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Looking for the perfect book as a gift for the organic gardener or farmer in your life?? When was the last time you had a hard time putting a good gardening book down? A book that helps you see your soil and your plantings with a whole new set of eyes? A book that you can say actually completes a...
11/21/2017
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USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers disaster assistance and low-interest loan programs to assist agricultural producers in their recovery efforts following wildfires or other qualifying natural disasters. Available programs and loans include: Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)...
11/17/2017
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Hi Folks, This last Sunday, while I was enjoying our time at the Reinstorm 2010 horse event in Grass Valley I ran into my good friend Jane Switzer who is now working with Rick Lamb of RFD TV and she shared with me an upcoming local horse event that sounded so great that I quickly agreed to become...
05/24/2010
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Hi Folks, Keith Crabtree and I are putting on a new all day pond class next month here in Nevada County. June 5, 2010 It will be held onsite at a local teaching ranch in Grass Valley, CA Have you always wanted a pond, but don't know where to begin? Are you struggling to evict scum from your pon...
04/28/2010
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Hi Folks, Green Acres 101 and the great folks at NID have just locked in the dates for the 2010 NID (Nevada Irrigation District) Irrigation Classes. THE CLASS IS TOTALLY FREE! (NID is paying the tuition) and is open to the 1st 30 people who sign up on each day. If the day you select is full, plea...
03/30/2010
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Hi Folks, Keith Crabtree and I are putting on a new all day pond class next month. the special workshop is sponsored by the Sloughhouse Resource Conservation District and the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts with funding from a California Department of Conservation Wate...
03/30/2010
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Hi Folks, I received a special piece of mail today . . . It was from the great folks who put together the Nevada County Reinstorm community equine event. It was an upbeat message telling of their 2nd annual dates, times and the new venue which will be at the Nevada County Horseman's Association c...
03/19/2010
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Hi Folks, As many of you know, I am a big fan of gardening. I find much peace in growing a variety of plants, fruits, vegetables, trees and native plants too. I just had the greatest chance encounter today and I wanted to share it with you. I bought a Hydrofarm Jump Start Grow System Kit in 200...
03/09/2010
Hi Folks, I am a proud member of the California Native Grasslands Association (CNGA) and they just announced the date for their very popular field day held at Hedgerow Farms located in Winters, CA. This is the class & workshop that I hear many people wish was available to really learn about nati...
03/03/2010
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Hi Folks, I am chomping at the bit for Springs arrival and one of the ways I know it it is right around the corner is when my daughter starts talking about raising baby chicks and that is followed shortly by the hatchery catalogs showing up in the mail . . . but one of the sure fire ways, for me,...
02/12/2010