How To Post Pictures in the Forum

Posting pictures in the forum is easy, here is how to do it:

Step 1

Log in with your username and password (have to be logged in as a real user before you can post anything)

Step 2

 

Start a new post or reply to a post by pressing the ‘New Topic’  or ‘Reply’   button.

Step 3

Choose a method for inserting pictures into the body of the post:

  • Method A (simpler, limited in picture size and number of pictures) – upload the picture to the forum
  • Method B (more steps, more versatile, unlimited resolution and quantity) – upload to webhost and embed link

Step 3A1

Press the ‘Additional Options’ button near the bottom of the text entry box.

Step 3A2

Press ‘Choose File’ button to upload your picture.  Note that the file size must be small, and that it only lets you attach a few pictures to each post.  My favorite programs for re-sizing pictures are irfanview and picassa.  Sizing your images to less than 600 pixels will usually make the file size small enough.

Step 3B1

Upload your pictures to a hosting service or server of your choice.  (I like picassaweb best)

Step 3B2

Copy the link to the file and paste it in the body of the forum post.  (the link must be THE FILE, and not to a webpage, you can tell it is a file because it will end in .jpg, .gif, or .png and look like http://somewhereontheweb.com/somefolder/somefilename.JPG)  (from picassaweb, the link is found by clicking on the ‘link to this photo’ and checking ‘Image only – no link’)

Step 3B3

Highlight the link to your picture in the body of the forum post and press the ‘IMG’ button  which adds the proper BBcode to the link so that the forum software will display the picture instead of displaying the link to the picture.

Step 4

Press the ‘Post’ button  to publish.  The end!

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Gardening in the Texas Heat

A recent video from Marjory Wildcraft had some interesting suggestions for what we can grow in our vegetable gardens during the long, hot, dry Texas summers:


Gardening in the Heat with Marjory Wildcraft of Backyard Food Production

Her plant suggestions are:

  1. cowpeas (black-eyed peas)
  2. okra
  3. sweet potato
  4. lambsquarters
  5. nutsedge (chufa)
  6. canna lily
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Barn Aid 3

 

 

Eden’s Organic presents Barn Aid 3, a benefit to raise funds for Feed Texas First.  Local Cheese and Wine Pairing from Scardello and Calais, ans guest speaker Amanda Vanhoosier.  Free concert featuring Lorynn the Redhead and movie screening “Urban Roots” too!   — October 9, 2011 — 

 

 

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Zero Cost / Zero Waste Alternative to Pots

An alternative to buying pots for starting seeds or making pots out of newspaper is to use a clump of soil with no container at all by using a handy little tool like the soil cube.  There are several benefits from starting seeds like this:

  • saves money (no re-occurring costs)
  • no need to sanitize old pots for re-use
  • avoids or minimizes root shock (roots of plant stops growing with they hit the air)

Keeping the soil cubes moist is a little more effort, since the force of normal water droplets will melt the cubes.  You need to use a spray-mister bottle to water with.  

 

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The Self Sufficient Gardener: How Composting Works

Jason Akers’ presentation “Composting: What You Need to Know” given at the Mother Earth News Fair 2011:

His slideshow is also available at http://www.theselfsufficientgardener.com/Composting.pdf

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