[AT] garden question; potatoes

[charlie hill]

Agreed Al.  I've been tempted to try it myself but at 63 (in a few days) I 
don't
know if I'm up for it.  I've got the same equipment my daddy grew tobacco 
with
and I have irrigation equipment and ponds.  All it will really take is 
getting my land
back from the tenant farmer, a lot of labor and the money necessary for the 
seeds,
fertilizers, etc.

There is a guy over around Kinston who is selling his produce in an 
innovative way.
He went to the Hospital where Lynn works and signed up over 100 people who 
pay
him for either a 6 week or a 12 week program at $20 bucks a week.  Every 
Wed. he
shows up with bushel size boxes full of produce from his farm.  We're in for 
the whole 12
weeks and so far it's been great.  You never know what you are getting but 
it's all been
fresh and good quality and a wide variety including some things I had never 
eaten before
like Swiss Chard and Bok Choi.  It's not a bargain price but cheaper than it 
would be in
a grocery store.  It's fresh and all you have to do is go by his stand when 
you leave work on
Wed. to get your box.  I don't know where else he is doing it.  There are 
usually 8 or more
different items in the box ranging from blueberries and strawberries to 
eggs.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Jones
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 10:14 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes


I agree Charlie.  I have always said that the plant doesn't care where the 
N, P, or K comes from as long as it has it.  I like the fact there is a 
market for organic, and locally grown (which to me makes more sense than 
trying to grow organic)so that people can make a choice on what they eat, 
and small farmers can make a living.

Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 21, 2013 7:18 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
>
>Yes I know you are right about the three counties John but couldn't help
>blaming it all on you.  grins.   At least you are up on top of the heap.
>
>You are right, there are legitimate uses for organic and those folks do 
>hard
>but in my opinion the whole thing is bogus.    The only part of the organic
>movement that makes any sense to me is not using harmful chemical
>pesticides.  As far as being organic, I go back to what I said before.
>Fertilizer out of a bag is just as organic as fertilizer out of the horse
>pasture.
>Of course there is inorganic material in fertilizer too but generally it's
>organic.
>
>
>We have fish farms down here.  Some are within a mile or two of creeks and
>rivers
>where large fishing trawlers are docked.   I guess there is a market for
>both
>natural and farm grown.   I prefer mine out of the creek, river or ocean.
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 6:51 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
>
>The lunatics are the county southeast of here, the liberal nut jobs are
>southwest and we are the blithering idiots at the top of the "Triangle" 
>with
>the huge corporate tax revenues who have proven you can throw money at
>problems and not fix anything!
>
>Back to the organic, I don't know what she wanted with it but assuming it
>really mattered, I didn't want any part of the liability. She may have been
>using it for mulch on certified organic vegetables. There is a rather large
>market here for fresh local grown produce (not necessarily organic).  Got 
>to
>respect the folks doing it because they are generally doing it on a very
>small, labor intensive scale---the new breed of small full-time farmers.
>They do produce a much better product, equivalent to a personal garden in 
>my
>opinion. And, their cash is green when they buy a load of straw for mulch!
>
>I do get inquiries for straw for strange uses though. One guy bought some
>and was using it to locally grow some sort of farm-raised seafood (remember
>I am 3 hours from the ocean).  This was actually a small scale commercial
>business.
>
>Another fellow came and measured the bale size and checked the weight. He
>wanted to use it for insulating an exterior wall in a garage he was
>converting to an office. Thank goodness the baler had been acting up and 
>the
>length was varying a couple inches. I can see it now, he hauls away 50 
>bales
>and brings back 15 to swap for something a little shorter so he can squeeze
>it in the wall--I'm not running a lumber yard!
>
>John
>
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: charlie hill
>Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:54 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
>
>You do realize that you live in the lunatic capital county of NC and
>possibly the S/E don't you?
>I would have told her it was organic.  Get your chemistry text out.  There
>are two kinds of
>things in the world, organic and inorganic.  Inorganic is minerals.  The
>rest is organic.
>
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:39 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
>
>Speaking of genetically modified, got to love dealing with the general
>public. I run an online ad to sell wheat straw most of the year. I had a
>lady inquire this spring if I had organic wheat straw. I told her no but if
>she were to search around on the net there was a farm in NC that raised
>organic wheat a couple years ago. Then she emailed back wanting to know if 
>I
>"at least" had straw that was not genetically modified. I replied that GMO
>wheat does not exist outside of research labs and test fields. Hybrid crops
>are not the same as GMO. I went on tell her about all the wonderful 
>chemical
>fertilizer, insecticide, and herbicide I treated my wheat with. That was
>enough to get her to go annoy someone else.
>
>John Hall
>
>
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