The first posted of many talks you can hear at South Georgia Growing Local in February:

Description of the talk: A presentation of my experience growing, eating, selling various lesser known edible crops of the coastal plain. I will try to include as many of the following as I can get to in my allotted time slot (not necessarily in this order): Asian yard long beans, bananas, black walnuts, bunching onions, cactus pears, carambola (starfruit), chayote, chestnuts, fava beans, figs, foo gwa, ginger, green tea, guava and guayaba, grapefruit, horse radish, jicama, kiwano melons, kiwifruit, loquats, luffas, Malabar spinach, maypops, nopales, papayas, persimmons, rice, roselle, pawpaws, pineapples, pomegranates, satsumas, Seminole pumpkins, stevia, turmeric.

I will provide samples of many of the crops and share with you my growing successes and failures/lessons learned/tips for growing, what has sold well at the local farmers market for me, what I find tasty, what I find easiest or hardest to grow and ways to preserve these crops for later consumption.

Who should attend: Folks interested in growing/eating/selling less commonly raised fruits and vegetables.

Bret will also have a vendor display.

Registration is open for South Georgia Growing Local, Saturday, February 6th 2016, at Pine Grove Middle School, Lowndes County, Georgia.

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