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What's FRESH & LOCAL in December?

Blog: FRESH and LOCAL   -   Friday December 16, 2011   -   By Loris Sofia Gregory

Nature and local producers collaborate to bring us fresh succulent green and red gifts this month. Even after we have been gifted with a moisturizing blanket of pure white snow, local producers still deliver FRESH & LOCAL at Valley Natural Foods...

Container Gardens are a wise choice for many urban...

Blog: Freedom To Grow Our Own Food   -   Tuesday November 29, 2011   -   By Jason

Container gardening is a great way to grow plants. For years and years this has been the way nurseries and many gardeners enjoyed growing plants. Containers of many materials had been utilized. I remember my Grand Dad complaining about the poor soil&...

Autumn Insight

Blog: Simple Succulents   -   Tuesday November 15, 2011   -   By Jennifer

     It's here.Yes, the inevitable gray sky of autumn in New England. The oaks, sumac and pines seem to be the most colorful trees left to enjoy. If they are left at all.The recent October snowstorm damaged many beautiful old trees...

Spring 2011

Blog: Avalon Farms Premium Homegrown   -   Tuesday May 31, 2011   -   By Brigette

Well, no one can say that the spring of 2011 wasn’t interesting. Cold, yes. Wet, yes. Without sunshine, yes. As I am writing this, the sun is shining and the temperature today is expected in the “really hot” range, and with a good southerly breeze...

Mother's Day LIve herbs In a Garden Gft Basket - O...

Blog: So Succulent Gardens   -   Friday April 29, 2011   -   By Blossomfarm

I I will be posting different Ideas you can order this weekend for a timely delivery to MOM!   A garden basket of Fresh potted herbs.  Visit my listing for more....  

What's it's going to be...winter or spring?

Blog: Avalon Farms Premium Homegrown   -   Thursday April 21, 2011   -   By Brigette

Well here it is, mid April, and we just had a couple inches of snow. Can't believe it. Temperatures are running so far below normal that we are still up every night to fill the wood burner so that the tomatoes don't get cold. To add insult to injury, most days...

The Blossom Farm is now know under a different NAM...

Blog: So Succulent Gardens   -   Tuesday February 08, 2011   -   By Blossomfarm

The Blossom Farm is now known as So Succulent Garden's.  Since I am not growing as many flowering perennial plants as I use to grow,  I thought a name change would be fitting. Our new line up will include more easy to care for succulent...

Peaches Pears and Apples -- Oh My!

Blog: Spyglass Gardens   -   Sunday September 05, 2010   -   By Steve or Wendy

I remember when I was just a lad growing up on our little farm...fall was worth waiting for... the fruit trees were always fair game as long as you let mom have some for jam and make dad a pie...Hidden in the leaves would be treasures kissed by the sun...After...

Monday Honeybee Runs

Blog: Homestead Pantry   -   Monday August 30, 2010   -   By Homestead Artisa

This morning was sort of productive, we had another big pot of milk to make into cheese or yogurt, so I started 5 gallons of yogurt, and a two gallon pot of apple mint to make into apple mint jelly.  This was supposed to be Laundry Day Monday but I had a...

Homestead Lesson #1 Peppers

Blog: Homestead Pantry   -   Saturday August 21, 2010   -   By Homestead Artisa

I never planned on growing habanero peppers. They just happened. My kids think they like hot peppers. They do,... well two of them really like jalapenos, so this year when I happened across some habanero plants somewhere, I included two or three in...

Our Gardens and Orchards

Blog: Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Thursday July 08, 2010   -   By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

We have been busy this year with the garden and the rains have been coming more often.  In the northern parts of Louisiana we don't get as much rain as in the south, thank goodness, the gourds rot because of it in the south. For a while we had a drought...

Unconventionalgardens series -II.Spiritual gardens...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday June 23, 2010   -   By Tony

In the east , gardens are considered as a sacred place to meditate and pray.A place sacred for the Spirit as well as to the body to eat from and find medicinal herbs to treat diseases.The Greeks are famous for their gardens in the middle of their homes .The...

Our Gardens and Orchards

Blog: Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Monday May 31, 2010   -   By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful weather.  I spent a good part of the day in the peach orchard, at least it was me and the woodpecker!! Woodpeckers absolutely love peaches and plums and are not embarrassed to join humans in the trees.  I...

Time Stand Still in a Honey Yard

Blog: IICFA   -   Friday February 26, 2010   -   By GrannySue

As the slow methodical dance unfolds between the Apiarist and her hives, a drop of sweat slowly rolls down the back of her neck. Even at 40F in February, she knows that the actions she takes now can makeor break this colony of 50,000 bees. The husbandry that...

FCG Winter Garden-ings

Blog: Fairlight Community Gardens   -   Friday January 29, 2010   -   By FCG

Winter Gardeners, In the interim of heat and green-ness maybe you too, crave the creative carvings of gardening. There is a deep seated desire to reach into the soil and discover the wonders that lie there. To participate with the...

The State of Community Gardens : Failures and LAC...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Thursday January 07, 2010   -   By Tony

Most people think that community gardens are supported by government  and local city halls.Not so as I know of.Carver Park Community garden in Delray Beach ceased to exist last summer.Now it is the site of land fills !Chief Sitting Bull Organic Community...

CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY GARDENS-Par...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday November 04, 2009   -   By Tony

In my work experience as an URBAN ORGANIC FARMER here in S.Florida, I have co-founded and closely helped out in establishing four community gardens.Two of those gardens cease to exist . I like to share my observations and feedbacks to help out  in...

TOP TEN TIPS FOR BOUNTIFUL GROWING AT THE S.FLORID...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Monday November 02, 2009   -   By Tony

S.Florida Community gardens are growing more , in numbers.Most of the new comers to S.Florida need some Tropical Gardening orientation as they mostly come from the cold Up-North! Here are some suggestions for the new comers to make their toil in the...

An Urban Herb Garden

Blog: City Pastures   -   Saturday October 24, 2009   -   By George

Our Herb Garden here at  City Pastures  on Staten Island, New York has provided us with many tasty and fragrant herbs this year. We planted the herb garden which includes sage, parsley, several varieties of basil, marjoram, eucalyptus, fennel,...

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