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The Spinner's Flock -
Thursday November 19, 2009 -
These two photogenic guys are Cyrano, a brown Merino, and Steenie, a white Bluefaced Leicester. The rams have been turned in with the ewes November 1, and will stay until mid December. I keep back the 2009 replacement ewe lambs, away from the rams until...
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Wednesday November 18, 2009 -
Many friends have asked why I joined a CSA (a.k.a. community-supported agriculture, or farm share). The short answer is that the food quality is extremely high, putting store-bought produce to shame. The squash and peppers and corn are grown on an organic farm...
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Red Wiggler Community Farm -
Tuesday November 17, 2009 -
This is our last week of the extended season, and a beautiful week it is shaping up to be! We are so happy to have had the chance to share this extended season with so many of our CSA members and though we are sad to see it end, we are looking forward to...
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Sunday November 15, 2009 -
My kitchen burn-out has finally ended. Maybe it’s the snowy day that just begged for soup. Maybe it’s the fact that we’ve eaten up all the party leftovers. Maybe cooking is too much of a creative outlet for me to forsake it for too long....
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Thursday November 12, 2009 -
You might have noticed that I’ve been a little delinquent lately in the writing department. But I have a good excuse.
Last week I threw a 40th birthday bash for my dear hubby, and it took all my energy (and then some!) to plan, shop and cook for the...
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Nature's Harmony Farm Blog -
Tuesday November 10, 2009 -
There is nothing like a cozy broodhouse on a chilly, rainy day! After a couple of months of our broodhouse being empty I am happy to have little babies occupying it again. Our last meat chickens left the broodhouse in early September and since we...
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Red Wiggler Community Farm -
Tuesday November 10, 2009 -
Check out the newsletter to find out what we've been up to in the fields this week! Extended season is winding down- next Wednesday, November 18th is our fifth and final pick up- and we are preparing the fields for the winter season. In the meantime,...
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Edible Herbs, Flowers & Other Edibles - Grow Your Own Dinner! -
Monday November 09, 2009 -
Hi Folks, The holidays are always both a time to enjoy traditional family recipes and to also try some new ones. I have a fun one for a pumpkin. First though, in case you were having problems with the sidebar link here to my podcast show - they figured out...
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Nature's Harmony Farm Blog -
Sunday November 08, 2009 -
Thanks to everyone who commented on the prior post. I didn't mean for this thing to get out of hand. We only wanted to share an experience we had. We are absolutely not above criticism. We just believe in constructive criticism.
Today I received a number of...
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Nature's Harmony Farm Blog -
Saturday November 07, 2009 -
We are not happy.
We receive a fair number of unsolicited emails each week, and we are very fortunate that most of them are encouraging emails, thanking us for what we are doing. Those emails really help keep us going during all the long days when...
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Friday November 06, 2009 -
When we lived in New York City, one of our favorite splurges was warm sesame noodles from our neighborhood Chinese restaurant. The plate arrived with a nest of white noodles and enough thick peanut sauce to cover a plate three times the size. We loved it and...
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Thursday November 05, 2009 -
Props once again to Annie for expanding our debate on the topic of food storage and safe plastics. In a comment she wrote last week, she quoted an article on the potential for BPA contamination in canned tomatoes. I found a link to the story so we can read it...
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Red Wiggler Community Farm -
Tuesday November 03, 2009 -
Wondering what you'll do with that bucket full of kitchen scraps now that the CSA season and the bucket exchange are winding down for the winter? Montgomery County's Division of Solid Waste Services offers compost containers at no cost to its residents! Click...
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Red Wiggler Community Farm -
Tuesday November 03, 2009 -
About a hundred pounds of bright pink turnips. In addition to getting together our regular harvest for extended season CSA, this past week the crew also picked over 200 pounds of surplus turnips from the beds! The jewel-toned Scarlet Queen turnips had reached...
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Red Wiggler Community Farm -
Tuesday November 03, 2009 -
The sun is back! We are thinking it is wonderful weather for the first week in November. Harvest list: Arugula Kale Salad Mix Tatsoi Turnips Radishes Carrots Winter Squash Garlic Hot Peppers Green Peppers And maybe a 'sweet' surprise?!
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Upper Meadows Farm -
Tuesday November 03, 2009 -
I got an interesting e-mail the other day from a graduate student at the City University of New York. Kirsten Firminger is enrolled in CUNY’s Social Psychology program and she’s looking for volunteers in the New York metro area to participate in...
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Monday November 02, 2009 -
If you’ve been reading the blog lately, you’ll know that we’ve been having an ongoing discussion about plastics and safe food storage. Several people have asked me for more information on the issue, so here’s a link to a “ Smart...
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Upper Meadows Farm -
Monday November 02, 2009 -
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey is calling on voters to go to the polls tomorrow and vote YES on Public Question #1. This is the ballot question that will assure continued funding for Green Acres, farmland preservation and historic...
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Upper Meadows Farm -
Saturday October 31, 2009 -
The last distribution for the 2009 season of Upper Meadows Farm’s CSA is loaded with greens. There’s arugula, Hon Tsai Tai, lettuce, Pak Choi, Mizspoona, Yokata-Na, and Green Wave mustard. And there are even more ways to eat them, from soups and...
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