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		<title>A New Fruit Tree Orchard</title>
		<link>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/03/a-new-fruit-tree-orchard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kalita@Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruit & Nut Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening Wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greensand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gypsum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kelp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oyster shell lime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone,  
I am new to the Peaceful Valley Farm Blog site, but will be offering ideas and comments regularly.  Hope I can be of help with your farm and garden questions.
I  have a new homestead that I just moved into last May, so this winter was my first opportunity to plant fruit trees.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q: Peach Leaf Curl and Dormant Sprays</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around The Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fruit & Nut Trees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A PVFS Customer Question with Staff Response
Question:
How do you deal with peach leaf curl. I guess it&#8217;s a problem here. Some people use a copper spray. That&#8217;s not organic is it? What do I need to do to prevent this or to help the peach survive this.  Thanks, Susan
Answer:
Most people use either a copper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q: Cover Crop to Share with Chickens</title>
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		<comments>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/02/q-cover-crop-to-share-with-chickens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicken yard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover crop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Omega-3 mix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soil builder mix]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PVFS Customer Question with Staff Response:
Question
Hi,
I have a 85&#8242; X 100&#8242; fenced orchard area that doubles as a chicken yard. I want to plant a cover crop to enrich the soil. Then I want to plant your chicken field mix. Which cover crop would be safe to share with chickens? I was going to broadcast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q: Crowding Out a Weed Problem with Cover Crops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native grasses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native wildflowers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A PVFS Customer Question with staff answer.
Question:
Hi there,
We inherited a pasture with a terrible weed problem. I&#8217;m new to farming and would like to some how &#8220;magically&#8221; transform it into a wildflower meadow with some food for our hens. From my reading i understand that the best way to do this is to till it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Farm: Day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category>
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Rain, rain, and more rain.  Not the mountain rain we are used to, coastal rain that is lighter, softer.  We were inundated yesterday, with people and water.  Like some sort of trench warfare where we stood in puddles slinging organics instead of hand grenades.  From 12:00-2:00 yesterday the vendor tent was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peaceful Valley at Eco-Farm 2010</title>
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		<comments>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/01/peaceful-valley-at-eco-farm-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
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For any of you who have had the pleasure of attending the Eco-Farm conference, or at the very least visited the Asilomar Center in Pacific Grove, you can understand how excited we are to be here for the 30th anniversary of this amazing and very important event.  Besides being held in the most breathtaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peaceful Valley in the Sac Bee</title>
		<link>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/01/peaceful-valley-in-the-sac-bee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at an article in the Sac Bee about PVFS here.
]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Bytes #208</title>
		<link>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/01/organic-bytes-208/</link>
		<comments>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/01/organic-bytes-208/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grow Organic!</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health, Justice and Sustainability News from the Organic Consumers Association
Toxins in Your So-Called &#8220;Organic&#8221; Health &#38; Beauty Products
Do you use Jason Pure, Natural &#38; Organic, Avalon Organics, Kiss My Face ObsessivelyOrganic, Nature&#8217;s Gate Organics, Stella McCartney 100% Organic, Giovanni Organic, Head Organics, Eminence Organic, Physicians Formula Organic Wear, Good Stuff Organics, Desert Essence Organics, or any &#8220;organic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bare-root for YOUR area!</title>
		<link>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/01/bare-root-for-your-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fruit & Nut Trees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sunset]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at Peaceful Valley, we are in the throes of bare-root sales.  However, the terms and restrictions for what can and cannot be planted can be confusing, especially for the first time grower.  
The first thing to consider is your growing zone.  This is a general description of how warm or cold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada County Program Deadline 1/15/10</title>
		<link>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/01/nevada-county-program-deadline-11510/</link>
		<comments>http://intheloop.groworganic.com/2010/01/nevada-county-program-deadline-11510/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew @ Peaceful Valley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening Wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Grass Valley NRCS office (call Jason at 530 272-3417) has applications for local farmers to apply for a grant to build up to a 2500 sq ft  &#8220;hightunnel greenhouse&#8221;  on your farm to extend your growing season and thus  increase your production. 
This project was recently expanded to include Nevada County [...]]]></description>
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