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Dog Fire
Yellow Dog is really not easily impressed.
Burning the woods 10 feet in front of her dog house produced a lot of smoke, as you can see.
Did she care?
Is there something in there?
Continue readingRaising Rabbits in Backyard Homestead –Trevor and Shannon Perla, 5 Farms @ SOGALO16 2016-02-06
Easy to raise and tasty:
An overview of backyard homesteading with main emphasis on raising rabbits for a healthy meat alternative in a small scale homestead.
Who should attend: Anyone interested in raising rabbits and backyard homesteading
The Perlas will also have a vendor display table at South Georgia Growing Local, Saturday, February 6th 2016, at Pine Grove Middle School, Lowndes County, Georgia. Please follow the link to register today! And not that’s the new Pine Grove Middle School, 4159 River Rd, Valdosta, GA 31605.
Continue readingDogs in the culvert, TV on the road
Dogs don’t care about TV unles they’re on it; culverts are much more fun.
Yellow Dog was curious enough
to sniff around the TV camera,
but mostly they sniffed under things, laid in the dirt, and sat in the doggie fort.
Here’s a video. The incessant hissing is what that tiny natural gas pipeline station for a mere 9-inch pipeline sounds like 24/7, 365 days a year.
Continue readingTrailer for South Georgia Growing Local @ SOGALO16 2016-02-06
An overview of South Georgia Growing Local—coming up on
February 6, 2016 at Pine Grove Middle School — supporting
local farmers, finding access to clean foods, learning how to being
a garden or cook with fresh local ingredients.
You can register online or print and mail the registration form you’ll find through that link. Schedule and Continue reading
South Georgia Growing Local –Gretchen Quarterman to Scott James 2016-01-26 @ SOGALO16 2016-02-06
Saturday, February 6th, South Georgia Growing Local at Pine Grove Middle School!
As Scott James said on
Talk 92.1FM Tuesday:
“I don’t know if people fully realize… what kind of wave is overtaking us here in south Georgia, and in Georgia in general, what kind of growing local wave!”
Gretchen said it’s also about health: we’ve got people here who can’t walk up stairs to work, and eating better helps people be more healthy. Scott James and Gretchen discussed oils, Ham and Eggs, and more. Clay Oliver will have a vendor table, and Mary Clement will speak about Essential Oils, plus chickens, goats, herbs, bread, vegetables, fruits, water, solar power, and a buying club! Here’s the schedule.
Remember this is the new Continue reading
South Georgia Growing Local on the air and on the ground at Pine Grove Middle School
Update 2016-01-28: Video of Gretchen on Talk 92.1FM Scott James show.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
South Georgia Growing Local on the air and on the ground at Pine Grove Middle School
Hahira, January 25, 2016 — Tuesday morning 8:30 AM, Gretchen
Quarterman will be on the Scott James radio show,
92.1 FM, talking
about South Georgia Growing Conference, happening again at Pine
Grove Middle School, all day Saturday February 6th.
“This has really turned into a thing!” as Chris Beckham said on his 105.9 FM
radio show when Gretchen was on there last Wednesday, “So many
different topics in six tracks, but all indigenous to south
Georgia.”
Gretchen explained: Continue reading
Video: “This has really turned into a thing” –Chris Beckham about South Georgia Growing Local to Gretchen Quarterman on WVGA 105.9 FM 2016-01-20 @ SOGALO16
You can
register today for South Georgia Growing Local 2016,
to be held all day Saturday February 6th at Pine Grove Middle School.
Chris Beckham was struck by the variety: corn, chicken, fruits, goats, soap, composting, water, worms, solar power!
So many different topics in six tracks, “but all indigenous to South Georgia.”
Gretchen replied,
Indeed, when this conference started six years ago, we just had two tracks. One was about cooking, and one was about growing, pest control, and fertilizing, and how to have your garden be successful in the special conditions of south Georgia and north Florida. Because our conditions here are different than they are in north Georgia or on the coast, or farther south in Florida where it never freezes. We sort of have a very special environment here, and so this conference is geared towards that.
Lots of new and repeat talks; see the Continue reading
Bread 101 –Arica Griner @ SOGALO16 2016-02-06
Get your hands on baking bread:
I will talk about the benefits of eating fresh milled wheat/sprouted. The effects that it has on the body and digestion. I will also have a hands on where they can make a small loaf of bread to take home along with a printed recipe.
Registration is open for South Georgia Growing Local, Saturday, February 6th 2016, at Pine Grove Middle School, Lowndes County, Georgia.
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Continue readingTips and Tools: If I knew then what I know now…. –Christine Hagen, Hagen Homestead @ SOGALO16 2016-02-06
My CSA!
We started market farming by accident. Some good friends inquired if we ever sold any of our extra vegetables? Had not thought about that—we sold them some purple onions, lettuce, and butternut squash that day. Eight years later they are still good friends and they are still buying our farm goods along with other friends and acquaintances. But as the saying goes: “If I knew then what I know now….” So let’s spend some time together learning some tips and tools of market farming and gardening in general.
Who should attend: anyone who likes to garden
Hagen Homestead will also have a display table.
Registration is open for South Georgia Growing Local, Saturday, February 6th 2016, at Pine Grove Middle School, Lowndes County, Georgia. Continue reading