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Growing Sweet Potatoes in Western NC
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Started this discussion. Last reply by ann adkins May. 2, 2009.

 

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Hometown:
Outside Canton, NC
Gardening Experience:
Novice
About Me:
Interested in gourmet mushroom growing, growing very large gardens, tail gate markets, permaculture, growing organic hops for brewing beer, growing grapes for wine and eating. I am growing a very large amount of produce this year
Favorite Plants:
I love them all except multi floral rose, privet, bittersweet, honey suckle, and Japanese Knotweed.
Garden as a hobby?
Yes

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Chicken Tractors Save Money on Fertilizer and Create Better Eggs and Meat

Chicken tractors are movable pens without bottoms. The pens provide shelter and predator protection while allowing the chickens to forage on a new area each day. Sizes of chicken tractors can vary greatly as can their design. Most tractors hold 3-4 chickens on up to 80 broiler chickens. Generally tractors are no larger than 10’ x 12’.

The advantage of chicken tractors to the gardener is a sustainable source of eggs, meat, and nitrogen. Chickens excrete a high percentage of the nitrogen they con… Continue

Posted on February 25, 2009 at 8:49am —

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It's Time to Plant Garlic in the Mountains

October is the month in the mountains to buy some seed garlic and get started with a garlic bed. If you are reading this and live in the piedmont you can get away with planting up through November.


To get started with garlic you must first procure some seed garlic. Garlic from the supermarket is often treated with chemicals to prevent it from s




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Posted on September 29, 2008 at 12:38pm — 2 Comments

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June: The Month for Battling the Colorado Potato Beetle


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Posted on June 4, 2008 at 5:25pm —

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At 11:22am on February 10, 2009, Polly McDaniel said…
What's shaking, Samantha? Anything cool going on for a blog post? I see your chicken tractor group. I don't have any chickens or a tractor, urban dweller that I am. But maybe some day ...
At 6:37pm on November 1, 2008, Kaya said…
kaya_faerie@yahoo.com I would like to get a log or two. I live very close to exit 44 on I-40. Do you have a booth at the Asheville tailgate markets?
At 12:07pm on October 3, 2008, Michael Coyle said…
Right on about posting the grow threads on the shittake & oyster mushrooms. I'm excited to see how that is done.

I'm intrigued by the brew recipes, are the light malt & corn sugar a dry extract or liquid extract? I want to move to kegging myself, but as it stands I've been able to reduce the bottling headache by using the quart sized tecate bottles for my brews. 19 or 20 bottles per 5 gallon batch is pretty easy to muster, and truth be told, it matches my average serving. LOL.

I've done a few brews recently that match the west coast pale recipe, kind of like sierra nevada, but I've augmented the sugars with honey. I really like the result!
At 11:57am on September 5, 2008, Michael Coyle said…
Hey Samantha,

I'm interested in starting some of the mushrooms you mentioned in the mushroom group. I have no experience with it, but think it would be cool to do.

It would be awesome if you could do a photographic step by step! I'm sure it would get people excited about adding a really cool new aspect to their gardening adventures.

I'm also quite fond of brewing myself. Any favorite recipes?

Cheers,
Michael
At 6:28pm on June 24, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…
What's shaking, Samantha? How about a fresh blog post on your garden. The last one was very informative, but general observations about how you're garden is doing are fine as well.
At 7:19pm on June 6, 2008, Jim Childreess said…
Samantha,
Many thanks for answering my questions re tomatoe blight. I tried to answer before but had difficulty navigating the threads.
Jim Childress
At 12:43am on June 5, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…
You did it, Samantha! I just posted your blog on the front of the site.
At 12:00pm on May 29, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…
Oh, this is so fascinating to me! Thanks for the update. I would love it for you to start a regular blog about how it's going down on your farm.
At 3:13am on May 29, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…
How are the little chicks coming along?
At 9:46pm on May 20, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…
So just how many goats do you have? And what are your plans for the chicks? Eggs, I guess?
 
 

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