Farmacy is today. 1:30-3:30 at Barnes Drugs. Corner of Savannah and Patterson in Valdosta. I will have okra and grits and lots of other delicious stuff. So will Thelma. Don’t miss out.
Okra Paradise Farms
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If my electric utility paid me as much as I pay them for electricity, I’d be making a profit from my solar panels. As it is, I profit anyway by paying a lot less, the panels are paid for, and I get to watch the electric meter galloping backwards on a sunny day:
The little bars are moving to the left below the numbers, which means I’m selling solar power to the power company.
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The porch bucket wren chicks and their proud mama. Gretchen says it’s a Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus.
The last of a century-old tradition: local ham and eggs, right here in Lowndes County.
When:
10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017
1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
Where:
Lowndes County Extension Office
2102 E. Hill Ave., Valdosta, GA
Photo: Michael Rivera, Wikimedia Commons,
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Daniel DeMersseman, VDT, 2017-02-10, Ham and Egg Show tradition returns,
Lowndes County’s annual Ham and Egg Show returns for its 67th year Feb. 14, 15.
The show once spread across every county in Georgia, said Velma Miles, chairman of the Lowndes Improvement Association. “We’re the only one left.”
Miles said the Continue reading
Less than an acre of planted pines, never burned since planted ten years ago.
Lit right up, burned real nice.
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The students like the bees.
South Georgia Growing Local is inside a new venue with cooking facilities!
When: 9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017 today, right now!
Where: Continue reading
A popular class, Backyard Hens, and Claudia Dunkley of UGA is the expert all around.
South Georgia Growing Local is inside a new venue with cooking facilities!
When: 9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017 today, right now!
Where: Continue reading
Come on down this morning to PineVale Elementary and learn about growing things in our south Georgia subtropical climate! It’s rainy this morning and afternoon, and breezy all day; a great day for growing, and South Georgia Growing Local will be inside a new venue with cooking facilities!
When:
9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017
Where: Pinevale Elementary School, 930 Lake Park Road, Valdosta GA.
Web: page with schedule.
If you’re still not convinced, watch Gretchen explain it on the radio with Continue reading
Dr. Claudia Dunkley, Extension Poultry Scientist,
will speak about Growing Backyard Chickens
at
South Georgia Growing Local 2017, January 21, 2017 in Valdosta, Georgia:
Basic information for beginning a backyard flock including: breeds, housing, nutrition, egg production and biosecurity.
Her conference bio: Continue reading
