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>> THE VIRGINIA HORSE INDUSTRY BOARD, THE SOUTHWEST CULTURAL
ASSOCIATION AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS ASSOCIATION ARE
PROUD SPONSORS OF "VIRGINIA >> THIS PROGRAM IS
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>> BROUGHT TO YOU BY FARM , AGENT OFCY ASHER
CHANGE. ANOTHER PERSONAL STORY.
FARM FAMILIES, THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
>> WELCOME TO "VIRGINIA FARMING."
I AM AMY ROSCHER.TODAY WE WILL MEET A VIRGINIA FARMER AND LEARN
ABOUT A CIVIC ORGANIZATION. THEN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW
SPACING PLANTS CAN LEAD TO THAT ARE PRODUCTION.
AS ALWAYS, WE WILL HAVE THE AG CALENDAR, A MINUTE IN THE FIELD,
AG NEWS OFNEWS -- THE WEEK ON THIS EDITION OF
"VIRGINIA FARMING." ś
RECENTLYE JACKETS DESCENDED ON PLATTSBURGH WHEN
THE CONVENTION ROLLED INTO TOWN. FFA MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER
THE COMMONWEALTH ATTENDED TO PARTICIPATE IN CAREER
DEVELOPMENT EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
>> THIS IS WHAT MEMBERS WAIT FOR ALL YEAR, TO CELEBRATE
THEIR A COMPOS MENTIS AND TO ENJOY BEING ON THE CAMPUS OF
VIRGINIA TECH. >> IT IS LIKE BEING HOME IN A
WAY. .FA GOT STARTED IN THE 1920'S
EVENTUALLY, A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED.
IT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES A PATH TO ACHIEVEMENT
THROUGH AGRICULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT -- EDUCATION.
>> WE FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL GROWTH, CAREER SUCCESS,
AND CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO LEARN, GROW, THE,
LEADERS AND BECOME GOOD CITIZENS THAT WILL BE VERY
VALUABLE TO OUR COUNTRY IN THE FUTURE.
THEM GROWOME TO SEE INTO YOUNG, MATURE ADULTS.
>> SELECTING NEW OFFICERS WAS ALSO ON THE AGENDA.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CANDIDATES TO FIND THE MOST
QUALIFIED TEAMS, ONE OF THAT COMES IN A SMALLER OR LARGER
PACKAGE. ,> THEY ARE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
M SMITH MOUNTAIN, A REPORTER, FROM BROADWAY, THE TREASURER
FROM FORT DEFIANCE, THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT FROM MILLBROOK,
THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT FROM CLARK COUNTY, THE SECRETARY FROM
STONEWALL JACKSON, AND PRESIDENT MITCH WALLACE FROM
NOTTOWAY. TAKEN ONE YEAR OUT FROM THE
STUDIES, IT IS UP TO THESE LEADERS TO EXPAND THE VIEW OF
AGRICULTURE AND FINDING NEW WAYS TO INFUSE AGRICULTURE INTO
THE CLASSROOM. >> WE CONSTANTLY BATTLE A
STEREOTYPE OF WHAT AGRICULTURE IS, AND WHO FARMERS ARE.
IN REALITY, IT COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
96ACCORDING TO THE USDA, BILLION POUNDS OF FOOD GOES TO
WASTE EACH YEAR, WHILE MORE THAN 100 VIRGINIA FARMERS ARE
WORKING TO ELIMINATE THAT WASTED FOOD BY ALLOWING SOCIETY OF
SAINT ANDREWS TO GLEAN THEIR FIELDS AND DONATING EXCESS
VEGETABLES. 2.5 MILLION POUNDS
OF FOOD WERE LEANED IN VIRGINIA. UNSOLD PRODUCE
FROM GROWERS WHO SELL TO THE PUBLIC, LIKE MARY WEST WHO
OPERATES A VERY FARM. SHE SELLS MOST OF HER BERRIES AT
A FARMERS MARKET. LAST YEAR, SHE DONATED 20,000
POUNDS TO THE SOCIETY OF SAINT ANDREW.
SOSA GOES TONED BY AID GROUPS.
IT IS FUNDED BY INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.
AGRICULTURAL SECRETARY TOM VILL SACK IS CALLING ON THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE.
>> CALLING ON AMERICANS TO REDUCE, RECYCLE AND REDUCE FOOD
VILSACK ANNOUNCED THE USDA WOULD BE WORKING TO
KEEP GOOD FOOD FROM BEING THROWN AWAY.
>> WE WILL HAVE A MEDIA CAMPAIGN WITH OUR PARTNERS TO FOCUS ON
PRECISELY WHAT THE USED BY AND SELL BY DATE MEANS SO THAT
PEOPLE DO NOT DISCARD FOOD PREMATURELY.
WE WILL USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO DEVELOP A NEW FOOD STORAGE
APPLICATION THAT WILL GIVE PEOPLE UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON
HOW TO AND HOW BEST TO STORE FOOD.
WE WILL WORK OUR -- WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM TO
REDUCE WASTE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO INCREASE
DONATIONS OF IMPORTED FRESH PRODUCE.
>> TOM VILSACK SAID WASTING FOOD IS A MORAL ISSUE IN A NATION
WHERE THERE ARE HUNGRY PEOPLE. >> WERE WE A COUNTRY THAT DID
NOT HAVE HUNGRY FAMILIES, ONE WOULD SUGGEST THIS IS NOT AN
ISSUE WE SHOULD FOCUS ON, BUT THERE ARE LITERALLY MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS THAT STRUGGLE TO BE WELL FED.
>> ACCORDING TO THE USDA, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOOD WAS VALUED
AT NEARLY $390 PER U.S. CONSUMER.
BUT PART OF THIS IS THINKING ABOUT -- >> PAPA THIS IS
THINKING ABOUT PORTION SIZE, THEN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE
REGULATIONS ARE. >> TOM VILSACK: FOR PROGRAMS
THAT WOULD DO THINGS LIKE GETTING UNSOLD FOOD TO THE
HUNGRY AND COMPOSTING FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO LANDFILLS.
>> ONE WAY FOR FARMERS TO ELIMINATE WASTE AND GET THE MOST
OUT OF THEIR PRODUCE IS USE A FACILITY LIKE HOMEGROWN
VIRGINIA, A FULL-SERVICE PROCESSING ORGANIZATION IN
FARMVILLE, WORKING TO CREATE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS FOR RETAIL
SALE. PRODUCE CAN BE SENT THERE,
INCLUDING SECOND GRADE MATERIAL, AND HAVE HOMEGROWN CREATE A
VALUE-ADDED RODDICK READY FOR SALE.
THEY CAN CREATE RECIPES OR CONTAINER SELECTIONS TO CREATE
THE PRODUCT IN BULK. VIRGINIA FARMERS HAVE USED THESE
OPERATIONS TO CREATE RESERVES, ICE CREAM TOPPINGS AND MORE.
FOR MORE, YOU CAN VISIT VIRGINIA.COM.
DAIRY FARMS NEED TO GROW AS WELL.
INSTEAD OF SELLING MORE MILK, SOME OPT TO ADD VALUE BY MAKING
ICE CREAM. CAN SMITH EXPLAINS THE DAIRY
BUSINESS IS TOUGH AND IF YOU DO NOT CONTINUE TO GROW, THE
ECONOMY WILL NEGATE PROFIT. HE BELIEVES HIS ICE CREAM SHOP
CAP HIS FAMILY ON THE FARM THROUGH HARD ECONOMIC TIMES,
FARMARIES ARE NOT THE ONLY TO USE THESE TRICKS.
ICE CREAM HAS BEEN THE CATALYST TO SAVE FARMS, KEEP THE FAMILY
ON THE FARM, AND DIVERSIFIED PRODUCT LINES.
ICES A LOT TO ASKED, BUT CREAM DELIVERS.
ROUGHLY 9% OF THE MILK USED BY U.S. DAIRY FARMERS IS USED TO
TAKE ICE CREAM. TODAY, 75 HERMITS HAVE BEEN
ISSUED -- HERMITS HAVE BEEN PERMITS HAVE BEEN
ISSUED TO SELL ICE CREAM IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
BEGAN RIGHTNIZATION HERE IN VIRGINIA.
WE WILL MEET THE PRESIDENT ANY THE VIRGINIA FARMER COMING UP
NEXT ON AG INSIGHTS. A VIRGINIA FARMER HAS BEEN
ELECTED THE NATIONAL RULE 10 PRESIDENT.
HE IS A BEET FARMER. DENNIS, WELCOME TO VIRGINIA
FARMING. >> THANK YOU, AMY.
>> WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
ELECTION. >> THANK YOU.
>> COMING FROM VIRGINIA, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> FOR VIEWERS THAT MIGHT NOT BE
FAMILIAR WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME TECH ROUND
WESTERMAN >> -- SOME BACKGROUND? 85 YEARS AGO IN A
LITTLE TOWN CALLED HOLLAND, VIRGINIA, WHICH IS NOW PART OF
SUFFOLK. THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS THERE
BETWEEN THE TOWN FOLKS AND THE FARMERS, AND WITH THE PROBLEMS
THEY WERE HAVING, WE HAD A COUPLE OF AG TEACHERS THAT
DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO GET TOGETHER AND SOLVE PROBLEMS IN A
NICE WAY, SO THEY GOT TOGETHER ONE NIGHT AT A HOTEL AND HAD A
MEETING. THEY DECIDED TO WORK OUT THEIR
DIFFERENCES, AND THEY BECAME THE FIRST CLUB IN THE COUNTRY,
AND WE JUST CELEBRATED THAT TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE 85TH YEAR AT THE HOLLOW CLUB.
IT WAS QUITE A NICE EVENT. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LAY A
WREATH WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB AT THE MONUMENT.
IT WAS A NICE PARADE AND BANQUET.
THAT IS HOW IT GOT STARTED. OF COURSE, NOBODY KNEW IT WOULD
WORK -- GROW INTO A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND TAKE OFF.
A FEWK A FEW YEARS, NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED HAVING
CLUBS, AND NOW TODAY WE ARE IN 26 STATES.
WE ARE AS FAR WEST AS NEBRASKA AND WEORADO AND IOWA,
HAVE, AS OF YESTERDAY, 29,418 MEMBERS IN OVER 1000 CLUBS.
IT IS AMAZING, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND 85 YEARS AGO, THE
INCEPTION, PEOPLE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER THROUGH FELLOWSHIP,
GOODWILL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE THESE CLUBS DUE TO BRING
COMMUNITIES CLOSER TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN EACH
COMMUNITY. >> THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT
QUESTION -- THERE ARE DIFFERENT CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND
COUNTRY, BUT WHAT DO THE CLUBS DO INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE THEY DO
FOCUS ON THE RURAL AREAS? >> EACH INDIVIDUAL CLUB IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS OF ITS COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEED.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
WE ARE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, NOT INTERNATIONAL, SO ALL OF THE
MONEY THE CLUB MAKES IS PUT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP
SOLVE PROBLEMS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY A FEW
YEARS AGO TO VISIT A CLUB IN WEST VIRGINIA, AND I ASKED THIS
GENTLEMAN WHY IN THE WORLD DID ,OU BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CLUB
AND HE SAID WE DID NOT HAVE TELEPHONES, AND I JOINED THE
CLUB, AND WE GOT TOGETHER, AND HAD TELEPHONE SERVICE.
HE SAID THERE WERE PLACES THAT DID NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY BECAUSE
THEY WERE ALL TOWNS -- RURAL TOWNS.
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD, BUT NOW THE
FOCUS IS DIFFERENT. EVERYBODY HAS THE BASICS.
NOWADAYS WE HAVE TO FOCUS IN ON OTHER NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE GIVE A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIPS AWAY TO A LOT OF KIDS GOING OFF
TO SCHOOL. WE HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
SICK. WE HOPE TO PAY DOCTOR BILLS.
BURNED OUT, WES HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR
FEET. PROBABLY THE FIRST PERSON IN A
RURAL AREA THAT SOMEBODY SEES AFTER A FIRE WOULD BE A MEMBER,
BRINGING THEM A CHECK SO THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE UNTIL
EVERYTHING GETS STARTED WITH INSURANCE AND THAT SORT OF
THING. IT IS AMAZING THE WORK THAT THEY
DO -- THE BLOOD DRIVES ARE PHENOMENAL.
WE ARE INVOLVED IN JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE THERE IS IN
A RURAL COMMUNITY. >> IT IS A WONDERFUL
ORGANIZATION AND I GREW UP AROUND IT MY WHOLE LIFE.
WE WERE EXPECTED TO HELP AS YOUNGSTERS, AND I KNOW THE WEST
ROCKING HIM CLUB HERE IN ROCKING ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND
HAVE STARTED A YOUNG TEEN A TASTE OFVING KIDS
WHAT A CIVIC ORGANIZATION IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE
MISSING OUT ON THAT TODAY. >> I AGREE, WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD
GROWING UP IN A RURAL COMMUNITY. WHEN I GREW UP, EVERYONE WAS
PART OF EVERYTHING. TODAY, IT IS NOT QUITE LIKE
THAT. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. EVEN IF THEY DO NOT GROW UP TO
BE A RODIN MEMBER, HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY COME HOME, THEY WILL
BE JOINED, BUT IF NOT, THEY THEY WILL BELONG TO ANOTHER GOOD
CIVIC ORGANIZATION THAT WILL DO GOOD IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> EXACTLY. I WANTED TO BRING UP THE POINT
THAT YOU WERE THE FIRST NATIONAL PRESIDENT ELECTED
SINCE 1969. IT IS QUITE AN HONOR.
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AS NATIONAL PRESIDENT?
>> I STAY BUSY, LATELY, WRITING ARTICLES FOR PUBLICATIONS
RURITAN PUTS OUT, AND EVERY MONTH I SENT LETTERS TO ZONE
GOVERNORS. WE ARE SET UP LIKE THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT, YOU MIGHT SAY. WE HAVE OUR LOVES, ZONES, --
CLUBS, ZONES, AND DISTRICTS, AND THE DISTRICT MAKE UP RURITAN
NATIONAL. WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND IN
EACH LEVEL WE HAVE OFFICERS. IT KEEPS ME RATHER BUSY, AND
KEEPING UP WITH THE PUBLICATIONS THAT NEED TO GO OUT.
>> I WOULD IMAGINE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS AND
PLACES TO TAKE CARE OF. >> YOU KNOW, WITH 1000 CLUBS
, IT IS A4 MEMBERS GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THE
NICE PART ABOUT IT IS THIS ORGANIZATION IS PRETTY SELF
SUFFICIENT. THE PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION
AND CLUBS ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT. >> INDIVIDUAL CLUBS RUN
THEMSELVES VERY WELL. >> REALLY WELL, AND WE HAVE
TRAINING AVAILABLE. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR OUR
SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AT THE COLLEGE AND DUBLIN,
VIRGINIA WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THAT.
I GUESS WHAT I REALLY DO IS I AM SORT OF THE FACE OF RURITAN AT
THE MOMENT, AND I GO TO DIFFERENT AREAS, DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT THEY WANT RURITAN REPRESENTED.
YOU CANNOT MAKE THEM ALL. YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.
YOU CANNOT DO IT ALL THE I HAVE BEEN -- DO IT ALL.
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO SOME ANNIVERSARIES.
IT IS AMAZING TO GO TO ANNIVERSARIES FOR THESE CLUBS
THAT ARE 50, 60, 70 YEARS OLD, AND HEAR ABOUT THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THEY MADE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
I WOULD DARE SAY WHAT THE TAX BASE WOULD BE IN A LOT OF
ACCOUNTINGS WITHOUT RURITAN. IN AUGUSTINE -- A LOT OF
COUNTIES WITHOUT RURITAN. IN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, WHERE I
COME FROM, WE HAVE A GREAT CONGLOMERATE.
THOSE TWO COUNTIES PROBABLY HAD 50 OR 60 CLUBS.
EVERY COMMUNITY SEEMS TO HAVE ONE WITH BALLFIELDS OPERATED,
CHICKEN BARBECUES -- SOMETHING GOING ON.
YOU COULD GO SOMEWHERE EVERY WEEKEND AND GET A GOOD MEAL FOR
A LITTLE BIT OF NOTHING WHEN PEOPLE ARE RAISING MONEY TO HELP
SOMEBODY. >> EXACTLY.
THEY DO SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
I THINK IS A GREAT PROGRAM HERE AT -- PROGRAM.
ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK, FARMERS ARE BUSY PEOPLE, AND THE
ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED WITH ONE THIRDS FARMERS, ONE THIRDS
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, AND WONDERED WHO COLLAR WORKERS,
BUT -- ONE THIRDS BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS.
FARMERS DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF FINDING JOBS.
WOULD YOU SAY TO FARMERS THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH
RURITAN? >> OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BRING IN , AND THE FIRST
THING THAT I HEAR IS "I DO NOT HAVE TIME."
I AGREE WITH THEM. I DID NOT HAVE TIME.
YOU MAKE TIME. THE GOOD LORD ONLY GIVES US 24
HOURS A DAY, BUT WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MULTITASK, TAKE
THE TIME THAT WE HAVE AND USE IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, AND
I DO NOT KNOW A GREATER ORGANIZATION THAT CAN TAKE OUR
TIME AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES LIKE WE CAN IN RURITAN, AND
WHEN I EXPLAINED THAT, THEY USUALLY SIGN UP BECAUSE THEY
REALIZE WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE
WORLD. WE WANT THE BEST PEOPLE, THE
PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT TO DO, GET THE JOB DONE, AND DO NOT
TAKE ALL DAY TO DO IT. >> IT IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
I CONGRATULATE YOU AGAIN. REALLY GLAD YOU CAN JOIN US
AGAIN TODAY, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN EVERYTHING YOU
HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR. I KNOW YOU WILL BE BUSY.
>> I ASKED FOR IT, AND I GOT IT. >> YOU SURE DID.
>> UI, --THANK YOU, DENNIS CLEMMER.
BUNCHING UP VEGETABLES IS FINE, BUT SPACING THEM OUT, COULD ADD
MORE PRODUCE. HERE IS MARK.
>> I USED TO JIM MY VEGETABLE PLANTS TOGETHER, INKING I WAS
CONSERVING SPACE, BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS BY SPACING PLANTS
FURTHER APART I HAD A HIGHER PER SQUARE FOOT YIELD.
ON MY TOMATOES, I FOUND IT WAS BETTER TO PLANT LESS AND PLANT
THEM FIVE FEET APART IN BETWEEN, AND I MIGHT HAVE ONE-THIRD OF
THE PLANTS THAT I NORMALLY WOULD HAVE, BUT THE TOTAL AND
PRODUCTION IS BETTER. SPACING MY SQUASH PLANTS GIVES
GREATER REDUCTION OVER A LONGER TIME.
NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE LEFT ROOM FOR A LATER CROP THAT WILL GET
ME PRODUCTION, NEEDING EXTRA WL 43 -- MAYBE AN EXTRA TWO OR
THREE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. TO CONSIDER,T
DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SUNSHINE COMES FROM, YOU CAN PLANT THEM
IN THE BACKGROUND OF WHERE THE SUN IS.
IT WILL HIT MOST OF YOUR PLANS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF DOING YOUR OWN VEGETABLE GARDEN
IS YOU CAN PICK YOUR OWN VARIETIES THAT YOU WANT TO GROW.
I RECOMMEND GRANTING ONLY ONE, MAYBE -- PLANTING MAYBE ONE,
ONLY TWO OF THE SAME VARIETY, BECAUSE DEPENDING ON CLIMATIC
FACTORS, IF IT IS HOT, RAINING, OR DRY, YOU WILL FIND SOME OF
THESE PEPPERS OR TOMATOES WILL DO BETTER THAN OTHERS.
IF YOU WILL PLANT 12, YOU ARE BETTER OFF GRANTING 12
DIFFERENT TYPES. IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO USE THEM
FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKING. SOME MIGHT BE SWEET.
YOU CAN REALLY GET A VARIETY OF PEPPERS AND THIS ALSO RUNS TRUE
WITH YOUR TOMATOES. 2-12 DIFFERENT TYPES
AND YOU CAN ENJOY THEM LONGER THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
THE ONE THING YOU WILL NOTICE IS THERE ARE VERY FEW WEEDS.
. HAVE USED THE WEED BARRIER THEY HELP MAINTAIN THE GARDEN SO
THAT YOU ARE NOT PULLING WEEDS ALL THE TIME.
THE OTHER THING YOU WILL NOTICE IS I HAVE LEFT SPACES OUT FOR
ADDITIONAL PLANTS. I HAVE NOT MET THAT ALL OF MY
PLANTS YET HEARD HERE IS ANOTHER UPPER AND TOMATO I WILL
PUT IN. THE GREATEST THING ABOUT
VEGETABLE GARDENING IS YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR VERY FIRST TOMATO.
JOIN ME NEXT TIME IN THE GARDEN. STEAM SHOW ANNUAL
WILL TAKE PLACE IN BERRYVILLE. IN ADDITION TO STEAM ENGINES,
THERE WILL BE A TRACTOR PULL, OR SPOOL AND A -- HORSE PULL AND A
MULE PULL. THERE'LL BE FUN FOR THE WHOLE
FAMILY. THAT DOES IT FOR OUR SHOW.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK. I AM AMY ROSCHER FOR "VIRGINIA
FARMING."
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>> THIS PROGRAM IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU.
FROM APPLES TO ZUCCHINI, VIRGINIA'S FARMERS WORK HARD TO
PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE.
THE FARM BUREAU WORKS YEAR-ROUND TO HELP FARMERS AND ALL
VIRGINIANS.FARMING, IT IS ALL GOOD.
>> POLARIS, OFFERING ITS HARDEST WORKING, SMOOTHEST RIDING WORK
OR SINCE HUNT, FIRM OR TRAIL. >> BROUGHT TO YOU BY FARM
FAMILIES, LIFE, AUTO, BUSINESS, ,ARM.STEVE MORRIS, FRUIT GROWER
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