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		<title>Virginia Vineyards Award</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Vineyards Association met this week to select their wine &#8220;grower of the year&#8221;.  It was no surprise to those familiar with the VA wine industry that the award went to Jeanette Smith of Shenandoah County VA.   She&#8217;s been instrumental in promoting and guiding the cultivation of Virginia wines for over 30 years and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Live Among Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I enjoyed lying on my back and staring up at a giant maple tree in our yard.  Its branches formed different shapes each day.  They changed as the wind blew, as leaves grew and fell, as branches grew and then died and snapped off.  The birds seemed to know instinctively which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Use For Hay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an idea that seems to be working in Maine, so maybe it can work other places too?   How about producing hay logs? Farmers in Maine are now taking the portion of their hay fields that become degraded &#8211; - for instance, when the weather is so rainy that the nutritional value of the wet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Heirloom Seeds For Twice The Price</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chesterfield Historical Society has launched an innovative program for Virginians who are interested in growing and preserving heirloom fruits and vegetables.  They have 2300 packets of heirloom seeds which they&#8217;ll give away &#8211; - free &#8211; - so that people can grow them this year.  Free?   The catch is:  people must agree to return [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Plant Hardiness Zones from USDA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growers need to know what minimum temperatures to expect in order to know when to safely plant their crops. For the first time since 1990, the U.S. Dep&#8217;t of Agriculture has revamped their map which details the various growing zones for plant hardiness in the U.S.        Now you can go to a GPS-based source to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dam Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite often when I discuss with prospective farm and land buyers their criteria for a farm, I hear that they would like to have a lake or pond on the property.  No doubt, lakes and ponds can be a great source of enjoyment but they also require a lot of work to maintain.  Depending on [...]]]></description>
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