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Winter time and the living is easy?

Blog: The Shady Grove Farm   -   Wednesday November 30, 2011   -   By Steven

Just a quick introductory blog post to start out our Local Harvest Blog. Go to our website for more info and our formal blog www.stevemoize.com the site is new as of late November 2011, so be patient.  We lost our old web address, somehow it was...

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Blog: Blue Hill Farms   -   Wednesday March 23, 2011   -   By Kim

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What’s Different about Heritage Breeds?

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Thursday January 06, 2011   -   By Poly

What’s Different about Heritage Breeds?    The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy states that heritage chicken breeds must be an American Poultry Association (APA) standard breed. The chickens also must be allowed to...

Happy New Year

Blog: SlowMoneyFarm   -   Monday January 03, 2011   -   By Jan

It is only a slow season in comparison - but very busy in planning! 2011 holds some expansions, as highlighted in our other blog . Our poultry flock will have more Dominiques added and some Rhode Island Reds. We're looking forward to having ducks and turkey...

Heritage Chicken Breeds’ Various Values

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Sunday January 02, 2011   -   By Poly

Heritage Chicken Breeds’ Various Values   Monday, September 20, 2010 11:00 AM   By Abbie Stutzer   Tags: heritage breeds , chicken , raising chickens   ...

In the beginning.....

Blog: Iona Farm   -   Monday May 17, 2010   -   By Jennifer

When we moved to the farm, we had no clear idea of what to do with the property except that we were determined to be good stewards of the land. We had to build fencing to contain our three horses, and modify an equipment shed to provide them with shelter. So...

2010 Lambs are arriving

Blog: Cranberry Moon Farm   -   Thursday March 18, 2010   -   By Miss Lisa

Beautiful lambs are starting to arrive! The Bluefaced Leicester ewe "Glory" has twins, a ram and a ewe. Two of the Leicester Longwool ewes have lambed. Beatrice has twins, a ram and a ewe, while Anna Harrison II delivered a huge single ram lamb of...

Some Examples of our Sheep

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Wednesday October 28, 2009   -   By Anne

The ram on the left is a January, English-type Suffolk ram, that has not seen grain since weaning and has been on pasture until being brought in for this picture.  The ram on the right is a May Ile de France/Dorset cross ram that was born and raised on...

Breeds of Sheep

Blog: Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Monday April 20, 2009   -   By Anne

I'm trying to post an entry every Monday, and unfortunately the past week has been relatively uneventful.  Shearing of the ewes due to lamb in the next couple of weeks happened 2 weeks ago, and the rest of the flock is waiting patiently for the...

Chickens, Chickens, Everywhere

Blog: Cowmomma's Cupboard   -   Wednesday March 18, 2009   -   By Cowmomma

Today we have more open ground than snow covered turf and the chickens are out of the coop and back at work.  Reddy was out in the front pasture before it was even fully light this morning.  I don't think she trusts that the snow won't come back and...

New Direction

Blog: The Belson Farm   -   Saturday March 14, 2009   -   By Zandra

What a beautiful day we had today. March 14th is my late brothers birthday and he would have loved this day! Sunshine and a warming trend are a treat for us in Michigan in March. I am cleaning the chicken coop. Last fall we processed our 3 year old laying...

Giving Thanks

Blog: The Farm at Nanticoke Creek   -   Monday November 24, 2008   -   By Colleen and Todd

This year was year like no other. Really, I mean that. I never thought in a million years that our life would be what it is to today and what it continues to grow and evolve into. We bought our little farm almost 10 years ago expecting it to just provide us...


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