Chayote squash, feijoas, bananas, Jerusalem artichokes, roselle, chestnuts and black walnuts, kiwano melons, star fruit, grapefruit, Seminole pumpkins, papayas, Japanese persimmons, and rice: all these can be grown in south Georgia, says Bret Wagenhorst of Brighton Farms. He will talk about those crops at South Georgia Growing Local 2015, January 24, 2015, at Pine Grove Middle School in Lowndes County north of Valdosta. You can register now.

There are many food crops that aren’t typically grown commercially in south Georgia/north Florida that can do well on a small scale. This talk will review the speaker’s experience growing and eating several of these crops. Information about where to get stock/seed/plants, how to grow them without using pesticides, how to prepare and store them, and how they taste will be provided. Some of the crops that may be discussed include: chayote squash, feijoas, bananas, Jerusalem artichokes, roselle, chestnuts and black walnuts, kiwano melons, star fruit, grapefruit, Seminole pumpkins, papayas, Japanese persimmons and rice.

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