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We finally made it home and I'm sitting down relaxing with a nice glass of Kentucky spring water.
Luckily most all growers in the surrounding states made it through the tornados unharmed, we drove through a few of the storms that popped up, one really close in Charlotte WV, about 10 mins outside of the city, the National Weather Service sounded the Alarm about tornados in the area and what to do....if you've never heard a real alert, not the test alerts, while you are driving through unreal weather....let me tell you, it will scare the living crap out of you....that said, we were lucky, Dwight and Dan H kept in contact giving us updates and guiding us through the storms. Thanks Guys!
The meeting was a Blast as usual, set up real well, Growers came in from Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, Mass, Tenn. Michigan, the Carolinas and more, but I am sure that the storms kept a bunch of growers from attending.
The Van Hooks and Chris Kent put on great presentations (Chris Kent revealed two very interesting secrets about growing very large watermelons), Wayne Manned the Prize table and helped keep that straight, the venue was perfect, the Local Copperative Extension did a great job, and Tim Pennington and I discussed a new untapped source of information! There was a real nice Heavy hitters panel and they finished the day off with several very expensive fertilizer packages, a bunch of top notch seeds, paintings and other real nice items, being raffled off, not to mention the amount of Humic Acid and Kelp Meal available for seminar attendees to purchase, very well done!

3/5/2012 2:17:47 AM

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Most of us went out to dinner together and then back to the hotel where we talked shop and laughed for a few hrs, I cant think of a better time! We even got to learn some new lingo, from now on, I'm going to grow in a holler, it seems that real big fruit can be grown there -LMAO!
We always feel at home with these guys and look forward to going back!
Thanks for a great time, I'm sure that we will be seeing big things from Kentucky!!!

3/5/2012 2:17:54 AM

Somerset,Ky

Awesome Tom! A holler is the key to growin Biggins.I had a
great time Thanks to every one that made this seminar
happen.

3/5/2012 6:01:54 AM

Cheshire,Ma

What I great time I had at the seminar. The 14 hr drive was worth it. It was awesome to meet so many people that I only knew from chating on BP. Just a great seminar and a great bunch of people to hang out with. Thanks

Dan

3/5/2012 7:08:42 AM

Williamsburg,KY

The Seminar was great! Thanks to all who made it happen. The Heavy Hitters Panel was a excellent idea and very informative. Tom even learned a little southern slang, wrap your head around this one Tom, "I wouldnt care to grow in a holler either".
Dont forget the great cookies that Glenna made...yum yum. Thanks Glenna!

3/5/2012 8:49:15 AM

The Kentucky guys are an awesome bunch!!! We always have a great time!!! A big shout out to Tim Pennington, Dwight Slone, Bill Brinkley, and Peace Wayne for all of their hard work putting the seminar together. Next time we are going to see the Moon Bow, which is another word that we learned along with the holler.

3/5/2012 9:30:32 AM

Corbin, KY

Thanks to everyone who made the seminar a great success. Thanks to Tom, John and James VanHook,and Chris Kent for sharing there great growing knowledge. I really appericate all the help from Jonathan, Wayne, Bill, and Dwight without you guys there would be no seminar. Thanks to all who attended. Also please remember the tornado victims in your prayers. There was a hugh loss of life and property Friday.

3/5/2012 10:36:54 AM

Ohio

i agree with all, had a great time. learned some new tricks and met some really nice people. dinner was very nice too. hope to see you all soon again. big thanks to peace wayne for some great seeds. if u ever need anything these guys will go out of there way to get it for ya. bt the way tom, do u have hollers up there? lol

3/5/2012 12:02:35 PM

Massillon, Ohio

Even though the tornados followed us down I75, and we had to spend Friday evening in the basement of the hotel, we were still glad we attended this great seminar. I learned some things to do a little differently this year, and really enjoyed getting to meet the friendly Kentucky growers. It was a great time. Thanks for the informative and fun afternoon.

3/5/2012 4:15:06 PM

Nicholls Georgia

yes thanks to all i had a great time and it was nice to put a face to some names.......lol ...hope everyone made it back ok and like others have sed thanks to all of the ky boys for makeing it a good time

3/5/2012 6:31:05 PM

Cheshire,Ma

Glenna those cookies were AWESOME!!!

3/5/2012 7:20:42 PM

Massillon, Ohio

Thanks! Maybe you'd better head down to the OVGPG seminar in 2 weeks!

3/5/2012 7:35:08 PM

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Glenna, your cookies rock!!!!

3/5/2012 9:54:30 PM

Prestonsburg,ky

I wanted to give a holler from up in the holler (Tom thats a shout out from up in the holler) to a great group of people who attended the seminar and made it possible. Great to put a faces to some people i hadnt had a chance to meet. Thanks Tim and Johnathan for all the work youll put into seminar and thanks to all who supported us. Cookies were Great!!!!!! As Tim said please keep all the tornado victims in your prayers!!!!!

3/5/2012 10:16:04 PM

Hot West Tennessee

Enjoyed the seminar. Almost canceled due to storms. But braved it anyway. Only have one sugestion, maybe a self introduction at the beginning. So we can put a face with a name and bp handle? Ill holler at you later! Kreig

3/5/2012 10:55:01 PM

Williamsburg,KY

Great idea TNorange.

3/6/2012 8:42:20 AM

Indianapolis,indiana46217

Great time everyone!!!! Thanks to everyone that worked so hard to put the meeting together. Best cookies I ever had. Best spring water I every Tasted. Ky your the best in my book!!!!

3/6/2012 7:15:53 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Amazing, to me that the men that worked the hardest...are thankin everyone else for there hard work!!! Dwight & Tim put this incredible event together! Without their hard work this would not happen!!!! Kudo's to Dwight & Tim!!! Not to slight, Chris, Tom, James & John VanSanBaggus & Dwight (for their knowledge)!!! A forewarning for everone who attended & anyone who is willing to drive to Richmond...Arrangements are in the works to make KPM Seminar 2013 Better than EVER!!!! Peace, Wayne

3/7/2012 12:53:42 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Oops, almost forgot to mention our man behind the scene...Johnathan rocked !!! Peace, Wayne

3/7/2012 12:58:02 AM