Gardening and Farming

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Comment by Tipper on December 17, 2009 at 10:33am

Wonderful memories I'm glad you shared them. I love to browse through the seed catalogs during cold winter days-it helps push the cold away to know it won't be long before I'll be walking through the garden checking on the plants.

Comment by John Dilbeck on December 17, 2009 at 10:18am

Good morning,

It's a cold morning in the mountains and I was just now thinking about gardening.

What?

Well, actually more than gardening. I was thinking that this is the type of morning that I remember Mom and Pop sitting close to the heater, sipping coffee, and looking through all the gardening and nursery catalogs - planning for what they would grow next spring.

I think Mom must have subscribed to at least 40 or 50 different seed and nursery catalogs and both of them loved looking at the pictures and talking about the different varieties and what they liked.

Pop always liked the older varieties and his favorite tomato was a beefsteak. Mom disagreed, but they would enjoy talking about it.

I'm not a gardener and I did not inherit their green thumbs, but I can close my eyes and picture them right now, sitting next to the heater and dreaming about what they would grow next year, when the weather turned warm and all the little green things started to poke their leaves up from the ground.

Just thought I'd share with you.

All the best,

JD

Comment by John Dilbeck on August 14, 2009 at 10:46pm

Good evening, Ron.

I know what you mean about weeding. It sounds like y'all did well for the first year. Good luck on that fall planting.

Comment by G. Ron Langer on August 14, 2009 at 4:48pm

T-o-o-o busy! The weeding gets to be a real chore. Our squash was very prolific! It was coming out our ears! Tomatoes were Ok but not great. Corn was about a 7 on a 1-10 scale. Since we're organic we had our share of bugs. Perhaps next year we will do better. Btw, we are doing a fall planting so we'll see how that turns out.

Comment by John Dilbeck on August 10, 2009 at 11:19am

Hey Ron!

How's your community garden doing? Is it keeping you busy?

All the best,

JD

Comment by John Dilbeck on June 8, 2009 at 4:24am

Good morning, Ron.

I don't have any advice. I started this group because I knew lots of people in the area enjoy gardening.

Mom and Dad both had green thumbs. They could plant just about anything and get it to grow. I didn't inherit that talent.

I do have lots of experience in taking orders and weeding, however. (grin)

Maybe someone will join in here and share their knowledge. Perhaps Cyndie, Sam, and/or Kimberly would like to offer their thoughts, here.

I think a community garden is a great idea.

All the best,

JD

Comment by G. Ron Langer on June 7, 2009 at 8:02pm

We (Cyndie & Ron, Sam & Debbie, Art & Kimberly) have a community garden along the river. This is our 1st year. Garden is 100x65 and on Art's property. We are trying to be organic farmers. The experts are Cyndie, Sam and Kimberly. The rest of us take orders and weed. lol So far, stuff is growing. Any advice will be appreciated.

Comment by John Dilbeck on February 27, 2009 at 5:34pm

There are many people in the area around Murphy, NC who enjoy gardening, farming, landscaping, and growing a wide variety of plants. Come and meet others in the area who also have a green thumb.

Do you have a nursery or landscaping business? Tell us about what you are doing.

Do you grow crops and participate in the local farmers market in Murphy? Spread the word.

This group will become the best place to promote what you're doing in our area. Come on in and let us know what you're doing.

Act on your dream!

JD