{"id":5298,"date":"2016-02-05T11:22:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T16:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2016-02-06T07:36:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T12:36:40","slug":"notes-from-vabf-conference-january-29-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/books\/notes-from-vabf-conference-january-29-30","title":{"rendered":"Notes from VABF conference January 29 &#8211; 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lynn and I attended the Virginia Biological Farming, <a href=\"http:\/\/VABF.org\">VABF.org<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 conference at the 4-H Center at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia.\u00c2\u00a0 The image below is taken at sunrise from the front door of our motel room. The motel, <a href=\"http:\/\/Westlake Waterfront Inn\">Westlake Waterfront Inn<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 was located on a small peninsula into a finger of the lake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/12604659_10100358369167371_736454164952421882_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/12604659_10100358369167371_736454164952421882_o.jpg\" alt=\"12604659_10100358369167371_736454164952421882_o\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/12604659_10100358369167371_736454164952421882_o.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/12604659_10100358369167371_736454164952421882_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/12604659_10100358369167371_736454164952421882_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/12604659_10100358369167371_736454164952421882_o-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of the people at the conference were farmers. We are consumers but also interested in food issues in the Fredericksburg area.<\/p>\n<p>Some notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Might want to try growing pomegranates, alpine strawberry, black currants from <a href=\"http:\/\/Edible Landscaping\">Edible Landscaping<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Some ideas for vegetable varieties include Boldog peppers for Hungarian paprika, trombocino for a vining summer squash<\/li>\n<li>Think about fall root crops as they look good in the garden.<\/li>\n<li>Need to clump flowers for pollinators.<\/li>\n<li>Scented, climbing petunias<\/li>\n<li>Edible Landscaping &#8211; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosalindcreasy.com\/\">site<\/a> and book by Rosalind Creasy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1578051541\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1578051541&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=webliminalbooksi&amp;linkId=3MYNP4FDQSKGQL4Q\" rel=\"nofollow\">Edible Landscaping<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=webliminalbooksi&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1578051541\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Debbie Roos spoke on pollinators\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/growingsmallfarms.org\">growingsmallfarms.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>her garden highlighted at <a href=\"https:\/\/growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu\/growingsmallfarms-pollinatorgarden\/\">https:\/\/growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu\/growingsmallfarms-pollinatorgarden\/<\/a> check this for List of Plants in the Pollinator Garden, Debbie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s List of the Top 25 Native Pollinator Plants for North Carolina<\/li>\n<li>minimize tillage<\/li>\n<li>allow crops to bolt<\/li>\n<li>stagger planting dates<\/li>\n<li>eave native bee sites alone<\/li>\n<li>neonictinoids are harmful to pollinators<\/li>\n<li>Sevin dust are mistaken for pollen and can kill pollinators<\/li>\n<li>plant in 3 to 4 foot diameter of a single plant to aid pollinators<\/li>\n<li>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0881929921\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0881929921&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=webliminalbooksi&amp;linkId=IYUHQ36NQAMATG7W\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=webliminalbooksi&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0881929921\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Doug Tallamy<\/li>\n<li>Check with <a href=\"http:\/\/Virginia Native Plant Society\">Virginia Native Plant Society<\/a>for information and resources for Virginia PLants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynn and I attended the Virginia Biological Farming, VABF.org,\u00c2\u00a0 conference at the 4-H Center at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia.\u00c2\u00a0 The image below is taken at sunrise from the front door of our motel room. The motel, Westlake Waterfront Inn,\u00c2\u00a0 was located on a small peninsula into a finger of the lake. 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