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[Market-farming] Mercer couple grow more than just herbs for sale
- From: "Liz Pike" <liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] Mercer couple grow more than just herbs for sale
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:04:57 -0400
"...After the blooms fade, the rhizomes will be dug up and divided and given
to the customers that paid for them during Bloomfest. Isaman said even if
all 9,000 plants are purchased, she and her husband will have enough plants
to sell the next year. "Each tuber multiplies 13-15 times," she said.
There are rows of iris plants that are just now beginning to show foliage
through the ground, and all of the varieties are labeled, Isaman said. The
iris plants cost between $4-$18. There are a few very rare varieties that
cost $50 a plant..."
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Liz Pike
Laughingbrook Farm
Westfield NC
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- [Market-farming] Mercer couple grow more than just herbs for sale, Liz Pike, 04/13/2004
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