tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post7748172931935480537..comments2023-10-28T08:11:31.703-04:00Comments on KatDoc's World: Farm GirlKathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13186814675058675885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-35933236022006372162008-09-04T01:06:00.000-04:002008-09-04T01:06:00.000-04:00I can second Holly's regard for the Kingsolver boo...I can second Holly's regard for the Kingsolver book. Fun read.<BR/><BR/>My FIL used to grow tobacco in Kentucky. I enjoyed this post and the chance to learn some about how it's done.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-49218685793492056412008-08-31T21:53:00.000-04:002008-08-31T21:53:00.000-04:00Ok, I've had a big glass of the most absolute best...Ok, I've had a big glass of the most absolute best punch combo with a shot (or two) of rum in it, so excuse my third post. But the book (Animal Vegetable Miracle) is worth it for the recipes and the humor. The chapter on Turkey Sex still has me laughing a month later, just thinking about it. This had another tie in, birders, since a turkey is a bird, ok?? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-71994997360042149952008-08-31T21:45:00.000-04:002008-08-31T21:45:00.000-04:00Ack, I forgot. Hate when I do that!! They also h...Ack, I forgot. Hate when I do that!! They also have a website -http://animalvegetablemiracle.com/<BR/> for anyone interested. The book consumed me during my rainy Maine vacation this year (thanks to my cousin Ellen for loaning me a terrific book as she does every year!! She might lurk here occasionally!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-45433960816225646602008-08-31T21:42:00.000-04:002008-08-31T21:42:00.000-04:00I remember going to VA to visit my cousins when I ...I remember going to VA to visit my cousins when I was little. I knew we were getting close when I started seeing tobacco barns. They were fascinating and creepy at the same time. I was used to barns with cows and stalls in them, or bales of hay or tractors. Those open barns with...*things* hanging down were weird, IMO. But they remain part of my memories of our visits. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of burley reminds me - have you read 'Animal Vegetable Miracle' by Barbara Kingsolver? Her family spent a year living <BR/>'locally' eating only what they could raise, barter for, or buy within (I think) a 100 mile radius of their Appalachian farm. SpecTACular read, people. If you've read it, you'll understand the burley reference. If you haven't, I recommend it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-49431519572535318072008-08-31T11:13:00.000-04:002008-08-31T11:13:00.000-04:00I also detest the growth of tobacco. But I can te...I also detest the growth of tobacco. But I can tell you that this crop is responsible for more college educations in NC than any other thing. Teens earn a lot of college money working tobacco. For the small farmer, this cash crop enables them to send their children to college and to continue farming.<BR/><BR/>Properties in Western NC can also have a Burley tobacco allotment which can be leased to someone else.<BR/><BR/>I have very mixed feelings. I do wish there were other cash crops that could benefit the small farmer. And I don't take a lot of comfort that we are exporting so much tobacco to other countries. It's no better for them than it is for us.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.com