It doesn’t take long for a ‘farmer in training’ to learn that your ‘how-to guide’ is as close as a fellow farmer. THE riddle I am trying to solve for our chestnut orchard is this: -which type(s) of chestnut trees will: 1. Grow best in our Alabama climate 2. Produce…
You Talk Too fast
As I was researching options of things to grow and understanding what exactly the USDA does and can do for me (subsidies anyone?), I reached out to my County Director, Bill Browning. When I sat down with the Bill, I had two pages of handwritten questions. Finally taking a pause in…