[AT] garden question; potatoes

Fri Jun 21 11:02:06 PDT 2013

I have heard of lots of people doing the weekly boxes--a CSA, or community supported agriculture.  I would love to get into something like that to make a little side money but it is just not the right time for me right now.

I used to think this sort of thing would not work in our area, but these days, I believe it might.

Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 21, 2013 10:34 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
>
>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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