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Rockgate Farm -
Wednesday May 25, 2011 - By Angela
Got your plants out a little late? So What.... No biggee!
With the weather being so eratic this year, unless you have a hoop house, you most likely got your planting done late. That's alright. As long as your starts are...
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Cedar Breeze Farm -
Tuesday April 05, 2011 - By Rick & Linda
We are getting ready for yet another frost here on the farm!! It is sheets on the trees that are small enough and cardboard on the raised beds. Sure will be glad when it gets warm. Does any one else have this problem? Because I didn't watch the...
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Vesterfield Farm -
Sunday March 27, 2011 - By Tim & Kaye
As I sit here with seeds to plant I wonder if there will be another frost. Normally I plant my tender crops on Good Friday, but this year...
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Naturally Yours Farm -
Thursday January 20, 2011 - By Vince
It's getting to be that time of year to start thinking about Frost Seeding my fields with Clover. This will help get the jump on Oats and Ryegrass for later planting.
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Ebenezer Hill Gardens -
Thursday May 27, 2010 - By Debbie
We have been diligently experimenting with methods of extending the summer harvest into the late autumn months. When the weather cooperates, staying warm into late October and even into November, it's easy to keep growing and harvesting the delicious...
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Boulder Belt Eco-Farm -
Wednesday May 26, 2010 - By Lucy
Welcome to week 3 of the FSI. This morning we wake up to temps in the mid to low 30's and that means probable frost. The good news is we expect such things to happen until Memorial day so we do not plant things too early and lose them. Yeah,...
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Mott Family Farm -
Monday May 10, 2010 - By Shelley
Monday morning. Got a slow start. First market last Saturday in Pittsburgh, Jeff and Jeremiah went with asparagus and rhubarb. Windy and blowy, but the faithful came out to support the local farmers! Sold out of 35 pounds of...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Sunday May 09, 2010 - By Emily
The trailer from our local meat processor just left with some of our pigs on board. By law, we're required to send them to a USDA-inspected slaughtering facility. We are able to process the sides of meat here at the farm, which means a busy week...
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Kelvin Grove Farm -
Friday December 18, 2009 - By Smiokey Joe
Robert Frost once said that good fences make good neighbors; obviously he never raised pigs.
At midnight our phone rang. It was our neighbor M. and he'd found our pig lying in his horse pasture. Tim and Peggie sprung from the bed and...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Thursday October 01, 2009 - By Emily
We've been anticipating a frost for a few days now, but so far we've been spared. Yesterday Dan & I decided to bring in any winter squash that seemed ripe enough to be pulled from the vine. While squash will handle a light frost just fine, a hard one...
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Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries) -
Thursday April 09, 2009 - By Christine
The weather has been unseasonably cool here in Sugarcreek. This morning we awoke to yet another frosty and cool morning. The flowers seem to be blooming more slowly than usual, and many of the more tender varieties we grow have had to be...
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Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries) -
Thursday April 02, 2009 - By Christine
Heading to he barn this morning I noticed the tender plants and the windshield
covered in frost. It’s hard to believe that in a few hours the temperature will reach the
high sixties here in Sugarcreek.
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Cedarbrook Steading -
Tuesday November 11, 2008 - By Terri
Greetings from Cedarbrook,
It is deer season and it's amazing to say, but I am still canning. I am making the last batch of zuchinni relish this week, canning up the saurkraut and freezing the last of the Savoy Cabbage.
Opening deer hunting last...
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