Forbidden stuff? (Hydroponics & SC)

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After reading and posting here for a few months, I have noticed two things that have not been mentioned here: 1. hydroponics 2. South Carolina, is there anybody involved in either?

-- mitch hearn (moopups1@aol.com), June 27, 2001

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Sorry Mitch!

But I had a chuckle over this post. Someone who was much less sensitive MIGHT make aspersions about South Carolina....

Got thinking about hydroponics, and You're right about few posts. I vaguely remember some articles in CS this past Winter, but it really doesn't get much press. Is any one actively doing hydro???

Randle

-- Randle Gay (rangay@hotmail.com), June 27, 2001.


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There are two threads for hydroponics under the Greenhouse category. Don't know about SC. A friend from Denver, CO is in the process of moving there. He had me put in a thread for him asking for information about where he is tentitively headed. No replies.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), June 27, 2001.

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Well, I just started work at Mariposa Farma, a hydroponic, organic, herb greenhouse--lovely work, great people,and I'm learning a lot. I may try to build my own greenhouse this fall, and then maybe I can become the resident novice :)

Brendan in IA

-- Brendan K Callahan (sleeping@netins.net), June 27, 2001.


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Well, I just started work at Mariposa Farms, a hydroponic, organic, herb greenhouse--lovely work, great people,and I'm learning a lot. I may try to build my own greenhouse this fall, and then maybe I can become the resident novice :)

Brendan in Grinnell, IA

-- Brendan K Callahan (sleeping@netins.net), June 27, 2001.


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WoW!!!! this is weird I was just thinking about this same thing 2 days ago and wondering why you never see anything about "Hydro" in countryside or on this forum? Are we all that tied to the land to not try something new? I for one have thought about starting something on a small test try just to see.

-- TomK (tjk@cac.net), June 27, 2001.


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Since nobody claims to be from South Carolina, have you heard about the new state issued South Carolina quarter? Its a .22 bullet with three pennys taped to it!! Lets see if they come out of the woodwork now!!

-- mitch hearn (moopups1@aol.com), June 27, 2001.

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Mitch,

I don't live in South Carolina myself but have an uncle and some cousins who do. The area where they live (near Darlington)is out in the country and is very nice. I think that except for the heat in the summer, it would be an almost perfect place for homesteading. The winters get reasonably cold but no snow to have to shovel. If I didn't love the family place here in Maine, I'd probably move down near my uncle.

By the way, I like your new SC quarter.

-- Murray in ME (lkdmfarm@megalink.net), June 27, 2001.


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The great state of South Carolina was the first to turn its back on an out-of-control federal government back in 1861. No one should mention it without taking off their hat in reverance to her.

-- mooney (monty@bayou.com), June 27, 2001.

I just don't get it! Maybe 'cause I'm from Florida?

-- Greenthumbelina (sck8107@aol.com), June 27, 2001.

Hey Mitch: I live just south of Charleston SC. on St Johns Island. I have lived here for ten years now and am glad to be counted as being involved in SC. Anything I can help you with let me know.

-- Tim Price (thprice60@hotmail.com), June 27, 2001.


Hey Mitch, from what I understand is that there is only two things that come from S.C., but I better not mention that on this web page.(joking) Anyway, I tried hydroponics a few years ago and it's a good way to grow things if you don't have any space to plant a garden. I used the pop bottle technique and had some really good tomatos growing. Most of the time you hear of it only in greenhouses, but you can do it outside in the spring/summer time also. Here lately I haven't had time to mess with them but hope to get back in it again one of these days.

-- Russell Hays (rhays@sstelco.com), June 27, 2001.

Yes Tim, what are land prices like? How tight are the land use laws? Is zonning ran by ex nazis? Whats the lowest average winter temps? Are there women there cute enought to be seen with me?!

-- mitch hearn (moopups1@aol.com), June 28, 2001.

This is rather strange. Two nights ago, I was talking to a new acquaintance regarding hydroponics. He said in high school they did it by floating styrofoam with cup size cut-outs in it filled with potting soil and floating it in bathtubs inside a greenhouse....hmmm, it has me thinking! In regards to the tomatoes, they didn't float them too deep and they keep them cut back to grow bushes. They also anchored the styrofoam rather than let them float around. Sissy

-- Sissy Sylvester-Barth (jerreleene@hotmail.com), June 28, 2001.

Good evening Mitch: South Carolina is like most places, the closer you get to a metro area, the more there is of most everything. Here around Charleston, even farmland is 7000 to 10,000 dollars an acre. Zoning and land use restrictions that even the nazis would be timid to try to cross. Get away from the coast and other metro areas and the sanity begins to return. Good farm land 1000 to 3000 per acre. SC only started a state building code program a couple of years ago and it is pretty weak. With the exception of the coast and the cities farming is still big business with some great small towns that do not attempt to control what goes on outside of their limits. Here on St. Johns Island we are about zone 8b. The first frost for us is about the first week in Dec. and the last about Mar. 15. We lived here for 5 years before the temp. dropped below 27 deg.. The lowest I have seen in 10 years is 18 and the all time low is 17 deg. If you are interested you can email me direct and I would be happy to help bring another homsteader to SC. One other thing. You would have to be one stunning man to get a SC girl to even give you a sideways glance (I had to get mine from Oregon so that might tell you something). Let me know if I can help.

-- Tim Price (thprice60@hotmail.com), June 28, 2001.

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