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The Orchard at Apolloson Acres -
Monday September 28, 2009 - By Allison
Alas, the rain has hit us in NE Ohio! It's a much needed rain, especially on our farm where it fills our cistern, among other things!
Apple Trees don't like "wet feet", but they do need a good watering every once and again. Horses do not like...
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Boulder Belt Eco-Farm -
Sunday September 06, 2009 - By Lucy
Greetings, It's Tuesday once again-time to begin another farm share cycle-week 21. It's busy here at at the farm-lots of harvesting, weeding, tilling and planting going on to get ready for fall/winter growing/sales. I have had several folks ask what we will...
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Cookus Interruptus -
Thursday July 16, 2009 - By Cynthia
Ambrosia means “food of the gods” and I swear if you’ve ever studied the perfection of a perfectly ripe raspberry or swooned over the sweet golden apricot, this is the recipe for you: Summer Fruit Ambrosia with Vanilla Nut Cream (Darrell tries to fix...
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The Farm at Nanticoke Creek -
Thursday July 16, 2009 - By Colleen and Todd
Watkins Glen, NY (July 14, 2009)
– The Finger Lakes Wine Festival presented by Yancey’s Fancy New York’s
Artisan Cheese, July 17-19, will feature several cooking
demonstrations, culinary classes and wine seminars to educate and
entertain people...
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City of Hudson Farmers Market -
Wednesday July 15, 2009 - By Virginia
At least five of vendors have gone through the initial training to accept a new food benefit, WIC Vegetable and Fruit coupons. Lots of paperwork for the farmers but certainly a worthy job if it offers people more options.
Veteran...
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The Farm at Nanticoke Creek -
Wednesday July 15, 2009 - By Colleen and Todd
With the growing season in full swing, you may find yourself with a surplus or maybe some "scratch and dent" produce. What to do with it? Make Wine! For over 10 years Homemadewine.net has been the internets' go to source for recipes and...
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The Farm at Nanticoke Creek -
Tuesday July 14, 2009 - By Colleen and Todd
The Blueberry…behold its lovely blue outside and deep purple inside. You’re thinking pies aren’t you?
I know, I was too. Especially the Dorie Greenspan double crusted blueberry pie….mmm…BUT!!!
There are other things you can do with those berries!...
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Cookus Interruptus -
Thursday July 09, 2009 - By Cynthia
Frozen treats that can be made using fresh summer fruit. Make 'em creamy with coconut milk or vanilla yogurt. Watch the video and print the recipe on Cookus Interruptus.
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F.A. Farm -
Tuesday June 30, 2009 - By Walter
I was a fruit tramp (i.e. migrant worker specializing in fruit) for eight years, from 1974 to 1982. I started with cherries, usually in Washington in June, but one year I started in Lodi, California, in May. Then came the Columbia Gorge cherries - first White...
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Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm -
Thursday April 23, 2009 - By Mike
The farm has over 1200 plants ready for the fields beginning of May! CERTIFIED ORGANIC produce this year includes Tomatoes of many kinds, tomatillos, peppers, squash, watermelon, orange sherbert melon, lavender, sweet marjoram, mint, onions,...
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The Berry Patch -
Monday April 13, 2009 - By Mary Pat and Jason
Well, we have been waiting all year for these trees and we finally picked them up on Saturday. 41 to be exact. We got the best trees we could get our hands on and drove 4 hours to get them too. It was just like picking up an adopted child or something! Our day...
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Big Valley Ranch -
Thursday March 12, 2009 - By Desiree
The garden is just starting to wake up and the stone fruit trees are just starting to bloom (the cherries are thinking about it). It will be a little time yet before we have much for the public. The overwintered swiss chard is starting to add new...
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Eden Valley Farm -
Wednesday March 11, 2009 - By Bill
You visit the local farmer’s market on a whim, stroll past
vegetable stands, herb bunches, and flower bouquets. Finally, your eyes fixate
on a huge tomato that’s bigger than both of your hands put together. It pulls
you toward it; you lift it in your palms...
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Double Oak Farm -
Saturday February 07, 2009 - By Lori
This week our great big box of kumquats arrived from Local Harvest. It was a box of sunshine delivered to a snowy world.
When I was growing up we had a kumquat tree in our yard. It was a
small tree that struggled to thrive in the shade of a...
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St. Fairsted Farm -
Sunday December 07, 2008 - By Ang
Meyer lemon blooms have a lovely fragrance; the blooms are just the beginning of the "deliciousness " to come. A cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange originating from China arriving to the U.S. in 1908 via Frank Meyer ( thus the name...
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Wilson's Cedar Point Farm -
Sunday November 09, 2008 - By Joel
My husband, Joel, and I just got back from Charlotte where we attended a conference hosted by the NC Strawberry Association.
Needless to say, it was about strawberries. In NC, all strawberries are grown on black plastic. We actually grew some...
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Blue Moon Lavender Farm -
Wednesday October 29, 2008 - By Magdalena
The fall this year is spectacular on Blue Moon Lavender Farm. Surrounded by forests of conifers and big-leaf maple, they glow with yellow leaves this time of the year. Our Italian plum trees are producing heavy crop of fruit, and we have filled all of the...
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