{"id":5791,"date":"2016-12-30T12:59:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T17:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2017-01-04T15:48:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:48:37","slug":"growing-your-own-food-on-the-homestead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/growing-your-own-food-on-the-homestead.html","title":{"rendered":"Growing Your Own Food on the Homestead –Greg Key @ SOGALO17"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nGreg Key will talk about Growing Your Own Food on the Homestead at\r\n\r\nSouth Georgia Growing Local 2017, January 21, 2017 in Valdosta, Georgia<\/a>:\r\n

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\r\n\r\n\"MG<\/a>\r\nInterested in growing your own food? Greg will discuss tips, tools\r\nand techniques to put you on the road to vegetable gardening\r\nsuccess. This detailed discussion will include subtopics such as\r\nsuggested crops for growing in the south, disease and pest\r\nmanagement, controlling and preventing weeds, and using drip\r\nirrigation in your vegetable garden. Greg will use personal success\r\nexamples from over 30 years of gardening experience to provide\r\neasily-implemented solutions to make your vegetable gardening\r\nexperience more successful and profitable.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nWho should attend:\r\n

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\r\nAnyone interested in growing food sustainably — whether it be\r\na market farmer, backyard gardener, or non-profit organization such\r\nas a school garden.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nBrief Biography:\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\r\nGreg Key has been involved in horticulture and agriculture for over\r\n30 years. With a special interest in organic and small scale\r\nproduction, he has been on the forefront of the local food movement.\r\nHe enjoys studying the processes and educating people about how to\r\nmake growing healthy, local food more possible. With vegetable\r\ngardening being one of his favorite hobbies, he founded Hoss Tools\r\nin 2009 with the goal of manufacturing and selling high-quality,\r\nAmerican-made garden tools. Today, Hoss Tools provides gardening\r\ntools and supplies to people all over the world with the primary\r\ngoal of helping people grow their own food.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nHe’ll also have a vendor table for\r\nHoss Tools<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nRemember the new venue<\/strong><\/em>:\r\n\r\nPineVale Elementary School, 930 Lake Park Road, Valdosta GA<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg Key will talk about Growing Your Own Food on the Homestead at South Georgia Growing Local 2017, January 21, 2017 in Valdosta, Georgia: Interested in growing your own food? Greg will discuss tips, tools and techniques to put you on the road to vegetable gardening success. This detailed discussion will include subtopics such as […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,2970],"tags":[3,2990,23,2915,2992,2,2760,2989,2969,2993,2991,45],"class_list":["post-5791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-okra-paradise-farms","category-sogalo17","tag-georgia","tag-greg-key","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-homestead","tag-hoss-tools","tag-lowndes-county","tag-okra-paradise-farms","tag-pinevale-elementary-school","tag-sogalo17","tag-south-georgia-growing-local-2017","tag-tools","tag-valdosta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Gj0O-1vp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5791"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5858,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions\/5858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}