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At 4:08pm on July 26th, 2008, TCarmichael said…
Sounds good, see you there!
At 3:38pm on July 26th, 2008, TCarmichael said…
I'm going to try to go to the composting class Aug 9th. I think it's at the Market....
At 7:32am on July 12th, 2008, Dawn Wright said…
Were you able to pick up the preserves from the canning class? This is in response to your comment left a while back. If you have not, I have a few left, and will put some aside for you at the next market.
At 11:25pm on July 8th, 2008, Ruby Sheffer said…
If it doesn't work out, there's always next year. But don't give up hope yet, sorghum can be harvested for syrup right up to frost. Maybe you can get some of us permies to help. After this coming this weekend that could include me. However, until next tuesday, I will be trying to make this place 'tidy' enough for Chandler while explaining to the inspector that the amaranth in my yard is a crop and not a weed (sigh), and replanting all my sweet corn which my dog dug up. it was 1inch high (double sigh).
At 10:39pm on July 7th, 2008, Ruby Sheffer said…
Re: Sorghum No problem passing on seeds. Seems to be something for which I'm naturally wired. Now, origin, care, and feeding. Sorghum bicolor, the cultivar we use for grain and syrup, came from Africa and perhaps the middle East. The varieties carried by Native Seed Search have been under native american cultivation and experimentation for hundreds of years. That makes them a native american adapted introduced cultivar. Very drought and heat tolerant. The best crop I've gotten so far was sown by me tossing a handful out into a yard in which other stuff was growing. The birds ate half the seed. The rest became crop. You can just stick the seed about 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep and 1.5 feet or so apart just about anywhere that gets sun. Water it twice a day til it sprouts at which point you can put down some mulch and cut back in the water to twice, then once, a week. If you have a standing crop of something else that you want the sorghum to follow, toss the sorghum out among the standing crop. Water the standing crop normally and the sorghum should grow up through it. No kidding, this stuff is tough. Hope this helps. If so, we'll see you at the sorghum syrup party in the late fall. More about when and how to harvest later.
At 8:32am on June 24th, 2008, Linda J Busam said…
Hi Peg,

Sorry i didn't call you yesterday....something came up & was unexpectedly out of town......I'll call you tonight :)
At 1:14pm on June 18th, 2008, Peg said…
thanks for the info! I'm not sure when the market closes, but I will come over right after my class ends at 11am which is on 12th street & McDowell, so I won't have far to go. If you're gone, I'll make other arrangements.
At 12:30pm on June 18th, 2008, Heather Welch said…
Hi Peg~ The jars should be at the market around 8am. The Phoenix Permaculture booth is on the east side of the market near the south end. There is a little drive way between the building on the property and the space where the stalls are set up and if you head south from the parking lot down that little drive, we are right on the corner across from One Windmill Farm. The classes are held in the building right across the drive from our booth and the cans will there until the market closes for pickup. And the information booth will know where we are if you get lost. Any other questions, just let me know :)
 
 

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