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Farm Day, May 26

Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 by independencefarmersmarket

Farm Day is just a little over 1 month away. Please save the date, Sunday May 26th from 2-5 pm at Wagon Wheel Farm. The event is FREE and open[…]

Posted in Crops, Events, Workshop Tagged crops, farm tour, free, greenhouse, kids, workshop

Some Information from the SSAWG Conference

Posted on February 24, 2016January 6, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

The Organic Vegetable Farm tour went to Elmwood Stock Farm. A 550 acre certified organic farm that features both livestock and crops. Most of the acreage is in pasture with[…]

Posted in Vendor Info Tagged beans, beets, brassicas, broilers, carrots, cattle, chard, chickens, cowpeas, cows, crops, cucumbers, drip irrigation, eggplant, gardening, garlic, germination, grains, green beans, laying hens, legumes, lettuce, livestock, livestock feed, meat birds, melons, onions, organic farming, organic gardening, organic matter, pasture, peas, peppers, plastic mulch, potatoes, radishes, seeds, sheep, soil, soil life, spinach, squash, SSWAG conference, tomatoes, turkeys, turnips, vermiculite

Organic Pest and Disease Control Workshop

Posted on February 18, 2016January 6, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

Suzanne Slack, regional horticulture extension agent will discuss strategies for organic control of pests and diseases of vegetable crops Friday February 26th from 1-2:30 pm at the Grayson County Library[…]

Posted in Crops, Workshop Tagged crops, organic disease controls, organic farming, organic gardening, organic pest controls, vegetables

Building a Hoop House

Posted on October 4, 2015January 4, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

Anthony Flacavento led a very popular Hoop House Demonstration Monday September 30th 2013 at the Bill Smith Farm. The workshop was sponsored by the NCSU Extension Service and Blue Ridge[…]

Posted in Crops Tagged crops, farming, gardening, green house, high tunnel, hoop house, irrigation, vegetables

Gardening workshop with hands-on activities APRIL 18

Posted on April 10, 2015January 6, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

Looking for a way to garden or farm and grow food and flowers for yourself, or to provide some extra income? Interested in a small way, a big way? Head[…]

Posted in Crops, Events, Workshop Tagged bed preparation, bedder, broad forks, colonial hoes, contour gardening, crop yields, crops, drip irrigation, farming, flame weeders, garden beds, gardening, high tunnel, intensive planting, intercropping, mulch layer, plant spacing, plants, plastic mulch, raised bed, raised beds, season extension, seeders, small tunnel, specialty crops, succession plantings, sustainable farming, sustainable growing, transplants, vegetables

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