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The Arts in Tehran
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The Secrets of Eve by Yasmin Sinai I have known the work of the talented sculptor Yasmin Sinai for some years and have admired her sculptures and the interesting feelings that they bring to the viewer. There is a strange sense of mixture of realism and fantasy which is pleasant yet often makes you wonder about the messages, the character, the ideas and hopes. Yasmin Sinai's recent exhibition at the Shirin Gallery in Tehran featured the Secrets of Eve, whose curiosity in the Garden of Eden led to the fall from Paradise. There are many angels and some charming figures and interesting painted boxes containing some of the characters. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/26/10.
Ojan Zargarbashi's deep penetrating eyes The works of Ojan Zargarbashi at his recent exhibition at Silk Road Gallery in Tehran were some of the most impressive that I have seen for a long time. Without escaping into abstraction as many do due to a lack of artistic ability, Mr Zargarbashi chooses the hard work of realism with a great and masterful sense of color bringing new people into the life of the viewer who look at you or look at themselves with a deep penetrating eye, sly smile, lost in some world unknown to us. This makes the show most thrilling and it was truly worth the struggle though Tehran's notoriously ever more horrible traffic even on Fridays to see it. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/22/10
Shirin Malek Esmaili When we go out of the house and brave the traffic on our Friday gallery hops, it is always good to find something out of the ordinary and unusual and I found this in the work of Shirin Malek Esmaili at the Mah gallery. She was born in 1981 in Berlin, trained at Tehran University and has been exhibiting for the last five years. Some of her work has an honest realism, although some is rather surreal, and there are some unusual and novel subjects, many familiar to Tehranis.. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/16/10
Molavi Puppet Opera at Tehran's Ferdowsi Theater We were delighted when our friend Touraj invited us to go to see Behrouz Gharibpour's puppet opera "Molavi" at Tehran Ferdowsi Theater which is opposite the Vahdat Hall (Roudaki) in center of Tehran. We were the guests of a young lady, one of the puppeteers, Mona Kiyanifar who had helped with others to make the puppets and their clothing at the workshop headed by Maryam Eghbali and Ali Pakdast -Syma Sayyah, Tehran 02/12/10
Sohrab Sepehri - A Window to Color In mid-December we went to one of Tehran's most important exhibitions of the year. The Tehran Museum of Modern Art is holding a retrospective exhibition of the paintings of Sohrab Sepehri from their own collection and a few other collections. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/3/10
Born a Painter: Parvaneh Etemadi at Tehran's Mah Gallery Without a doubt Parvaneh Etemadi is Iran's leading lady artist and has been so for many years. She is one of the rare artists in Iran I know who has been reinventing herself over and over again throughout her career. I have loved the intensity of her work, the great sense of beauty that I feel when I look at them and the thoughts that rush into my mind... -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/31/09
Tehran Art Scene: Interesting Works of Masoud Sadeddin at Homa Gallery I was delighted simply because someone - man or woman - had changed the emphasis of their work to men. Life for any kind of women, let alone a modern one in Iran, has not been easy in the past few decades and yes, we did suffer and still do, but who says that men do not as well? -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/4/09
Mehdi Sahabi (1943-2009): A Translator and an Artist Mehdi Sahabi was born in 1943 in Ghazvin and died last week in Paris. He was buried last Thursday at the artists plot in Beheshte Zahra. Many well known art and literary figures were present for his funeral. He was one of Iran's best known and respected translators and usually translated from French but also from Italian and English. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/21/09
Aun Gallery: The latest talk of the town in Tehran Tehran is full of surprises these days, and one of these has been the opening of a new gallery, which must make many artists green with envy to be able to show their work there. Aun Gallery was designed and built by Ms. Afarin Neyssari, an architect who is one of the owners; although due to her busy schedule it took longer than intended. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/10/09
Reverse Painting on Glass Recently I came across a most unusual book on Iranian art, which dealt with the subject of reverse painting on glass (poshteh shisheh). Like many kinds of art this may not appeal to everyone, yet it is no doubt an outstanding art book and those who are interested in true Iranian art and in particular glass art work should find it most informative and fascinating. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/18/09
Maryam Shirinlou: An inspiring and warm hearted painter Maryam Shirinlou has for a long time been one of our favorite artists currently working in Iran. Born in Tehran, after the revolution she moved with her parents, first to France, and then to the US, where she trained in Art in California. She later moved back to Tehran and became interested in yoga and healing -Syma Sayyah & Paul Sanford, Tehran - 5/29/09
The Devil's Ship in Tehran My cultural thirst for diversity has been fulfilled on and off by good films, concerts and on rare occasion theatre. So I was delighted that last Friday our friend Sharareh invited us and a few others to see The Devil's Ship, a play by the well known man of theatre in Iran Mr Attila Pessyani. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/22/09
A Poetry reading and music at the Mexican Cultural Center in Tehran In Tehran, there has been a sniff of spring as the temperature is slowly rising, despite the sudden yet short lived rushes of cold wind, and we have been lucky in attending some cultural events, besides our less often but regular gallery hopping. One of the most interesting events that we attended last week was at the Mexican Cultural Center which is not far from our house, in one of the side streets off Africa Avenue -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/10/09
7th Sadegh Hedayat Literary Award The 7th Sadegh Hedayat Literary Awards which were organized by the Hedayat office took place last week at the house of Mr Jahangir and Shideh Hedayat in Tehran, in the presence of the gem of Iran's lady of letters Mrs. Simin Behbahani and members of the Hedayat family. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/18/09
AARAN, a Chic and Superb Real Gallery in Tehran The Aaran Gallery, which opened last month right in the center of Tehran not far from the 7th Tir Square metro station is Tehran's newest hot news and ongoing sensation. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/11/08
Remembering Iranian Artist Iraj Zand The whole of the Iranian art scene was in shock two years ago when we learned that Iraj Zand had passed away after a short illness. When we went to see the exhibition at the Golestan gallery which was to be his last, I asked about Iraj and was told that he was in hospital. So sadly and so suddenly he left this world, his art, and his wife Sayyeh and his son Mani. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/25/08
Hadi Farahani - An Insightful Cartoonist Hadi Farahani is an accomplished and internationally known graphic artist. His works have been published in many North American publications including New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. Mr Farahani was educated in Tehran at the School of Visual Arts and at Tehran University, but for many years he has been living on the west coast of Canada. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/11/08
A Unique Exhibition in Tehran by Artist Bita Ghezelayagh Besides this most interesting, innovative and refreshing exhibition in many respects, Bita, who was born in Italy in 1965, has worked as an architect and an interior decorative artist, stage manager and dress designer for three films as well as running a home and being a mother to two very young children, Jahan and Kiana. At the same time she has been working for a major exhibition in London -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 8/6/08
Ramin Parvin's paintings at Tehran's Mehrva Gallery Ramin Parvin is the first winner of Mehrva Gallery small scale competition run this year. About 50 artists presented their work, and 12 were chosen to display their paintings at the gallery for six days. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 8/1/08
Sara Mobayen: A talented young photographer Sara Mobayen is a talented young lady who has taken some magnificent pictures of the children she has come across in the eastern part of Iran near the border with Afghanistan. We went to her exhibition "Dust and Dream" at the Golestan gallery where we met the famous Mrs Lili Golestan who has helped and encouraged so much young talent since she started her gallery over 20 years ago -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/2/08
The Color of Love: An Exhibition for a great cause in Tehran Mahak and Mrs. Ferial Salahsour, the art collector and manager of the Day Art Gallery have come up with a wonderful idea of staging an art show for which all the art works have been donated by the artists for fund raising for Mahak and all the money raised will benefit the needy children with cancer in Iran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/24/08
Kambiz Derambakhsh: A Peace Loving and Poetical Cartoonist Kambiz Derambakhsh is a cartoonist whose work delights the viewers while at the same time makes them think. A native of Shiraz, the city of love and poetry in central Iran, he is one of Iran's most prominent caricaturists. He told me that an artist's duty is to "sooth and relieve the suffering of the people's souls" and what you see is like a medicine for that. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/30/08
100 delicious Italian recipes with 100 Iranian artists drawings Once in a while one comes across people who truly enjoy what they do and knowingly or unknowingly set high standards to be lessons to others. One such lady is Mrs Felicetta Ferraro who as the cultural attaché of the Italian embassy in Tehran has been doing this for the past 8 years. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/28/08
A Friday Afternoon full of life at Artists Forum Last Friday, for an official function, I had to go to the Artists Forum (Khaneh Honarmandan) in Iranshahr Street in the middle of Tehran. It was a lovely spring day full of sunshine and a nice gentle breeze to enlighten one's heart. But what made me even more pleased that afternoon was that the Artists Forum, which is usually closed on Fridays, was full of life, activities and people from all sorts and backgrounds, men, women, old, young. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/15/08
Inner Eye: The photographs of Riccardo Zipoli at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Last month we were invited to attend the opening of one of the major artistic events of the year, a photographic exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. The event was organized by the new director of the TMCA, Dr Sadeghi and Mr Toscano, the Italian Ambassador in Tehran with the relentless efforts of the Italian cultural attaché in Tehran, Ms. Felicetta Ferraro. -Syma Sayyah and Paul Sanford, Tehran - 3/18/08
Mohsen Namjoo - A man who has redefined Iranian Music and taken it to the 21st century There are times in one's life when we think that nothing new will happen, at least in some ways. So it was an absolutely wonderful and delightful pleasure when I recently came to love, appreciate and feel a young artist. In my opinion, he is the most important thing that has happened to the Iranian music scene in a very long time. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/14/08
The Sixth Sadegh Hedayat Award Ceremony in Tehran Last week on the anniversary of his birthday, the 6th Sadegh Hedayat award was held at a private ceremony at the house of his nephew and head of Sadegh Hedayat office, Mr. Jahangir Hedayat. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/3/08
Mahdokht Khanboluki: A lovely princess with chic silence One of the best things that happened to me toward the end of the year was to come to know a lady painter who just paints for the love of it. I had seen an example of her work in the restaurant at the Artists Forum and asked for her contact details, and last month I went to meet Ms Mahdokht Khanboluki at her house and was impressed with the warmth of her works. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/5/08
ILLA and a unique Persian Garden in Geneva ILLA (named after a heroine in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh - The Epic of kings) is an organisation that was founded in 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland, to promote Iranian Art and Artists. Their most long term and biggest project is to build a Persian Garden in the City of Geneva and the group has been working on this for the past year and a half. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/24/08
Portraits of Ahmad Shamlou Recently we had the opportunity to see some interesting watercolor portraits of Iran's most well known modern poet, the late Mr Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000) by Mr Hossein Bahmanpour who is from Shiraz. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/7/08
You are Not Alone!: An exhibition by Mina Momeni Mina Momeni is one of Iran's most promising young women artist photographers who combines intellect, sorrow and the art of her time through her photographs of ladies. At her latest exhibition at the Elahe Gallery we met her and had a chance to talk to her. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/28/07
Tehran Art Scene: Ahmad Morshedloo's images of people The first time I came across Ahmad Morshedloo's work was over 3 years ago at the Arya Gallery where he held an exhibition of his paintings. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/14/07
Laden Broujerdy - a fresh touch to watercolor During the past few months, the Tehran art scene has been almost nonexistent except for the Golestan gallery and the Momayez gallery at the Artists Forum. Many galleries were closed for the summer. Then came Ramadan and again many stayed closed. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/30/07
Ten thousand years of Iran Culture Iran, because of its geographical location and strategic position has a heritage dating back many thousands of years, but you have to be one of the most intrepid tourists to go and discover some of the artefacts that are in the museums in Tehran, although there are many hidden jewels in such places. -Syma Sayyah and Paul Sanford, Tehran - 9/27/07
Peaceful and Passionate paintings at the House of Artists in Tehran Recently I have become disappointed with so-called more formal women activist groups, which it seems for some has become a means to recognition and that famous 15 minutes of fame." Some have the temerity to claim to be the only means of women struggle for justice. One can only laugh at such naivety since in a country as complex as Iran, it is simply preposterous that any person or any one group could possibly be the only channel for anything, let alone the defender of women and their rights. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 9/14/07
The Osnabrueck Symphony Orchestra in Tehran For the first time in years a foreign orchestra played in Tehran this week and they received a rapturous welcome. After a visit to Germany last year by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, the Osnabrueck Symphony Orchestra played a concert in the Vahdat hall. Although it was not well publicized, we were lucky to get some good seats. -Syma Sayyah and Paul Sanford, Tehran - 8/31/07
Ahoo Hamedi - A gentle and firm young painter The first time I came across Ahoo Hamedi's work was when I was at a friend's gallery and I saw some works had been wrapped up, and I was told that they were on their way to Europe. I found them interesting so when I heard that she had an exhibition at the Homa Gallery we made sure to go there. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/24/07
Arman Yaghoubpour: A promising painter Arman Yaghoubpour is a young artist who is heading towards the path of becoming quite a minimalist artist. Recently he had an exhibition at the Banafshe gallery which is managed by Mrs Elahe Raeesdana, herself a very good painter. This gallery has always supported many known and unknown artists to stage their work. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/3/07
Sofia Mahmoudi - a lyrical and passionate minimalist writer Sofia Mahmoudi is a lady who writes for fun, yet her writing is anything but fun. Her short stories definitely have a very strong feminine sense and speak of women's suffering and pain -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/11/07
Mahroo Asghari - An inspiring and promising young artist Mahroo Asghari's recent exhibition at the Elahe gallery was a delight to go to as, unlike some of the exhibitions one comes across these days in Tehran, it was most inspiring. Mahroo Asghari's paintings were most striking and forceful, even if not enchanting, they were very bold and strong. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/7/07
Fatemeh Emdadian - A passionate and outstanding artist and a great sculptor Fatemeh Emdadian is to me one of Iran's best sculptors, and it was a great pleasure to learn about and go to see her recent exhibition at the Hoor Art Gallery. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/4/07
Ata Hasheminejad - a charming and interesting artist Ata Hasheminejad is an artist with flair and gentleness. He has been painting for over twenty years but he paints mostly for the love of it. Although he studied painting at university he now works in advertising, and is mainly involved in making commercials. Recently he had an exhibition at the Golestan gallery in Tehran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/31/07
Great works of wonderful lady photographers I am sure everyone who reads payvand knows about the hassles and hardships that many women activists in Iran have suffered, especially in the past few months. However, I would like to share with you the works of several women photographers, young, daring, motivated, modern, independent and courageous and also very successful, commercially and artistically, in what they do. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/17/07
Dare at Mah Gallery Recently at the Mah Gallery we saw the work of two young artists from Isfahan whose work was very interesting. They were Maryam Amini and Shanita Zakerameli. The works were so diverse and as different as one could imagine. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/14/07
Five Photographers at Silk Road Gallery The Silk Road gallery is without the doubt one of top places in Tehran for exhibitions of photography. One main reason is that it is solely devoted to photography and works of photographers. Last week we went to a special event at Silk Road where they were exhibiting some of the award-winning and most commercially successful photographers in Iran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/15/07
Tehran Art Scene: Soraya Amanpour Soraya Amanpour is an artist with class. Every year or so, this elegant and lovely lady stages an exhibition of the fruits of her joy. Jewellery making, whether it is a modern necklace, an unusual and classy brooch or an eye catching pair of earrings, is her hobby. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/7/07
Tehran Art Scene: Samila Amir-Ebrahimi's Exhibition at Golestan Gallery Samila Amir-Ebrahimi is a well known artist who started painting from an early age. She studied art in Paris and Oakland and has taught Art at Tehran University. Besides her painting she has done some sculptures as well. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/2/07
The 5th Sadegh Hedayat Literary Award Sadegh Hedayat is in my opinion the most important modern Iranian writer, an author who is read by both old and young, and by past, present and future generations. It was an absolute delight, therefore, to be invited to the Fifth Annual Sadegh Hedayat Award at the Khaneh Honarmandan (Artists Forum) -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/1/07
Tehran Art Scene: An exhibition by Aisling Haghshenas Aisling Haghshenas is an artist who leads a life of one. She is a most independent young lady who at the same time always has time to care for her family and those whom she loves. As well as being an artist she is a devotee to animal rights in Iran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/26/07
Painting is my Life: Ali Chitsaz, A Story Telling Painter I was deeply taken by the works of Mr. Ali Chitsaz; I found his work most daring, cool to the deep point of cynicism yet warm and caring. The characters in his paintings each had a life and one could sit and wonder about what led them to this point. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/29/07
Tehran Art Scene: Omid Masoumi Once in a while, on our gallery outings, we come across a most interesting artist, good enough to follow and keep an eye out for in years to come. On average we go to two or three galleries every week, most of them on Fridays as Tehran traffic discourages most art lovers' inclination to go to many galleries during the week. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/25/07
Tehran Art Scene: Golnar Tabibzadeh and Mansour Tabibzadeh We know of a few fathers and daughters who both are artists. Last month we went to the famous Khaneh Honarmandan (Artists' Forum) and saw the work of Mr. Mansour Tabibzadeh which we found very interesting. -Syma Sayyah and Paul Sanford, Tehran - 1/17/07
Mahmoud Pakzad's "Old Tehran" Imagine a Tehran with not so many people, a few cars, wide empty streets and open fields bordering the road from the city centre to Tajrish, such that you could easily see the mountains in three directions if you stood on the boot of a car. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/5/06
Ane Mohammad Tatari - Turkoman Magic This Turkoman painter who was born in Gonbad-Kavous, where people use a lot of red color because he said they mainly live on a plain, has a most intriguing and interesting way of blending modernity and tradition. He said that he is very dedicated to his tribe and country and his work is a representation of his affiliation and affection. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/24/06
A String Quartet In Tehran So when I learnt that the Italian Embassy in Tehran, with the hard work of the cultural attaché Mrs. Ferraro, in cooperation with the Iranian Music Society had organized a concert by a String Quartet at one of the small salons at the Vahadat (Roudaki) Hall, I made sure that we made it to one of the two performances. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/16/06
Effat Roozbeh - Positively A Great Lady Who Paints This lovely lady does yoga and enjoys the poetry of Hafez. When I asked her what is her favorite color she said "all colors, I love all colors". She told me that she considers herself very lucky and fortunate. Someone so positive and full of life and hope is a rare and valuable thing in Tehran. So, when I asked her to give our readers a message she said to me: "treasure your moments and live well because life is beautiful". -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/13/06
Tehran's Women Cultural Center Holds Ceremony in honor of Ms Shahla Lahiji Last Monday evening, we were invited by Markazz Farhangi Zanan (Women Cultural Center - Zanestan ) to attend a ceremony in honor of Ms. Shahla Lahiji's recent achievement of winning the First IPA Publishers' Freedom Prize 2006. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/9/06
Ali Asghar Massoumi's Nostalgia Exhibition Ali Asghar Massoumi's recent exhibition at the Day gallery was very well received even though no pictures had been sold up to the time we were there. This was probably due to the very high prices that the artist had insisted on. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/8/06
Demonstrations in front of British Embassy in Tehran: Mehdi Ghasemi, winner of Kaveh Golestan Photojournalism award The winners of the Third Kaveh Golestan Photojournalism Award were announced on Friday October 27 in Tehran. This year, Mehdi Ghasemi won the award in the Best Picture Story category with his photos from demonstrations in front of the British Embassy in Tehran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/1/06
The Best Years Of Our Lives: Photos by Kian Amani Amani has captured young couples sitting intimately at a park in Tehran. A series of pictures show how a couple is approached and questioned by police and then taken away. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/30/06
Third Kaveh Golestan Photojournalism Awards The results of the Third Kaveh Golestan Photojournalism Award have been announced. This year the awarding committee was unable to obtain permission from Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to publish the photographs which had reached the final in a catalog, as in previous years. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/28/06
Sa'di - A True Persian Heritage When we got married last year, for my dowry I asked for five roses and a complete book of Sa'adi. Since childhood, listening to radio on Friday nights to a program called Moshaere,[1] I became familiar with poetry, poems and poets. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/25/06
Hossein Nilchian's Persepolis Images Recently we went to the Silk Road Gallery which solely promotes and exhibits photographic works. Silk Road is one of the rare galleries in Tehran which has devoted itself to such ventures. The manager, Kiarash was as always very kind and welcoming. We went there to have a look at the works of Hossein Nilchian. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/9/06
September Art in Tehran The weather shows some sign of cooling down these days with a breeze here and there and for a week now we have not turned the coolers on. However the art scene these days is rather lukewarm. Many Tehran galleries are not open and some have decided to delay their opening until after the end of Ramadan (a holy month for praying and fasting), the last week in October. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/2/06
Good Time with Iranian Cinema Last week, I watched three films in a row. The first was I'm Taraneh 15. It was so good. The film was work of Mr Rasoul Sader-Amlie and Taraneh Alidoust played her part most beautifully. It was engaging, interesting as it showed so many issues that prevails in our towns and in our lives here in Iran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/1/06
Tehran Art Scene: Karim Nasr at Artists' Forum In April, I had a meeting at the Khaneh Honmandann (Tehran Artist Forum). I was there early so I took the opportunity to visit the Morteza Momayez Gallery on the ground floor. There I saw the works of Mr Karim Nasr -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/24/06
April Art in Tehran: Dr Mojgan Zare at Golestan At the Golestan Gallery (42 Kamasaie St, Darrous, Tel. 22541589) I saw the works of a lady doctor, Dr Mojan Zare, who by training and profession is a radiologist and paints most profoundly. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/18/06
Tehran Art Scene: Homayoun Mosavie at Haft Samar At Haft Samar gallery I usually find some artists, unknown to me, who have depth and are intense artists. This time I saw the print works of Homayoun Mosavie. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/12/06
Tehran Art Scene: Azadeh Razaghdoost at Golestan Gallery The Tehran art scene is waking up and some galleries have opened once again after the long new year break. The first exhibition that I visited was the Golestan gallery, which was the first gallery in Tehran to open on Fridays so those who wished to see the show on opening night did not have to endure the awful Tehran terrific. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/10/06
Tehran's Winter Art Report: Two very interesting yet different artists I discovered the works of Shahab Mousavizadeh who had an exhibition at Artists' Forum Morteza Momayez gallery a while ago. He is a well established artist both in Iran and in Germany where he has been living for many years. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/1/06
Tehran's Winter Art Report: Mohammad-Hossein Emad Recently, we stopped by at the Morteza Momayez Gallery at the Artists' Forum House (Khaneh Honarmandan) and visited my friend Ms Azita Sharaf-Jahan the head of the gallery. We were very impressed with the wooden installations and sculptures of Mohammad-Hossein Emad. I found his work original and very moving. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/30/06
Tehran: Gallery Outing with Nassrin The last couple of months have been rather busy ones for me. My good friend Nassrin was here on an unexpected trip and we were all happy to see her. We both like art and going to exhibitions and so on a couple of Fridays during her stay, we went to a few gallery openings. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/17/06
Iason Athanasiadis photos at Tehran's Artists Forum: Asia Minor Photographs The Artists Forum first exhibition on the eve of the New Year (2006) was a photo exhibition of a multi-talented Greek-British whiz-kid, Iason Athanasiadis who speaks, reads and writes very good Persian as well as Arabic, which he studied at Oxford. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/10/06
Tehran Art Scene: Ali Akbar Sadeghi, A Great Artist with Intriguing Originality Life, for me, is a serious process of learning and once one has left stages of acquiring material things and the domain of having, it is indeed a pleasure to find out and to discover something new, even if it is about someone or something that you knew before. Recently I had such a lovely encounter; it was a person's work that I discovered. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/28/05
Tehran Art Report: Shahram Ebrahimi's Contemporary Primitive Cosmetic Jewelry The other day, there we were, an English child psychologist, an Italian language professor and myself, a management consultant, chatting over afternoon tea about art here, child abuse cases, life experiences, world and home politics and the best recipe for this and that. I just felt that the place of my "Viking" friend was truly empty! -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/9/05
Morteza Momayez, prominent Iranian artist was buried today: Yet Another Great Loss! When I was riding in the one of the many buses which were provided to go to Kordan, a young lady journalist said to me: "It is a great pity that many young people learn about our great names, which are part of our modern heritage, only after they die and leave us". -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/30/05
Tehran Art Report: The interesting works of Alireza Mir-Asadola I was delighted to walk down to the lower saloon to observe the works of Alireza Mir-Asadola. I found them quite interesting in a corny way, and I may even use the word delightful. I think it takes a lot of hard work to make something ugly look so nice and interesting. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/25/05
Koran Artistic Exhibition in Tehran The Niavaran Creative Art Center, formerly known as the Cultural Center is always a delight to visit. It is located in the front of the Niavaran Palace, part of which in itself is beautifully designed and can be enjoyed easily. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/18/05
Report From The Second Annual Kaveh Golestan Photo Journalism Award The Second Kaveh Golestan award ceremony took place last Saturday evening at Khaneh Honarmandan (Artist's Forum). The saloon was full and by 5:30 when the official ceremony started there were no seats left and many were standing all around, among them many renowned photojournalists, young photographers and many well known faces in the art and cultural arenas in Iran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/8/05
Haleh Anvari's lovely house in Tehran Fereshteh means angel in Persian. It is also the name of one of the most well-known areas in Elahieh in the northern part of Tehran. There used to be many large houses here with big gardens where the well off Tehrani used to live. These days many of the lovely houses have been knocked down and replaced by large, ugly, impersonal high-rise apartment blocks, crowding the lovely narrow alleys and side streets. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 8/18/05
Simin Behbahani: The lovely, the great, the fascinating Lioness Lady of Iranian Letters Simin Behbahani is without doubt the most intriguing lady of letters in Iran. Not only she is talented, hard working and beautiful, but there are two characteristics that I admire most about her. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 8/10/05
Tehran Summer Art Report: Fatemeh Shahroudi I went to see the paintings of Ms Fatemeh Shahroudi there recently, in a terrible heat wave that could easily induce you to stay home for three months! -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 8/1/05
Tehran's Election Time Art Report (II) Another place I visited recently was Elahe Gallery here a new group called Halgheh meaning Ring or Circle was exhibiting their paintings. The group is made of four young lady artists: Sanaz Alavi, Azadeh Sherkat, Leila Sanaie-Pour and Elahm Bayati. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/13/05
Tehran's Election Time Art Report (I) Mohamand Sharifi Tehrani is a young artist whom I first met at a party a few months ago where there were many works of Iranian modern artists on the walls. I was so pleasantly surprised that he knew the works and the painters so well. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/11/05
Tehran's Art Scene: Maryam Tabatabie, a very determined lady artist Maryam Tabatabie is a young painter with a difference. Like many other young artists, she is working hard and has very great potential. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/7/05
Spanish Guitar in Tehran The month of May was a good one for those of us who live in Tehran, despite the very changeable weather and temperature. Last week of May I and a few Friends went to a Spanish Guitar concert at Roudaki hall, Vahdatt. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/3/05
Haleh Anvari's photographs and video art: Chador (Veil) finds a different meaning What was so eye catching was the fact that in the past few years when one hears the word chador one immediately thinks of something thick and black, which is not typical and is only worn by women of a more orthodox religious background. Here we realized that the chador, although it may cover women from head to toe, can be jolly bright and interesting. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/6/05
Master pieces of Persian painting at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) once in a while does something truly great and very Persian. This time the new exhibition of masterpieces of Persian Paintings may be considered a great achievement. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/24/05
Riccardo Zipoli's Photos of Iran at Tehran's Silk Road Gallery Last week at the invitation of the Italian Embassy Cultural Center and The Silk Road Gallery, I went to the opening of the exhibition of most interesting photographs by the well known and distinguished scholar Professor Riccardo Zipoli. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/18/05
Tehran Art Scene: Farshid Mesghali Last Friday with a few friends we went to see the very interesting and bright colored works of Farshid Mesghali at Tehran's Golestan gallery. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/10/05
Tehran Art Scene: Ali Nedaie Ali Nedaie was the most interesting artist last week whose large works were on display at the Aria gallery. I found his works most striking. He has been a member of artistic Group 30+ since its formation five years ago. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/2/05
Tehran Art Scene: Vadjihe Fakour Vadjihe Fakour's works are on display at Elahe gallery. She is another easy going lady! -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/29/05
Tehran Art Scene: Maryam Khatami Last week in Tehran was steaming hot and the temperature got as high as thirty degrees. Despite the heat, I managed to go to several galleries, and overall I must admit I was not disappointed. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/27/05
Tehran Art scene: Parviz Kalantari Last Friday I started my new season's work by going to the Golestan Gallery. A small yet diverse repertoire of the well known Iranian artist Mr. Parviz Kalantari was on display at the gallery. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/26/05
Art in winter in Tehran Elahe gallery is a very nice spacious gallery which can give artists a chance to stage many different art forms there. This was definitely true for Shahnaz Zehtab's recent show of her Installations and Paintings which made a very good use of this possibility. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/30/05
Works of Golnaz Ghadiri at Abtin gallery and Nina Rahshenas at Golestan gallery A few weeks ago I was walking with a friend along north Valiassar Avenue. Before reaching Modaress-Chamran expressway, we dropped by at Abtin gallery which is located in a little alley. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/28/05
Third Sadegh Hedayat Short Story Award On the anniversary of Sadegh Hedayat's birthday last month, the Hedayat office in Tehran, in collaboration with the Sokhan website and the Iran Artists' Forum (Khaneh Honarmandan Iran), staged the Third Sadegh Hedayat Short Story Award. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/21/05
A couple of concerts in Tehran It is cold and the pollution is terrible yet still there are some positive events that take place here in Tehran that make you get out of the house and challenge the horrendous evening or afternoon traffic in the hope of finding something to enlighten our lives. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/3/05
A New Museum In Tehran: Home Of Modern Art Tehran is full of activities, despite the terrible pollution and of course the dreadful, horrendous and never ceasing to amaze traffic. Yet, there are many good events happening in middle of all this mess. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/25/05
The Artist's Forum Garden in Tehran Every time I go to Tehran Artists' Forum place I see that they are working on fixing the forum's garden. The other day I was early for a meeting so I took the time and walked through the garden. I liked it so much that later that afternoon I went back with my new digital camera and took a few pictures which I share with you. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/23/04
Yesterday & Today at Tehran's Saless Gallery Last month was rather a busy one for me and I was lucky enough to have the time and the chance to visit several galleries. I share one of my joys here with you! -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/16/04
Gardens of Iran: Ancient Wisdom, New Vision: A New Exhibition at TMCA Regular readers of Payvand know that my little pieces are a very personal account of what I do, see, observe and experience mainly in Tehran where I live. In the recent weeks, so many people have asked me if I had seen the Persian Gardens exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art that I felt it was indeed a real must, so I went to see this exhibition last week -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/1/04
Fakhradin Fakhraddini: The Iranian Karsh Fakhradin Fakhraddini is a very well known Iranian Photographer and many, and without much exaggeration, have called him the Joseph Karsh of Iran. I had the honor to be invited to the opening of his latest photo exhibition at one of the most favorite galleries in Tehran, the Niavaran Cultural Center Exhibition House where many of his portraits of famous Iranians are on show -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/19/04
Tehran Art Expo 2004 Among the many events that have been happening in our Tehran, perhaps the most important and significant one this month is the first Tehran Art Expo (2004) which started two weeks ago in Roudaki Hall. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/15/04
Susann Hashemiyan brings East and West together in her art to tell a new Story What can I say? I found her work most provocative! I was impressed with this young lady, who has studied textile design and has been practicing drawing/painting for the past 12 years. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/28/04
Tehran's Art Scene: Afshan Ketabchi and Andy Warhol's "Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" Recently I had the opportunity to see the works of another provocative artist, again a lady, in Tehran's Golestan gallery. I was astounded when I walked into the gallery last week to see the works of Afshan Ketabchi whose motto for the show was a line from Andy Warhol everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/24/04
There is so much music that takes place in Tehran! My dose of musical pleasures has been quite high these last few weeks. First I had the pleasure to hear Mr. AmirYall Arjoumand in Bam when we met them after the ceremony where he, Ms. Assadi, Mr. Ghafarian and others had performed in Arke Bam, on the eve of Prophet Mohammad's birthday, in the presence of the mayor, Mr. Bagheri-Zadeh. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/17/04
I finally got to see the Iranian film Marmolak (The Lizard)! My friend Rana called before lunch to see if I could go with her in the afternoon to see the film, as she knew I was busy for the evening. I guess by now you all know about the recent successful film Marmolak (the Lizard) which is being screened in the Iranian cinemas. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/19/04
The works of Maryam Kazerouni at Tehran's Golestan gallery Once in a while when I go to see exhibitions at one of the many art galleries in Tehran, I find a new gem which makes all that driving and finding the time truly worthwhile. This was indeed the case when I recently visited Golestan gallery and saw the works of an artist, Maryam Kazerouni, whom I did not know previously. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/17/04
Nahid Arian's Exhibition at Tehran's Golestan Gallery I recently paid a visit to the Golestan gallery where the works of Nahid Arian were on display. Nahid is an Iranian artist living in Paris. This delightful lady has a wonderful way of presenting simple still life into something very grand and majestic. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/12/04
Kamran Behrouz: The Iranian Bosch? When I saw the works of Kamran Behrouz, I immediately thought of a bright, cool Iranian, a descendent of Dali school. I was rather impressed with the works of this young artist that were on display for the first time at Elahe Gallery earlier this month. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/1/04
A new booklet series on art published in Iran A wonderful new collection of petite books on art has been out recently. It is a wonderful gift to those who care about modern art and schools of art, or for those who may wish to learn more on some of the subjects in this series. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/12/04
The Two Ladies I went to see the works of two ladies at Haft-Samar gallery a couple of weeks ago. The style of the two artists, Fariba Shapourian and Afsaneh Nazeri, were quite different, and I wondered why they had put up a joint show together? Yet, I guess this in itself had a rather nice charm to it. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/12/04
Sadegh Hedayat's Annual Literary Award Ceremony Sadegh Hedayat's birthday on 17th was celebrated by some of the big literary names in a small ceremony at khaneh honarmandan (the house of the artists) in downtown Tehran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/26/04
A new wonderful book called Bam A new book called Bam was published in Iran last week. The book is the work of Iran's very good and hard working photographer and photojournalist Mr. Jasem Ghasbanpour. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/25/04
It isn't that bad with all this jazz: Cultural Events in Tehran (7 Days, 7 events) You may find it hard to believe, but life in Tehran can be so busy, and not always very bad either. Too many events take place, many exhibitions here and there, concerts, a ceremony for this and for that; overall lots of good, interesting and at time enjoyable events happen in Tehran. Here are samples of a few things that I had the privilege to attend or go to in the past month or so. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/6/04
Amin Nourani's portraits of Sadegh Hedayat It was a privilege to observe Amin Nourani's portraits of Sadegh Hedayat at Elaheh Gallery. I was involved with several events last year for Sadegh Hedayat's centenary celebration, both in Iran and abroad. I wanted to go and see this exhibition very eagerly. I am pleased to say that my enthusiasm was well founded! -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/30/04
"Women and Culture" calendar published in Iran A day-timer calendar (for Iranian year 1383) titled "Women and Culture" has been published in Iran. This calendar, which is dedicated to the Iranian women, includes 27 pictures of many well-known Iranian women. The pictures are taken by the talented Iranian photographer Maryam Zandi. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/26/04
My Artist of the Month I was shocked with pleasure and admiration when I went to see the works by Ahmad Morshedloo at Arya gallery last week. The paintings were awesomely wonderful. Most modern, drastically real and yes, I can use the word fantastic. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/21/04
Interesting events in Tehran: Gangs of New York You would not believe this! A couple of nights ago we decided to go to cinema. The nearest theatre to us is Cinema Farhang; and they were showing Gangs of New York! I had my camera with me, so I took a couple of pictures that you can see here. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/16/04
Iran: Houshang Golshiri Annual Literary Award for 2003 Houshang Golshiri Annual Literary Award, which is given by Golshiri Foundation, took place on December 19, 2003 at the wonderful Niavaran Cultural Center. This prize, that have followed up since its launch about four years ago, is becoming the most distinguished in comparison to other such awards. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/6/04
December Art Scene in Tehran Shohreh Mehran is one of my favorite Iranian artists ever. Her new show at Golestan gallery is something that I had been looking forward to for a long time. She is a kind of artist that I find has passion and dares to be out in the open, and yet be graceful; and at times even she plays a trick or two on the viewer to show how 'shaytoun' (naughty) she can be. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/1/04
Male Artists in Tehran It is true more women work as painters these days. It is also true that since women in this society face more challenges, their work becomes more interesting, as individuals and as a group, to observe and note the development of their work within newfound self-expressions. Nevertheless, no doubt, there are many talented men artists who are just as good and appealing to observe, at least as individuals, in the art scene here. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 12/18/03
Music at Tehran's Golestan Palace Last week we went to a concert in Golestan Palace right in the heart of the city centre. Golestan palace has been done up, destroyed and done up again many times in its history. It is known as the residence of many Ghajar kings, and its location is very interesting as it is almost next door to the main entrance of Tehran Grand Bazaar. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/6/03
Tehran Art Scene It is interesting that, whether we are talking about painting, graphic works or even sculpture, the male/female ratio is increasing higher for women artists. It is widely believed that since emotional oppression has been stronger on women, they need to find an outlet to express themselves. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/17/03
Tehran's Music and Art Scene In the midst of all that is and that is not "happening" here in the good old Tehran and under the rays of hot sun and within smog of all kinds of pollution, a lot of normal things are taking place. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 8/1/03
Let's Remember Iran's Literary Treasures Not many people know what Taher is or where it is and why it is so well known in a certain circle. Taher is an Emamzadeh with a small but very pleasant looking graveyard in North West of Tehran near Karaj. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 7/17/03
Tehran Art Scene Recently many young artists have been doing installation work but the one that I went to recently was different in a sense that it was a Performance Art and installation work. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/23/03
European Cultural Centers in Tehran There are many European cultural centers in Tehran belonging to different embassies many of them are involved in language teachings here. Among these one shines with destination in my book as they truly do a lot of hard work in promoting culture. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 6/16/03
Tehran's Art Scene Tehran art scene has been flourishing as ever, and this week I really did myself a favor going to many exhibitions and even two Iranians films and here is the account what I saw. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/22/03
Kaveh left us 40 days ago Today is Kaveh's 40th day, as tradition has it some family and friends drove up to his final resting place in Afjeh, a village up the hill in Lavasanak, on east of Tehran. His last home is on some solitary grounds where the air is always clean and sun shines across lovely hills all around. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 5/13/03
We all lost a friend; his name is Kaveh Golestan There is nothing one can say to ease the pain. They know we love them and our hearts are with them, and when I sent an e-mail stating this the reply I got from Kaveh's dear sister was this: do not stand at my grave and weep... -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/18/03
"The Wondrous World of Sadegh Hedayat" Iranian Writer, Critic, Intellectual Who would have thought that a conference on Sadegh Hedayat could be enjoyable, interesting, informative and enlightening all at the same time. The finale of major world events for Hedayat's centenary took place in Oxford England last month. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 4/15/03
A beautiful day in Tehran, topped with Parviz Tanavoli's exhibition at Modern Art Museum (photos) There are rare days that Tehran looks so lovely and beautiful that one can forgive all its shortcomings in one go. Last Thursday was on those days. The sky was truly blue and vividly bright all day. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/4/03
Sadegh Hedayat Centenary Celebration in Tehran I had to get myself to Tehran's House of Artists last Monday night, despite the fact that Tehran's normally bad traffic jam was even more terrible and moved even slower due to a sudden snow fall since earlier that morning. The ceremony was to start at 7:00 pm. it was to celebrate Sadegh Hedayat's Centenary in Tehran on his birthday. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 2/19/03
Fridays Are Art Days in Tehran These days many art galleries have their openings on Friday afternoons, and many art lovers and friends of artists go there with lovely flower baskets to say hello, wish them luck and/or buy some of the art works. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 1/9/03
What is happening at the Modern Art Museum in Tehran At long last I managed to find a find time to go and see the latest exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition, which started on 1st of October and will go on until 25th November, is called "NEW ART", or what one might call Installation Plus, with very large and interesting posters. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 11/13/02
The clap is back – Iranian Pop concert
I am just coming from a pop concert, not too far from my home. I was so touched I don't think it is relevant who the singer was. The concert took place at an exhibition centre. The hall was not full because of lack of publicity. There is always a danger with such events. They can not advertise it long in advance unless it is sponsored by "them". Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 10/22/02 (Iranian.com)


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I will have some in a few weeks. They are just starting to come up here in the Raleigh, NC area. Sally |
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thanks sally, we can contact each other in a few weeks to see what we will have to trade. lmk vicki |
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RE: need inty help pls! (Follow-Up #8)
posted by: daisyduckworth on 12.09.2007 at 04:27 am in Herbs Forum CANOLA OIL SPRAY:
Mix 1 part canola oil into 50 parts water (approximately 1 tablespoon oil to 1 litre water). Add a few drops of diswashing detergent and shake well. Spray tops and bottoms of leaves and stems generously to get rid of aphids, mealy bugs, spider mites, soft scale or earwigs. Most cooking oils can be used instead of Canola. Neem is an insecticidal herb - a tree, actually. Azadirachta indica, Melia azadirachta. Often called the Wonder Tree, Indian Lilac, Bead Tree, Holy Tree, Margosa Tree, Pride of China. Neem oil, extracted from the seeds, is an effective insecticide when used as a garden spray. It is also used in skin and hair lotions, anti-tartar toothpaste and soaps. Look for the oil in garden centres. NOTES: <none>
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RE: need inty help pls! (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: daisyduckworth on 12.07.2007 at 05:55 pm in Herbs Forum I'm not acquainted with Indonesian bugs either, but you could try spraying your plants with a garlic spray, which is effective against a large range of bugs - also fungi.
GARLIC SPRAY: As for watering, don't do it by the clock, do it by the needs of the plant. The soil should be constantly moist, not soggy, and should never be allowed to dry out completely. Poke your finger as far as it will go into the soil. If the tip of your finger feels cold and moist, it doesn't need water. If dry, give it a drink. Do not judge soil moisture by the appearance of the surface of the soil. Mint is another plant that does best outside (in hot climates, partial shade is best for mints), where there are predator bugs which prey on the plant-destroying bugs. Let Nature do some of the work for you! NOTES: <none>
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RE: No beans or flowers what wrong (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: digdirt on 06.20.2009 at 07:32 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum So these were transplanted seedlings rather than direct seeded as is normally done, only in the ground for 3 weeks and they are already 5 feet tall? That is a very different situation. Details. Knew I should have asked questions!
Are they really 5 feet or is that just a guesstimate? How tall were they when transplanted? Have you been fertilizing them besides the MG mix? Sorry but 5' tall Kentucky Wonders that were direct seeded in plain dirt should easily have bloomed some by now, sorry to disagree with farmerdilla. Ours are 6' tall and while the vines will easily reach 10 feet or more, we have been picking and canning beans all week and will be for weeks more. But bean transplants, especially tall bean transplants, will be delayed by a good 2-3 weeks and the excess nitrogen situation will delay them further. Dave NOTES: <none>
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RE: photos (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: tedln on 06.20.2009 at 12:11 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum I don't use the dinky editor provided with this forum when I want to post photos. The links seem to run together when I do and they are hard to edit.
I typically will start with a blank (new) MS word document and type in the following symbols < i m g s r c = > without the spaces except between the g and s. (I then save the document and simply open it each time I want to post in the future.) I then acquire the url of the photo I want to post and insert by typing or cut and pasting the url into the characters between the = and > symbols. After inserting the url, it should become an active link and the url should turn blue in your word document. If it turns blue, it will become a photo in your post as follows. (this post was created in MS word and cut and pasted to the editor) Ted NOTES: I don't use the dinky editor provided with this forum when I want to post photos. The links seem to run together when I do and they are hard to edit.
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I typically will start with a blank (new) MS word document and type in the following symbols < i m g s r c = > without the spaces except between the g and s. (I then save the document and simply open it each time I want to post in the future.) I then acquire the url of the photo I want to post and insert by typing or cut and pasting the url into the characters between the = and > symbols. The URL for the photo would then be in the position of the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"s in the following line img src=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX >. After inserting the url, it should become an active link and the url should turn blue in your word document. If it turns blue, it will become a photo in your post as follows. |
Sharing a tip about bush beans I learned long ago
posted by: momamamo on 07.01.2008 at 11:58 am in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum This tip may be well known, but I want to share it at this time of year because now's the time folks are wondering about new plantings, succession plantings, etc.
I read this in some book - can't remember which one, though - so I can't give the originator credit. I can at least say that I've used this technique and was quite pleased with the results. Once you harvest bush beans, cut the plants back so that there are just a few inches of growth and a few growth nodes. Then fertilize them and watch them grow! In the year that I did this, I thought it would be a fun experiment and didn't know what to expect. I ended up with very good yields and had enough time to cut the plants back once more. So I got 3 periods of growth and a lot of green beans! I was shocked at the end of the season to see how thick the stems had become. There's probably plenty of time for some of you to start new seeds, but for others this may be worth a try. Happy gardening! Maureen NOTES: <none>
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RE: 'Keep Off Grass' sign & neighbors (Follow-Up #18)
posted by: ppod on 06.09.2009 at 05:30 pm in Lawn Care Forum I'd cap those rebars, that're holding the warning tape, with tennis balls or with caps that can be purchased for this very purpose.
Reason: Eliminate the hazard of impalement. Someone on the public sidewalk could stumble and poke out an eye; reach for something on the ground and accidently poke out an eye (i.e., someone walking a dog drops the leash and reaches to pick it up); or when pulling rebars out of the ground, they can stick at first and then all of a sudden pull out and cause injury. Rebars are great helpers in the yard but need to be capped for everybody's protection, including the homeowner's (and the homeowner's insurance company's). NOTES: <none>
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RE: found a horse manure source (Follow-Up #15)
posted by: ppod on 06.09.2009 at 03:32 pm in Soil Forum "I have terrible, hard, clay dirt here."
Even your hard clay dirt can be made into fertile loam by sheet composting on top of it. Sheet composting goes by many names, Ruth Stout method, Lasagna, and probably some others. "Ruth Stout" search And, yes, use a tarp, or other strong water-proof material, to cover your piles to keep rain off, (unless the piles are dry, in which case they need water). But only so much (water), not to the point of the manure washing away. Worms don't work if the material's too dry, so the presence of worms is an indicator that everything is just fine in the water department. Too wet, and flies begin to breed in the piles, and you'll have lots of protein wriggling about, plus the piles won't heat up. If rain pools, build a ridge (think 'roof' or 'tent') to support tarp. Let tarp extend over a wider area then the pile itself (to protect from driving rains) (like the rain guard of a tent). Your piles need rain-proof cover, as well as good air circulation. Something else: huge piles of raw materials end up being much, much smaller piles of finished compost, so you should keep that in mind if you want to fill your frames. •To end up with filled frames of finished compost: •Then, line the inside walls with cardboard to contain the raw materials. First, cut airholes in cardboard. •Then fill the now much heigher frames "to the rafters" with raw materials. Some people say that the more varied the raw materials, the more nutritious the compost. So in addition to lots of manure(s), add your kitchen vegetable waste, used coffe grounds (Starbucks), supermarket produce waste, dry leaves, cut grass clippings, old hay and straw, etc. Composters have redefined the term "hunters and gatherers." Last but not least, insert old tennis balls onto rebars (to prevent accidently poking out an eye if slipping and falling, or just bending over to pick up something on the ground). Rebars are dangerous in that sense. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Using The Ruth Stout Gardening (Follow-Up #18)
posted by: macmex on 06.03.2009 at 07:08 am in Oklahoma Gardening Forum My dad used to purchase 50 bales of straw to mulch then entire garden, when I was a kid. Every year we'd start out with 8 inches of fluffy mulch over the whole thing. It worked well. By the time I left for college we had over 4' of rich black top soil. I could push a spade into the ground right up to the handle. (Keep in mind this was NJ where land fill soil is better than the best soil in much of the rest of the country).
Last winter I tried two things. When leaves were readily available I did a real deep mulch in part of my garden... and left it there. This spring I planted through it. It's working a lot like my dad's purchased hay bales. Also, all during the fall and winter, whenever we cleaned out the goat pens (spoiled hay, manure, etc.) I piled it about 2' deep, in a large rectangular swath of the main garden. It is still almost a foot deep. This spring I sent right down the middle and planted our winter squash, cantalope and watermelons there. Everything seems to be doing fabulous, except one hill of cantaloupe, which is yellow and stunted. They must be sitting on top of something they really don't like. The problem with compost piles I've done here, in Tahlequah, is that they are overrun with Bermuda by the time the compost is finished. So our composting largely takes place "en sitio," right in the garden, as mulch. George NOTES: <none>
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RE: sheet mulching (Follow-Up #10)
posted by: terrene on 10.01.2008 at 03:59 pm in Soil Forum I wouldn't use plastic or landscape fabric as a layer in sheet composting. Both are inorganic and would be a real pain to dig through, weed around, or remove at a future point. I've used clear pastic by itself to solarize, but only for 1-2 months, and then removed it.
For lasagne beds, I always put down a paper layer first, such as cardboard, newspapers, paper leaf bags, pizza boxes etc. Then I layer organic materials on top like coffee grounds, leaves, and grass clippings. That works pretty well to smother the weeds I'm dealing with - most Vinca and crabgrass. For really intractable weeds, how about adding an additional layer of cardboard in the middle of the lasagne bed? After putting down the first layer of cardboard followed by organic materials, you could then add a 2nd layer of cardboard and more organics. This will not only double smother the weeds, but have the additional benefit of holding in the moisture in the organic material below the cardboard. That is the idea behind Interbay mulch. NOTES: <none>
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RE: sheet mulching (Follow-Up #8)
posted by: led_zep_rules on 10.01.2008 at 02:10 am in Soil Forum Disagreeing with the infamous Annpat, do I have the nerve? If you put the nice juicy stuff on the bottom, the weeds grow right up through it, very happily. You need the thick impenetrable cardboard sort of thing on the bottom to smother what is below. After it mostly dies off, the cardboard is rotted through and everything is beautiful.
Where I live the weeds are pretty serious (especially the quack grass). So even with raised beds with solid sides and lots of cardboard on the bottom you have to be vigilant for shoots growing under the edge and up through the cardboard. But still it is so much easier than weeding every bit of the weeds out by hand. (I am organic so no weed killer for me in the garden.) Marcia NOTES: <none>
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RE: Minimal cost, maximum results for large-scale sheet mulching (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: digdirt on 11.24.2008 at 06:23 pm in Soil Forum I'd agree with Wayne, do it in strips or chunks at a time and used the unimproved strips for walkways next year. End of that season the soil beneath them will be better and you can turn it over onto the unimproved strips and go to work on them. Good soil improvement takes time so there is no way you can do it all and get ready for next season but within 3 years you'd should be in good shape.
With that approach you can use all the items you list, even the green manure plantings, and anything else you can get your hands on - straw or hay bales, bags of leaves, grass clippings, can you get seaweed?, manure, the stuff from the grocery store, etc. Basically anything that can go into a compost pile can go into sheet composting so check out all the "What have you fed your compost?" discussions here for ideas. Good luck. Dave NOTES: <none>
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RE: Huge collection of bean seeds! (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: zeedman on 06.25.2008 at 04:39 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum An impressive selection of beans. They even have a few of the non-commercial heirlooms in my collection. I may order a couple from them myself... although it is too late to plant them this year, I'd like to get them while I can. Many Canadian seed companies have stopped filling U.S. orders, often with little advance notice.
Ppod, there is a great HTML tutorial here. NOTES: <none>
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Online Image Editor for resizing pictures
posted by: bestlawn on 06.23.2007 at 03:41 am in Lawn Care Forum Hoping everyone will consider using an image editor to resize photos before posting. Pictures that are too large throw the forum threads out of whack and make it difficult to read written responses. I realize not everyone has an editing program installed on their computer, but there are many on the internet to use for free like this one.
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How to post pictures
posted by: bestlawn on 07.05.2007 at 12:47 pm in Lawn Care Forum Some people have their own server where they store pictures and post from there. If you don't have your own server, you'll need an online hosting site like Photobucket.com or Imageshack.us. Both are free, but you do have to setup an account with Photobucket. There is also a pay account option if you want to take advantage of the perks, but you don't have to just for posting pics here on the forums.
To post pics using Photobucket....... 1. Click on Browse and navigate your hard drive to where your picture is.
2. Double click your picture, and it will appear on the Browse line.
4. After a brief moment, the screen will change and display your picture with four different posting options underneath it. You want the third option that says "HTML Tag."
5. Paste it right into your message box above or under your typed message. If you paste more than one pic, paste them under one another in the message box, not on the same line. So, you'll want to hit your Enter/Return key two times, then paste the next picture. You can type in between the pastings if you want. Photobucket archives pictures for you, meaning they will stay there in your account for you to copy and paste for years to come. You can always delete them if you want. However, if you delete them while they are being hosted somewhere, they will no longer show up wherever you posted them on the internet. So, they will disappear from here on the forum pages. To post pics using Imageshack....... 1. Click on Browse and navigate your hard drive to where your picture is. 3. It will change over to a new screen to display many hosting options. You want to scroll down and select the third line from the bottom that says "Hotlink for Websites."
4. Click on that line to highlight it, then right click the line to select copy (or cut). Paste it right into your message box above or under your typed message. If you paste more than one pic, paste them under one another in the message box, not on the same line. So, you'll want to hit your Enter/Return key two times, then paste the next picture. You can type in between the pastings if you want. Resizing Pictures Graphics that are too large will knock the forum page out of whack and make it difficult to read messages and replies. Please be sure to resize images that are wider than 600 pixels before posting them. If you don't have an image editor on your computer, there are many online image editing sites you can use to resize them. If you're not sure how large your pictures are, paste them into your message box here and then you can see them after clicking preview but before clicking on submit. The preview will show your message and pictures in their entirety for your editing and resizing descretion. NOTES: <none>
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RE: purple pod pole beans (Follow-Up #20)
posted by: fusion_power on 06.03.2009 at 01:51 am in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum I have 6 rows of beans across the garden. Each row is about 110 feet long.
1 row of Tobacco Worm The row of different varieties will give me enough beans to trial several that I am interested in or that I have grown before and need fresh seed. I am growing the beans in part for myself to eat and can and in part to save seed for Sandhill Preservation. To answer the urgent question posted above, 20 feet of beans is enough to comfortably feed 2 people and have enough beans to can about 20 to 25 quarts. Rattlesnake is very productive here in the south. It is not my favorite bean for flavor. That is not a serious negative, Rattlesnake has decent flavor, it is just middle of the pack. DarJones NOTES: <none>
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RE: posting pictures (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: bomber095 on 06.04.2009 at 06:21 am in Vegetable Gardening Forum Another way is to just post the link to your album or photos. In keeping w. the above theme, do this (again, remove the *'s>
<*a href="http://www.whateveryourURLis.com"*>Some text goes here<*/a> NOTES: <none>
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RE: posting pictures (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: lazyhat on 06.04.2009 at 12:09 am in Vegetable Gardening Forum I'm surprised there is not "html help" link near the comment posting area. But yeah some here are webmasters of sorts so html is not a problem. But if you dont know i guess it may be hard to remember a line "code" but this is the Html snytax for posting an image on Gardenweb.
(Remove the * signs) <*img src="http://imageshack.us/someimage.jpg"/*> There are many Image hosting sites. Like TinyPic.com, Photobucket.com, Imageshack.us I hope that makes sense, as I said before you no experince with making html pages it may seem confusing. NOTES: <none>
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RE: How do you string up your bean poles? (Follow-Up #8)
posted by: zeedman on 06.20.2008 at 05:46 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum For my trellises, I use a combination of T-bar steel fence posts and 3/8" rebar rod. The rod runs through 1-1/4" PVC "T's" that slip over the ends of the posts on top, and a bottom bar is secured to the posts using cable ties. I run twine between the two bars; the rough surface of the rebar rod prevents the lines from bunching up in strong winds.
A picture is worth a thousand words... I'll be posting a photo as soon as I put up my trellises. NOTES: <none>
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RE: How do you string up your bean poles? (Follow-Up #5)
posted by: tcstoehr on 06.18.2008 at 09:36 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum Here's a picture of my current setup that I posted on another thread. The fencing is 7' tall. The twine reaches up 3-5 feet above that.
Here's the picture. (900K JPG file) NOTES: <none>
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RE: Thinking About Next Year -- Multiple Bean Questions (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: farmerdilla on 06.03.2009 at 01:20 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum Yellow Romano type -Supernano Marconi Gold
Lots of purple and wax beans out there, but most are round to oval types. Purple Queen is my favorite, but you have Purple Teepee, Royal Burgundy, Royalty. Wax beans too nunerous to list. Cowpeas and thier subset Yardlong/Asparagus beans (Vigna unguiculata) are not closely related to snap beans ( Phaseolous vulgaris). The Yardlong/Asparagus bean is grown for its edible pods, but most other cowpeas have edible pods when young. Grown mostly for green or dry shell peas however. Flavor is quite different and adapted to different cooking styles than snap beans. They don't taste quite like asparagus either. Great in stir fries and Chinese dishes. They handle hot southern summers well. Available in both bush and vining forms. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Insuk's Wang Kong (Runner bean) (Follow-Up #61)
posted by: sparklenj on 03.21.2008 at 11:05 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum For a bit of trivia, Wang Kong means in Korean "king bean."
"Insuk" is likely a male first name (or very old-style female name). NOTES: For a bit of trivia,
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Wang Kong means in Korean "king bean." "Insuk" is likely a male first name (or very old-style female name).
Posted by jwr6404 8B in Wa (My Page) on Sat, Mar 22, 08 sparklenj:
My wife recalled eating beans of this type as a little girl in Korea and that is how macmex,zeedman decided on the name.
RE: Insuk's Wang Kong (Runner bean) (Follow-Up #18)
posted by: jwr6404 on 10.07.2007 at 03:24 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum fliptx
We've been eating them as dried beans for 18 years. In fact its the only way we eat them. The Mr's soaks them overnight and then steams them. She says they remind her of Chesnuts. She mixes a concoction of sesame oil,soy sauce and hot pepper then gets out her chopsticks and start dipping. I prefer them cooked with rice in the Rice Cooker. NOTES: <none>
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Succession planting: ATTRA information
posted by: ppod on 05.28.2009 at 11:47 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum I found some of the information in this ATTRA PDF on succession planting fascinating. For example:
Quote: This same process happens in reverse for fall crops. Even a couple of days' difference in midsummer planting dates can lead to a harvest date difference of two, or even three, weeks. (Ogden, 1992.) Unquote. Here is a link that might be useful: Attra on succession planting NOTES: <none>
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RE: SVB bug (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: ppod on 05.29.2009 at 08:17 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum Wikipedia on:
Squash vine borer, which mentions wrapping squash stem in foil to foil the bugs. Squash bug ATTRA on squash vine borer and squash bug. Fanfortony's picture of her/his terrific tulle row cover. NOTES: Squash vine borer and squash bug
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RE: what's up with my carrots? (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: ppod on 05.29.2009 at 09:03 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum Before you thin them, have a tulle row cover (or another type of protection) ready to install to prevent the carrot fly from laying her eggs and ruining your carrots. Fanoftony's picture of the tulle cover is found almost at the bottom of the page in above link.
Carrot root fly problems and solutions are explained in the link below. Good luck with your carrots; may they be sweet and delicious! Here is a link that might be useful: Werneth Allotment Society NOTES: carrot fly
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RE: When to plant beans, okra and cukes in Z6 (Follow-Up #11)
posted by: very_blessed_mom on 04.28.2008 at 10:59 am in Oklahoma Gardening Forum I think I found the book (I put the link below), but I emailed and they responded back
"We do not sell any used books. However, we do have new copies of this book available in third edition paperback. All the same information as the first edition with some updates and all black and white photos inside. Price is $28.63 (includes tax and shipping). You can order from I'm thinking it's not near the quality of book you have plus the photos aren't color. It might do until I could find the one you have. Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Gardener's NOTES: <none>
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RE: Flagstone Steps Border (w/pics) (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: nycynthias on 05.21.2009 at 12:46 am in Landscape Design Forum Beautiful!
Being in the northeast like you, I tend to be a sucker for masses of billowing color after our long, long winters. I could see a few small boxwoods for evergreen structure--easy to prune and keep within bounds--and if you DID want color, combine them with masses of super easy Wave petunias, and other perennials mixed in as an accent to the phlox and soften the lines of the steps. You could do an all white palette, which would be cooling and soothing but still work well with your desire for largely green. I personally love riots of color though: NOTES: <none>
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RE: Where to order plants from? (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: carolyn137 on 02.28.2008 at 01:15 am in Growing Tomatoes Forum How far are you from Raleigh? Craig LeHoullier raises a huge number of different varieties and sells them at the Farmer's Market there. And I know there are others in the area who do the same.
Just enter Craig's name at Google and look for his topcities home page and there he always lists what he's growing and you can e-mail him off his website as well. And if you aren't that close to Raleigh he knopws the growers in the area and can perhaps give you some info about those folks. But I also reccommend Darrel at selectedplants.com if you need yet another recommendation for his plants. Lots of choices, superbhly packed and prices very reasonable. Carolyn NOTES: selectedplants.com
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RE: cattle panel arch... (Follow-Up #15)
posted by: aka_peggy on 07.05.2008 at 05:25 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum NOTES: cattle panel arch picture
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RE: My first carrots ever! (Follow-Up #8)
posted by: cabrita on 05.14.2009 at 09:06 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum ppod, we have tried a few. Danvers, red cored chantenays (or chanterays?), King Midas, little romeos and Nantes (or scarlet nantes). My favorites are the nantes. The King Midas are huge, but if you let it grow fully to my taste they are little woody, however they are OK if I harvest them immature. Little romeos are small round ones, you wait the same amount of time but get less carrot.....to me they do not taste that special, but I will use them as biennial flowers. I am trying Nelsons now, since I bought them as a warmer weather carrot, I am trying to extend the carrot growing season. Never got too excited about carrots until we started growing them.
NOTES: My favorites are the nantes. The King Midas are huge
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RE: Is red sails lettuce harder to grow than other lettuces? (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: gardendawgie on 05.14.2009 at 05:15 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum Red Sails is real easy to grow. You have a problem. maybe with the seeds.
All the lettuce is about the same. I have grown probably 50 different lettuce. A few lettuce might have slight problems mostly it is with bad seed. Red Sails is a leaf lettuce. Leaf lettuce is the easiest to grow. Try some Jericho Romaine and Nevada Batavia types for quality lettuce. Jericho is the best Romaine. Batavia types are excellent. There are several real good ones. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Effective chipmunk/ground squirrel control (Follow-Up #61)
posted by: andthis on 05.28.2006 at 05:44 am in Integrated Pest Management Forum Super vacuums are used widely in the midwest to collect groundhogs.
Here is a link that might be useful: Vacuum Cleaner NOTES: <none>
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RE: Disappointed in turnips (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: carolync1 on 05.10.2009 at 05:14 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum Purple top white globe turnips will taste strong and sometimes bitter in most of Zone 9 in May. Here in the Central Valley of California, they're planted commercially in September to mature in cool, but not freezing, fall weather.
I like the Purple Tops when well-grown. But I usually like much better the little sweet "summer turnips" in early spring or fall: Oasis, Hakeuri, White Lady. They also have sweet, hairless greens (with a tough midrib that should be removed). I find regular, hairy turnip greens palatable only after long simmering. For later fall eating, try "Just Right" hybrid. Plant it at the same time as the little turnips. It's big, ugly, tender and sweet. It doesn't have a lot of usable bulb when young. Makes a big bunch of tall, sweet, hairless greens. Holds in the garden better in cold, wet weather than most turnips. It may be a cross between a true turnip and something else. I get my seed from Twilley, a firm which sells mostly to commercial growers. They and Stokes also sell White Lady. There are several sources for the other "summer turnips". I also like the old-time sweet white turnip or rutabaga "Gilfeather", which has a harder, crisper texture than any of the turnips above. It keeps in storage. Plant with other fall turnips. For earliest spring, try Tokyo Cross - very mild, but not as sweet as any of those named above. It can be harvested almost as soon as radishes. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Pole bean spacing (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: zeedman on 09.08.2008 at 05:28 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum Dean, "Pole 191" is used as a snap. For about 15 years, it was my main crop snap bean, and I bought new seed every year. When Ferry Morse dropped it in the 80's, that put my feet on the path that led me to seed saving.
You know, Dean, I've described my trellis system several times, but never took good photos of it - they were always covered with vegetation. If it weren't for the darned rabbits destroying most of the seedlings, this trellis wouldn't be visible either... and I couldn't demonstrate the full size of a pole bean plant. Every dark cloud has a silver lining I guess - I just wish this dark cloud was lined with rabbit fur! ;-) In the top photo, the details described below are clearly visible. The poles are 7.5 foot fence poles, driven about 1&1/2 feet into the ground with a pole driver. Each pole is topped with a 1&1/4" PVC "T" fitting. I run 3/8" rebar rod through the T's on top, and tie an equal length of rebar rod to the bottom of the poles, about 6-8" off the ground (I plastic cable ties). This is the basic frame for the trellis. The pole spacing varies, depending upon how much weight the trellis will be carrying. For beans & bitter melon, I use about 5 feet between poles. For climbing cucumbers or squash, I can either use 3-4 feet between poles, or use 1/2" rebar for the top support in place of the 3/8". String is run horizontally between the poles (I use plastic baler twine for this). Then I run vertical strings (of some natural fiber) between the top & bottom rods, wrapping it twice around each horizontal string on the way down. I generally use brown baler twine for the verticals, since some beans (such as yardlongs) dislike artificial materials. The spacing of the verticals depends upon the plant spacing, and on how rampant the vines will be... but no less than one per plant. You could probably just run the vertical strings, but the horizontals add a lot of stability. The advantage of the rebar rods on top & bottom is that the vertical strings will not move during high winds. For the rebar rod, I use 20, 10, and 5 foot lengths; I can combine these (bound with cable ties) to match any length of trellis. There are variations of this; you can use construction remesh or fencing attached to the frame. While this is quicker to erect & remove than a string trellis, I seldom use a steel trellis. There is a considerable amount of work required initially to straighten out the fencing, plus the storage issue. I had mentioned the use of trellises & corn as windbreaks. This is the view looking toward the northwest corner of my garden: You can see why my grandchildren like to play hide-and-seek in the garden. ;-) NOTES: <none>
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Pole bean spacing
posted by: zeedman on 09.07.2008 at 06:25 pm in Beans, Peas & Other Legumes Forum On several threads, I have advocated wider spacing for pole beans than is usually recommended. Given fertile soil & adequate moisture, most varieties will send out more & longer branches, and produce much more per plant than if spaced closely. The pods will also be longer & better filled, and the dry seeds larger. These plants tend to be healthier, and more able to resist disease.
Rabbits & poor germination were responsible for this observation; sometimes good things come from bad circumstances. This year, the rabbits struck again; so I thought I would post a couple of photos. Both of these are single plants of "Pole 191" (a.k.a. white-seeded Kentucky Wonder). Both of these are single plants.
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tulle pic take 2 (Follow-Up #13)
posted by: fanfortony on 04.30.2009 at 07:59 am in Vegetable Gardening Forum NOTES: <none>
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RE: disappointed in row covers/will netting work for cabbage moth (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: fanfortony on 04.28.2009 at 07:35 am in Vegetable Gardening Forum I have always used tulle netting (the stuff wedding veils are made of) to cover my cabbages. it works great! Its light weight, cheap, and has tiny holes. the rain gets in just fine with no problems, as does the sun. It comes in many colors, and I don't see that it matters what color you use. I've had blue, green, and pink. You can get it at fabric stores or craft stores like Joann's. Usually around now, (pre-wedding season) is a good time to buy it on sale, only about 50 cents a yard. it comes in 72 inch widths too, which is generally better than the 52 inch wide.
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Forget the seed warming mat!
posted by: momma_s on 04.28.2009 at 03:18 pm in Frugal Gardening Forum Ok, I just wanted to share my frugal seed starting way...
I was looking for a warm place for my seeds, but couldn't find any. Our fridge is cool on top, and our water heater is in the garage... I was considering buying a seed mat, but then I remembered how I one time put a cake in the cold oven to store it overnight, but left the light on, and the next day the icing was ruined because of the heat generated by the oven bulb. So, I put a bunch of seeds by the window for comparison, then a bunch in a clear plastic container with lid, and wrapped it in a towel to keep the light out at night, and ALL of my seeds in the oven sprouted in 1.5 days!! The seeds in the window haven't done anything yet. Forget the warming mat! ;-) NOTES: <none>
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RE: Where to find cheap corn gluten meal? (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: farmboy66 on 04.28.2009 at 03:33 pm in Frugal Gardening Forum try hunter nutrition .com,765-563-1003
NOTES: ...for cheap corn gluten (fert)
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RE: blackberry/raspberry question (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: hines on 08.02.2008 at 09:06 am in Fruit & Orchards Forum If yu are moving in a year or so, I wouldn't bother trying brambles at this point in your life. You won't get any fruit before it is time to pull up your stakes.
That said. They are easy to grow and seem to attract few pests. The exception being Japanese beetles, who seem to love them as much as I do. The new shoots sprout vigorously from the rootstock and you can easily dig them up and transplant them. I responded to your query because I do have a favorite variety of raspberry. Encore, is a thornless everbearing raspberry. It is vigorous, and the canes stand erect with little support. The berries are very large and incredably sweet. NOTES: Rasberry Encore
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RE: Your Tomato Growing Secrets (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: deep___roots on 07.02.2008 at 12:29 pm in Growing Tomatoes Forum Plant a thick cover crop of vetch during the Winter in the raised beds and half-whiskey barrels. Cut it down and work it into the soil in April, let it decompose for a month, plant the tom starts right into the mix in May.
Nothing is more important to success than your soil. Take care of it. I make and use compost too. Throw in a little horsie manure also. NOTES: <none>
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I also listen to WDW Memories Podcast: Come Relive Your Walt Disney World Memories; The Gears Behind the Ears; & Running to Disney Podcast.
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I also listen to WDW Memories Podcast: Come Relive Your Walt Disney World Memories; The Gears Behind the Ears; & Running to Disney Podcast.
I also listen to MouseStation, but didn't see it on the list.
I subscribe most of the podcasts above. Being a Canadian, I also listen to the Character Breakfast and Northern Mouse podcasts. There are also the Disney Dudes and Those darn cats, which are the non-conventional ones of the bunch. The latest I subscribe to is Eye on Orlando. They talk about Disney but also other places worth going in Orlando just in case anyone is willing to venture out of the Disney bubble once in a while. :thumbs:
I've tried a bunch of them, but they don't satisfy my Disney fix like Lou! I do listen to WDW News Today (when they actually post new episodes). Maybe I'll try WDW Today and some of the other popular ones.
(Insert comment here).
I am admittedly horrible at keeping up with Podcasts. Between family, school and work, I just lose track of updating podcasts into the iphone, and dont have alot of time to listen to them. The 3 I make an honest effort to listen to on a regular basis are:
1) WDW Today (first WDW podcast I started listening to almost 2-3 years ago)
2) Netcot cause of the park music he included
3) WDW Radio -- The "Box" was my first time with the WDW Radio Show, however I was familiar with the name "Lou Mongello" for a long time, just never exactly knew who he was. and now I cant stop listening..
So one can say "Lou Mongello" is some kind of Disney Addictive substance LOL
I just discovered the Mouse Lounge podcast. Does that still broadcast? I really enjoyed it.
What I like about the podcasts that I listen to is that they are all a little different and have different things to offer. I know this is an old list and there are a few of them missing.:mickeykid
I also listen to Betamouse. But since it is a relatively new podcast, it wasn't on the list. There is also Communicore Online, although it hasn't been updated in a while.
I also added Betamouse to my list a when I heard of them. Very good on Tech for DH.
Besides WDW Radio, which will always be #1, I've been listening to BetaMouse.


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Deej Continues…
Perhaps it is the 10mg of oxy that I keep popping into my mouth like Tic-Tacs right now to take the sharp pain off of my wrist which as been broken in three places a week ago (and is still not reduced while I wait for the required surgery it will take on Monday.
But naw, I just have a need to share things to laugh at.
So HERE:
Now isn't this MUCH more fun than arguing iver shit that will never EVER be resolved by any of us?


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The Piano Lesson Memory and the Past Quotes
How we cite our quotes:
Quote #10
Berniece: (Singing.) "I want you to help me/I want you to help me/Mama Berniece/I want you to help me/Mama Esther/I want you to help me/Papa Boy Charles/I want you to help me/Mama Ola/I want you to help me" (2.5.203)
You'll find this quote at the end of every one of our theme sections. We did this to show how August Wilson brilliantly touches on all of his major themes when Berniece climactically plays the piano at last. This moment ties into "Memory and the Past" because Berniece has finally found the strength to face the memories from which she's been running. She's only able to banish Sutter's ghost after she stops trying to ignore her past and instead embraces it.
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Maison de Monaco French Inspired Preserves - 3 Pack $15.99 + $5 shipping CONDITION: Fruity PRODUCTS: 1 Peach & Lavender Preserves 7.75oz 1 Raspberry & Violet Preserves 7.75oz 1 Blackberry & Poppy Flower Preserves 7.75oz
This doesn't look like Gazi Pinot, or Pedrocelli petite syrah or twisted Oak petite Sirah!!!
ooooh fancy pb&js.
Does anyone know anything about these? I'm tempted, but have no knowledge of them.
today is anything but wine woot off. at least I'm saving money.
fredrinaldi wrote:today is anything but wine woot off. at least I'm saving money.
I have done good also... only bought the Twisted Oak"
The nice thing about these French Inspired Preserves is that the lids don't put up a fight.
I wish someone had a comment about them so I know what I'm getting into, but I'm willing to try them and get back with my opinion next offering. Or not rather, the ball bounces but it won't let me buy, so I guess I missed out.
Stuff sure is going fast though!
Bring them back Woot!! Ty
These are some very tasty Jams. High quality product. I hope they post them again


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