tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post6308252334976081209..comments2024-03-25T05:15:22.240-04:00Comments on the sunsphere is NOT a wigshop : voted the BEST blog about knoxville: Farmer PolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-15591186984205930402009-08-12T22:43:25.627-04:002009-08-12T22:43:25.627-04:00I remember the Star Trek conventions -i think that...I remember the Star Trek conventions -i think thats your real identity - not farming. Im just saying...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-86177515906647993222009-07-30T13:23:47.001-04:002009-07-30T13:23:47.001-04:00I am thoroughly impressed Pol. When you cooking th...I am thoroughly impressed Pol. When you cooking the rest of us dinner?The Modern Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663558561522180816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-64644972669216575212009-07-29T10:00:00.913-04:002009-07-29T10:00:00.913-04:00I tried to grow some corn downtown, but it doesn&#...I tried to grow some corn downtown, but it doesn't do too well on an office building windowsill:<br />http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1263386&l=9da7deed37&id=503012554<br /><br />Hey, whose VW bus is that in the last picture? Y'all got some damn hippies in that there River House nowadays?<br /><br />Josh: Welcome to the building!Ian Blackburnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-64204379106146510902009-07-29T09:42:32.109-04:002009-07-29T09:42:32.109-04:00i didn't know that the pol was so green! this ...i didn't know that the pol was so green! this summer has to be the most popular time to garden since like ww2. up here in north knox (and nearby parkridge) there is a growing community of gardeners, mr. and mrs. lo actually have three groups sharecropping in our backyard! sharing the harvest is really what community is all about. (isn't that also why wendel berry likes tobacco farming?) there are too many good reasons to garden in knoxville than not. there is a limit, i've found, on what you can do as a first-generation gardener before burnout occurs. but it sure is hard to beat fresh veggies and berries, and hand shucked corn!Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524362157189357230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-15443249407707269052009-07-28T20:49:48.062-04:002009-07-28T20:49:48.062-04:00Yay! Time for veggie kabobs, mint tea and pesto! I...Yay! Time for veggie kabobs, mint tea and pesto! I still think we need to present a proposal for the "poop" hill for next year.<br /><br />-the dreamerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-71896452661595109332009-07-28T14:43:46.240-04:002009-07-28T14:43:46.240-04:00Great post, and now that I think of it, kudos for ...Great post, and now that I think of it, kudos for the apartment-living-but-still-has-a-garden person that you are.<br /><br />I can't wait to see the Pol and wife taking a Sunday stroll through their country retreat - Pol in Seersucker suit and wife w parasol.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772851440052392456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-6084475315898360052009-07-28T13:13:29.057-04:002009-07-28T13:13:29.057-04:00My wife and I just moved from Vermont to Knoxville...My wife and I just moved from Vermont to Knoxville, and moved into the Riverhouse yesterday, and this garden was one of the first things I noticed.<br /><br />Up in Vermont, eating food from your own garden was par for the course, even though the growing season is not much over two months, and the climate only allows for about five vegetable choices, and no fruits (except apples).<br /><br />Given that Knoxville is about 10 climate zones south of Calais, Vermont, I expected that moving down here, I would see gardens, and fresh local food everywhere. I have been really disappointed in that regard...until now! Hopefully my wife and I can be of assistance in keeping the gardens going.Josh G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-14011946313213189072009-07-28T11:53:33.300-04:002009-07-28T11:53:33.300-04:00My friend and I had a little vegetable garden in M...My friend and I had a little vegetable garden in Maplehurst last summer. We bought all our seeds (and horse hooch) from the farmer's market. It was good times.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546560836715616196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-61474195712177701252009-07-28T11:46:48.639-04:002009-07-28T11:46:48.639-04:00Pol! What a wonderful post, and such a quaint Mol...Pol! What a wonderful post, and such a quaint Molly Wizenberg-esque photo composition on the summer-squash-and-basil still life!<br /><br />Our little miniplot takes so little time compared to what it kicks out for us. How much time do you spend wrangling in the Riverhouse Back 40?<br /><br />Man, if everybody did this, we wouldn't have to mow the Amazon anymore. We could take Sundays off.Wax S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974628747643667572.post-79951357928458480222009-07-28T10:52:10.365-04:002009-07-28T10:52:10.365-04:00Yum. I meant to have an herb/tomato/jalapeno garde...Yum. I meant to have an herb/tomato/jalapeno garden in my window box but then I never did it. I commend you and your veggies. You could make a delicious ratatouille.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com