{"id":4091,"date":"2016-01-13T15:09:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T20:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:47:00","slug":"tips-and-tools-if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now-christine-hagen-hagen-homestead-sogalo16-2016-02-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/tips-and-tools-if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now-christine-hagen-hagen-homestead-sogalo16-2016-02-06.html","title":{"rendered":"Tips and Tools:  If I knew then what I know now&#8230;. &#8211;Christine Hagen, Hagen Homestead @ SOGALO16 2016-02-06"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nMy CSA!\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n<a title=\"Arbor\" id=\"4079\" width=\"1836\" height=\"3264\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4079\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:169;float:right\" width=\"169\" alt=\"Arbor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1621afa64da281d85a8d529d9d4ebd6a.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nWe started market farming by accident. Some good friends inquired if\r\nwe ever sold any of our extra vegetables? Had not thought about\r\nthat&mdash;we sold them some purple onions, lettuce, and butternut\r\nsquash that day. Eight years later they are still good friends and\r\nthey are still buying our farm goods along with other friends and\r\nacquaintances. But as the saying goes: &#8220;If I knew then what I know\r\nnow&#8230;.&#8221; So let&#8217;s spend some time together learning some tips and\r\ntools of market farming and gardening in general.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nWho should attend: anyone who likes to garden\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nHagen Homestead will also have a display table.\r\n<p>\r\nRegistration is open for\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/s-ga-growing-local-2016\">\r\nSouth Georgia Growing Local<\/a>, Saturday, February 6th 2016, at Pine Grove Middle School, Lowndes County, Georgia.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Hoop-house\" href=\"#Hoop-house\">Hoop house<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Hoop house\" id=\"4075\" width=\"1836\" height=\"3264\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4075\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"4078\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Hoop house\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/45600a6d0c52bf29785d7d27638613a2.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<a title=\"Arbor\" id=\"4079\" width=\"1836\" height=\"3264\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4079\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"4082\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Arbor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/83f59b3f86d51a9795287b9916d8351a.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Inside\" href=\"#Inside\">Inside<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Inside\" id=\"4083\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1836\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4083\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"4086\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Inside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/457577e85de2c86cf1353b7919147bef.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Chickens\" href=\"#Chickens\">Chickens<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Chickens\" id=\"4087\" width=\"1836\" height=\"3264\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4087\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"4090\" width=\"600\" height=\"1067\" alt=\"Chickens\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/b6286bab9702a573c39f3a1933aa2267.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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&mdash;we sold them some purple onions, lettuce, and butternut squash that day. 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