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Quinoa was links to good photos?
"Wesley Trotman" wrote in message
I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from your PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have tried to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and pay for import into oz. Have you ever eaten it Wes? Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is drying up the small amount of rain we have had this year. Same here in the East Wes. The local news reported that the evaporation rates are twice the previous record level ie 15mm/week!!!!! We have only had 19.5 mm rain for the whole of October and that is VERY low for this time of year. |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
"Wesley Trotman" wrote in message
I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from your PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have tried to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and pay for import into oz. Have you ever eaten it Wes? Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is drying up the small amount of rain we have had this year. Same here in the East Wes. The local news reported that the evaporation rates are twice the previous record level ie 15mm/week!!!!! We have only had 19.5 mm rain for the whole of October and that is VERY low for this time of year. |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
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from "Graham Burnett" contains these words: Blimey you mean somebody actually READS that stuff I copy and paste!! Well yes, Graham, and while I'm doing so,I analyse it...rare and scarey,hm? The 'Leeds author' was probably Ken Fern, however I think I might just pass your comment back to the PFAF yahoo list and see if they can spin doctor their way out of that colemanballism.... Cheers Graham In fact I might even send it to Lord Gnome Himself and see if I can win a fiver... Don't forget to forward it to me, then :-) Janet |
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from "Graham Burnett" contains these words: Blimey you mean somebody actually READS that stuff I copy and paste!! Well yes, Graham, and while I'm doing so,I analyse it...rare and scarey,hm? The 'Leeds author' was probably Ken Fern, however I think I might just pass your comment back to the PFAF yahoo list and see if they can spin doctor their way out of that colemanballism.... Cheers Graham In fact I might even send it to Lord Gnome Himself and see if I can win a fiver... Don't forget to forward it to me, then :-) Janet |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
In fact I might even send it to Lord Gnome Himself and see if I can win a fiver... Don't forget to forward it to me, then :-) I probabably won't actually (seemed a good idea on Saturday night after a few bottles of winter warmer beer), but if I do and it wins I'll send you two pounds fifty :-) I did however forward your reply (minus your addy) to PFAF and I await their response... Cheers Graham |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
In fact I might even send it to Lord Gnome Himself and see if I can win a fiver... Don't forget to forward it to me, then :-) I probabably won't actually (seemed a good idea on Saturday night after a few bottles of winter warmer beer), but if I do and it wins I'll send you two pounds fifty :-) I did however forward your reply (minus your addy) to PFAF and I await their response... Cheers Graham |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
WE bought some quinoa from a health food shop. I havent tried to sprout it ,
perhaps thats worth a try but it was dehusked, whtaever difference that makes. Fat hen grows here like weed, did some one detremine whether that is the same palnt or perhaps related? The fat hen bends to the ground with its seed load near the time of dropping it. We have had 30mm of rain for October which is Ok as our average is 35mm /. But other months have been consistantly down. Lucky for us we have caught some showers so there will be some crops and hay around here . I cant say the same for areas 100km away were most stock has been sold and machinery has stayed in the sheds. It seems the message of Oz's declining fertility may have gotten through to our government but I listened to some economists being interiewed. Their solution was to do nothing as the economy will respond and the problems of land degradation and climate change will be fixed. Oz has seroius problems of loss of fertility and salinity and we are approaching crunch time. Wes. For others not intune in Oz, The Fran Higham wrote in message ... "Wesley Trotman" wrote in message I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from your PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have tried to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and pay for import into oz. Have you ever eaten it Wes? Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is drying up the small amount of rain we have had this year. Same here in the East Wes. The local news reported that the evaporation rates are twice the previous record level ie 15mm/week!!!!! We have only had 19.5 mm rain for the whole of October and that is VERY low for this time of year. |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
WE bought some quinoa from a health food shop. I havent tried to sprout it ,
perhaps thats worth a try but it was dehusked, whtaever difference that makes. Fat hen grows here like weed, did some one detremine whether that is the same palnt or perhaps related? The fat hen bends to the ground with its seed load near the time of dropping it. We have had 30mm of rain for October which is Ok as our average is 35mm /. But other months have been consistantly down. Lucky for us we have caught some showers so there will be some crops and hay around here . I cant say the same for areas 100km away were most stock has been sold and machinery has stayed in the sheds. It seems the message of Oz's declining fertility may have gotten through to our government but I listened to some economists being interiewed. Their solution was to do nothing as the economy will respond and the problems of land degradation and climate change will be fixed. Oz has seroius problems of loss of fertility and salinity and we are approaching crunch time. Wes. For others not intune in Oz, The Fran Higham wrote in message ... "Wesley Trotman" wrote in message I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from your PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have tried to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and pay for import into oz. Have you ever eaten it Wes? Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is drying up the small amount of rain we have had this year. Same here in the East Wes. The local news reported that the evaporation rates are twice the previous record level ie 15mm/week!!!!! We have only had 19.5 mm rain for the whole of October and that is VERY low for this time of year. |
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