Mexico this winter and had great luck saving the seeds from the fruit I > thought were particularly good. And my germination rate has been about 95%! > I fell in the love with the Manzano (I believe aka Rocoto outside of > Mexico), not knowing the seeds were fairly easy to get here in the US, but > this chile has had a 100% germ rate. I also had left over some Chiuacle > Negro from a trip to Oaxaca about 3 years ago and I've had about a 50% germ > rate, very good considering they were just hanging out in my pantry. Of > course, it's going to take some time to grow them, get ample seeds, dry > them, etc. but it's worth it- and kind of fun. > > I have a small email group called New World Gardening focusing on growing > and cooking native US and Mexican vegetables (although there is some off > topic discussion as well). It's a gardeners group, not a growers group, > really, but we do have a small database that is growing for seed exchange. > If you have extras or want to request something, it might be worth a try. > It's humbling how much some of these people know. There's a wonderful french > woman living in Australia whose knowledge of Mexican horticulture, veggies > in particular, puts me to shame, and I'm somewhat of an expert among my > peers! > > If it interets you, you send a mail to > NewWorldGardening-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com > > Again, it's a casual, hobbiest kind of group with not too much mail but it > may be interesting. > > Steve Sando > Specialty Produce from Napa: www.ranchogordo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Get the list FAQ at: http://www.marketfarming.net/mflistfaq.htm >


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