{"id":97,"date":"2015-07-17T14:35:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/?p=97"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:06:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:06:29","slug":"interview-series-emilys-garden-at-haradon-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/2015\/07\/interview-series-emilys-garden-at-haradon-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Series: Emily’s Garden at Haradon Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mr. Westbrook started Emily’s Garden in 2012 and has seen demand and his production increase each year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Business Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily\u2019s Garden at Haradon Farm is a family operated vegetable business in beautiful Ball Ground.\u00a0 Robby Westbrook started the business in 2012 and has steadily grown with interest and demand for locally grown food.\u00a0 This year they have close to 40 acres of corn, okra, tomatoes, beans, peppers, and eggplants in production.\u00a0 Their farm stand is open every day from June through September.\u00a0 Emily\u2019s Garden employs five local youth during the growing season to help Robbie manage production, harvest and sell produce.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/emilysveggies<\/a><\/p>\n

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About Robby<\/strong><\/p>\n

How long have you been in Cherokee county?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was born and raised in Ball Ground<\/p>\n

Favorite Music:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I mostly listen to the news on the radio but I also enjoy Pink Floyd.<\/p>\n

Book your currently reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman<\/span><\/p>\n

Things you enjoy after work:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outdoors, I also like doing things in the emergency management field when I\u2019m able.<\/p>\n

Favorite Tool:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hoe<\/p>\n

How did you get started? <\/strong><\/p>\n

As I said I grew up in Ball Ground and we always kept a garden.\u00a0 I worked for Cherokee County as the County Emergency Manager before I retired in 2013.\u00a0 We started Emily\u2019s Garden the year before I retired and it has grown every year since then.\u00a0 I have a greenhouse at my house and we start all of our own tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.\u00a0 I also hope to build a couple high-tunnels so we can extend our growing season a few additional months per year.<\/p>\n

Most challenging part of your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The weather<\/p>\n

What do you enjoy most about your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meeting and talking with people. \u00a0I also love observing the life cycle of the plants from seed to harvest.<\/p>\n

\"Kirstie<\/a>
Kirstie Richards (left) and Melissa Driskell (right) work at Emily’s during the summer and greet all visitors with a smile and wonderful service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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During the peak season, Emily’s Garden is barely able to keep the hundreds of pounds of produce they harvest daily on their shelves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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*The interview series posts are strictly a way to connect with and promote local growers, producers and individuals involved in agriculture and natural resource endeavors.\u00a0 It does not imply endorsement of their products or services, nor criticism of similar firms not listed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Business Background: Emily\u2019s Garden at Haradon Farm is a family operated vegetable business in beautiful Ball Ground.\u00a0 Robby Westbrook started the business in 2012 and has steadily grown with interest and demand for locally grown food.\u00a0 This year they have close to 40 acres of corn, okra, tomatoes, beans, peppers, and eggplants in production.\u00a0 Their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":93,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,54,24,15],"tags":[56,57],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cherokee-county","category-farm-stand","category-local-business","category-vegetables","tag-farm-stand","tag-local-produce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}