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If There Was Ever a Time in America to Plant a Gar...

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Tuesday January 24, 2012   -   By David

The cost of food continues to rise. If you didn't realize it, you either don't do the grocery shopping, or you haven't ask the person who does! You can do a search on the 'net and find all kinds of numbers indicating how much food products have...

Save Your Own Seed - Grow Open Pollinated Corn

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Saturday October 08, 2011   -   By David

Reducing off the farm inputs can be accomplished in many different ways. One of the ways we are expanding on this is by growing open pollinated corn. I blogged here about the small pasture we were running pigs on to take off the grass, root up the soil...

Save Your Fuel Money Eat More Pork

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Tuesday April 26, 2011   -   By David

Tamworth Pigs Plowing Here at Spring Hill Farms we don't like buying $4 a gallon gas anymore than you do. We don't like buying gasoline or diesel at any price as far as that goes. That's one of the main reasons we employed Tamworth pigs to renovate...

Chickens For Meat? - Cost/Breed/Feed?

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Saturday December 25, 2010   -   By Poly

Chickens For Meat? - Cost/Breed/Feed?   C hickens For Meat? - Cost/Breed/Feed?   For the full article please click on the link below   by Ireland-or-bust ยป Thu...

Feeding Hogs Something Other Than Corn

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Tuesday December 14, 2010   -   By David

Tamworth Pig If you've read many of my posts you know I love old books on farming and especially pigs. I have a pretty good collection dating back as far as 1883. I've bid on books on some auction sites older than that but they end up being too rich...

3 Lies Big Food Wants You to Believe

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Wednesday November 17, 2010   -   By David

Is it really cheaper to eat discount food from the grocery? I've always said "no". If you evaluate it strictly form a dollars spent at the 'regular' store, verses with your local farmer, you may erroneously come to that conclusion.  ...


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