Intro thread

[alexbayleaf]

Ooh, starting to get members, awesome!

I thought it might be good to do a quick intro thread. Let's do it like this:

Name: (DW and/or otherwise)
Where are you: (country etc)
What do you grow?
Why are you interested in this project?

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[killing_rose]

Name: killing_rose; Annie
Where are you: central Missouri, USA
What do you grow? at the moment, nothing, the drought killed it all. Normally tomatoes, green beans, peas, strawberries, and onions. Some herbs and cucumbers, too.
Why are you interested in this project? Because my household loves growing things, because Yena made squeeing noises (hence the cribbed descriptions), and because I have no idea what one grows, being as I am from a family that's largely pragmatic about its growing zone: that is to say, my father grows flowers and doesn't push it beyond that. (My family resides in Alaska.)

[alexbayleaf]

Argh, drought! :(

Are there food gardeners in Alaska? (Greenhouses, hydroponics, ???) If there are I hope our project can support them.

[killing_rose]

There are in some areas. Microclimates mean that some areas are really good for growing while other areas are terrible. Some of these areas are quite literally ten miles apart.

My ex boss, when last I talked to her, was growing kale, tomatoes (those weren't doing so well), and various squash in Anchorage.

[algeh]

When I last visited friends in Alaska (Anchorage), many of them had backyard greenhouses and grew veggies of various kinds. Because several of them were Texas transplants, they mostly wanted to show off their various homegrown hot peppers. My friends in the Yukon (Whitehorse) tell me it's hard to get spicy peppers there and/or that the bell peppers available are less spicy than in other places. I have no idea if it's a growing issue or if it's a transportation issue, and if this is similar in Alaska with their store-bought peppers, but if so and if it's a transportation issue it'd explain why the Alaska folks were growing their own. (I am extremely allergic to peppers so I wasn't exactly paying too much attention since I wouldn't be eating them regardless.)