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Tuesday is the last day to sign up for this popular tour at Sundance Farm in Danielsville, Madison County. This is the second FREE event in the Farmer for a Day Tour Series of 2012. Remaining tours will be June 24, August TBD, and September 23. Each event will offer you a chance to experience real work on the farm, so come prepared to work! The work session will last for two hours. You may want to bring your own work gloves, weeding or digging tools, etc. if you have them. Be sure to prepare for the weather appropriately and dress for getting dirty or muddy. You will be in an agricultural setting and can expect sun, rain, bugs, wildlife, dogs, electric fences, pets, and farm animals to be part of the experience. Do not bring your dog with you for a day in the country. Please plan to closely supervise your children during all activities. Water will be provided during the work session and lunch is provided. Farmers may have products available for purchase at the event, so you may want to bring cash/checks and a cooler with you. If you have special dietary needs, plan accordingly to bring those with you. To save resources, bring your own water bottle and dishes with you. Sundance Farm is Certified Naturally Grown and produces a diverse variety of vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruit, and berries in addition to chickens, heritage turkeys, and goats. Ed and Kim Janosik and their three children ages 9-13 work together to bring this delicious food to Athens Locally Grown, Athens Farmers' Market, local restaurants, and farm sales. They have a facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sundance-Family-Farm/154062297963818 The event will last from 12:30-5:00 PM. What you can expect: 12:30 sign in, meet and greet 1:00 lunch and orientation 1:45-3:45 work session 3:45-5:00 Tour and shop for produce/order turkeys The work session at Sundance Farm may include planting, weeding, or harvesting. We are reserving 20 spots for the event. Don't be left out! I will be taking names for a waiting list once all “tickets” are claimed. Please note that you do not need to be a member of Athens Locally Grown to purchase an event ticket. Non members can sign up by emailing Cathy Payne. Address any questions to organizer Cathy Payne at 706-416-6611 or email broadriverpastures@gmail.com. Find out more and share photos and comments at http://tinyurl.com/6vtu6n9.
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Tuesday is the last day to sign up for this popular tour at Sundance Farm in Danielsville, Madison County. This ... more

This variety has beautiful, golden grass like foliage. Use around water features for a bright accent or use in planters for evergreen foliage color.Grows 10 to 12" tall. Zone 7-9
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This variety has beautiful, golden grass like foliage. Use around water features for a bright accent or use in planters ... more

Also called Anise-Hyssop. This variety grows 1-2 ft,likes full sun and has long lasting pink flowers. Fragrant foliage and the flowers attract butterflies.
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Also called Anise-Hyssop. This variety grows 1-2 ft,likes full sun and has long lasting pink flowers. Fragrant foliage and the ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural grapefruit scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential grapefruit oil.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural grapefruit scent to your home and fight against ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural sweet orange, lavender & eucalyptus scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential sweet orange, lavender, eucalyptus oils.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural sweet orange, lavender & eucalyptus scent to your ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural lavender scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential lavender oil.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural lavender scent to your home and fight against ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural lime scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential lime oil.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural lime scent to your home and fight against ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural peppermint scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential peppermint oil.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural peppermint scent to your home and fight against ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural sweet orange scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential sweet orange oil.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural sweet orange scent to your home and fight ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural vanilla scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential vanilla oil.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural vanilla scent to your home and fight against ... more

This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural sweet orange, clove and cinnamon scent to your home and fight against germs. Nothing could be easier than spritzing a few drops of this antibacterial spray on doorknobs, bathroom surfaces, telephones–anything you touch–to keep your home smelling great. Because essential oils are antibacterial, they help kill germs. The formulas keep indefinitely and make a great gift. So get rid of that toxic commercial air freshener and replace with one made at Blackbriar Farms. Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes. Contains distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, organic essential sweet orange, clove and cinnamon oils.
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This air fresh mist is an easy way to add wonderful, natural sweet orange, clove and cinnamon scent to your ... more

Spectacular tender perennials -- with a little care, they may reach 8 feet tall by summer's end. They appreciate a bit of shade from the hot afternoon sun, but they bloom best in full sun. They are very fast-growing, so they appreciate a bit of organic fertilizer and/or compost and need regular water to keep from drooping in our hot afternoons.In the Athens area, angel trumpets will die back to the ground in the winter, so you may want to plant yours in a pot, put it on the deck or patio this summer, and overwinter it inside. However, we plant ours directly in the ground in a sheltered area outdoors. Angel Trumpet has come back from the roots every year for us, and each year grows bigger and more beautiful.
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Spectacular tender perennials -- with a little care, they may reach 8 feet tall by summer's end. They appreciate a ... more

These striking annuals are the old-fashioned tall Spider Flowers that your grandmother probably knew. Their name is from the spidery-like flowers with long, waving stamens which are held on tall, strong leafy stems. Plant several at the back of your flower bed. Planted in mass, they look like blooming shrubbery with 8-inch balls of blossoms. They will reach a height of 4 to 5 feet in a good season. Staking is usually not necessary, and they are not bothered by pests and disease. Protection from strong winds is advisable, however. Pinch out the growing tips for fuller branching and more flowers. Once established, cleome tolerates heat and dry weather well. They make excellent cut flowers if conditioned by soaking them in very warm water, but some people don't care for their musky scent. These were direct-seeded into our flower gardens and the flowers may be violet, pink, or white. All are attractive to hummingbirds.
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These striking annuals are the old-fashioned tall Spider Flowers that your grandmother probably knew. Their name is from the spidery-like ... more

This is a white African (Blue-eyed) Daisy. Heat tolerant, reaches a height of 6 to 12 inches and a width of 9 to 12 inches. It likes to have full sun and regular watering. Bloom time is from late Spring until early Fall. It is sold as an annual in zone 7 area, but it can be grown as a perennial in zones 9-11. I have several African Daisy varieties - I guess you can tell that I like them. Here is a good, short, informational webpage about the African Daisy.
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This is a white African (Blue-eyed) Daisy. Heat tolerant, reaches a height of 6 to 12 inches and a width ... more

The Ballerina African Daisy is a 2011 introduction into the tender perennial catagory. Like the other African (Blue-eyed) daisies, it can take full sun to partial shade, is suitable for container or landscape gardens and blooms continuously until frost.
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The Ballerina African Daisy is a 2011 introduction into the tender perennial catagory. Like the other African (Blue-eyed) daisies, it ... more

The heat tolerant, tender perennial, Ageratum Artist Blue, has beautiful true blue blooms on a compact mounding base from now until October. They are a low maintainence plant perfect for borders, containers and rock gardens. You can overwinter these indoors if you wish to keep them another year. **Sun/Shade: It prefers full sun - a minimum of 6 hours of direct sun a day; Height: Short, 8-12 inches; Spacing: 10 to 12 inches apart; Habit: Mounded, used as a filler plant for combination planters; Bloom Time: Planting to hard frost.
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The heat tolerant, tender perennial, Ageratum Artist Blue, has beautiful true blue blooms on a compact mounding base from now ... more

This is how my husband likes to add color to his garden. He even brings his favorites indoors to overwinter them, so he has a source for his new plants the next growing season. 'Black Dragon'is compact, very showy, and easy to grow in the shade, part-shade, flowerpot or indoors. The leaves are spectacular, both for their red-to-midnight-purple color shading and their rippling edges. For even fuller, bushier plants, remember to pinch back the young tips a few times during the growth season. This compact plant reaches about a foot high and nearly as wide. In the garden, it's a fine companion to everything from Begonias to Impatiens. You need a plant to make your bright plants pop? This is the one to have. Indoors, it fills a 6- to 8-inch pot beautifully with color that never quits!
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This is how my husband likes to add color to his garden. He even brings his favorites indoors to overwinter ... more

The October birth flower, Cosmos bipinnatus (a.k.a. garden cosmos or Mexican aster) is drought tolerant and attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. It does self-sow, but is not invasive, and if you don't want them next year, deadheading usually does the trick. The plant height varies from two to four feet. The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. Flowering is best in full sun, although partial shade is tolerated. There are several plants in each potting; therefore, you may get more than one color. What's blooming now are a few whites and an equal number of pinks and purples.
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The October birth flower, Cosmos bipinnatus (a.k.a. garden cosmos or Mexican aster) is drought tolerant and attractive to bees, butterflies ... more

Red geraniums are one of summer's most beautiful and durable annuals. Just the scent can throw you back to childhood days around your grandmother's portch. They offer abundant blooms from early June through the first frost and can be planted as anchors or borders in a flower garden. Red geraniums typically top out somewhere between 10 and 12 inches and require little maintenance, though they are heavy feeders. Giving or receiving red geraniums could be thought of as a gesture of love or desire.
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Red geraniums are one of summer's most beautiful and durable annuals. Just the scent can throw you back to childhood ... more

Jewels of Opar, Fame Flower (Talinum paniculatum) is a semisucculant, EDIBLE, tender perennial that does best in Georgia as an "expected" annual as its seeds go far & wide. It can grow to 3ft with a very firm, wide base of thick, lush & leathery leaves, a spike atop which blooms an array of beautifully dancing single pink blossoms. These then set seed which mature into a bright yellow ball making a delightful contrast with the remaining flowers. If you wish to control where it grows next year, be sure to deadhead or cut the stalk and use in your floral displays. It is pleasantly edible & supposedly quite good for one's health. Apparently new research is showing it to have anti inflammatory properties as well anti oxidants.
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Jewels of Opar, Fame Flower (Talinum paniculatum) is a semisucculant, EDIBLE, tender perennial that does best in Georgia as an ... more

These are well-rooted, flowering plants in 2-inch pots. Most are purple, but I also have red, yellow and a few white. Let me know your preference of one color or mixed colors. A favorite winter flower, these pansies ready to use as a bedding plant or in window boxes, flower bed borders, hanging basket, strawberry jar and pots. The plant withstands the frosty mornings very well, and most of the blooms will bounce back when the sun brightens the day. The name 'pansy' is derived from the French word pensée meaning "thought", and was so named because the flower resembles a human face; in August it nods forward as if deep in thought. Height: 6 to 9 inches; Spread: 9 to 12 inches; Do NOT overwater! Exposure: Full sun to partial shade. Menagerie Acres Live Plant License: A6502 Hobbyist (expires 12/31/12)
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These are well-rooted, flowering plants in 2-inch pots. Most are purple, but I also have red, yellow and a few ... more

These are flowering plants in 6 plant packs. Colors: purple, blue, bronze, red (some with starburst faces), yellow, yellow with blue and a few white. Let me know your preference of one color or mixed colors. A favorite winter/spring flower, these pansies ready to use as a bedding plant or in window boxes, flower bed borders, hanging basket, strawberry jar and pots. The plant withstands the frosty mornings very well, and most of the blooms will bounce back when the sun brightens the day. The name 'pansy' is derived from the French word pensée meaning "thought", and was so named because the flower resembles a human face; in August it nods forward as if deep in thought. Height: 6 to 9 inches; Spread: 9 to 12 inches; Do NOT overwater! Exposure: Full sun to partial shade. Menagerie Acres Live Plant License: A6502 Hobbyist (expires 12/31/12)
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These are flowering plants in 6 plant packs. Colors: purple, blue, bronze, red (some with starburst faces), yellow, yellow with ... more

Angelonia has a pretty name, but honestly, looking at an individual flower they are pretty scary! However, this full sun, heat tolerant very tender perennial (considered an annual in this area) is a beautiful upright plant always full of white blossoms until Jack Frost comes to take them away. Do not deadhead this plant as that slows down the bloom count.
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Angelonia has a pretty name, but honestly, looking at an individual flower they are pretty scary! However, this full sun, ... more

Heat & drought tolerant, attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds, and no need to dead-head, this petunia with the dark chocolate eye and veins paired against antique white petals will continue to bloom from now until frost. With a garden height of 6 to 10 inches, the petunia has a trailing habit of up to 36 and spreads between 24 and 36 inches. It is great for both containers and landscapes. Maintenance-free, perpetually in bloom, deliciously fragrant, just remember to water it in the summer's heat, and you will be amazed at the results.
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Heat & drought tolerant, attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds, and no need to dead-head, this petunia with the dark chocolate ... more