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Hawk Valley Garden -
Wednesday August 03, 2011 - By Sue
Hawk Valley Garden is northwest Iowa's speciality pumpkin provider and carries over 150 varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds for your fall decorating needs.
The fall 2011 season is almost here and we are so excited and anxious for opening day which is...
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Wilsons Gourds -
Friday July 29, 2011 - By Karen and Paul
The greatest fun we have when vending our gourds at farm markets in Belleville and Swansea, IL is giving folks some information about gourds. We also enjoy telling some folks about them at fairs and festivals and the Midwestern Herb and Garden Show each...
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Dark Water Ranch -
Thursday January 27, 2011 - By shepherd
It is that time of year, planning for what and where to plant for spring. We are expanding the gourd production this year so we are trying to decide how large an area to work for the gourds. We make crafts from the gourds and sell them to others for...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Sunday October 10, 2010 - By Emily
Beautiful fall weather here after much rain. We're happy to have 9 more piglets here at the farm, as Fern finally had her fall litter yesterday. The mud has kept me from the garden lately, but now it's been so much fun to see all the...
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Bloom Where You're Planted Farm -
Tuesday August 10, 2010 - By Teresa
Yesterday was an exciting day, as we harvested the first fruits of this year's labors. Our county fair is this week so we gathered up our contenders. We ended up with nine entries between the two of us: mini pumpkins, small gourds, one large...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Thursday June 03, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
I have read about many deer repellent and tried a few, the most cost effective, until now, is the garlic and egg mixture. I say, until now, I had not heard of what a family in my church has come up with. The father and son sleep in their garden to...
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Bloom Where You're Planted Farm -
Sunday May 30, 2010 - By Teresa
Lots of exciting things have been happening here on the farm! All of our pumpkins, squash and gourds are in the ground. We were pleased to be done about a week ahead of our usual schedule. Planting began on May 15 with the giant...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Friday May 14, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
We suddenly realized the May-haws are ready!! Time to "get with it" for that wonderful fresh May-haw jelly...... It seems there are so many things going on this time of year, one tends to forget what was pending from a day or two...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Wednesday May 12, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
While spreading more compost today on our various crops, I noticed the deer have been in the field again!! Time for drastic measures........I check the electric fence, and discovered it is not working. It took a little while for me to get up the courage to...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Saturday May 08, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
Good morning, everyone!! I pray that the others in our great nation will have the glorious weather that we are having here this week!! Everyone know there is so much difference between north Louisiana and South Louisiana, even the climate is drastically...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Thursday April 29, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
Just an update on how the composting and mulching is going!! After three days for pitch forking and shoveling compost...I was telling myself I was doing "weight bearing exercises" and this was good for me. That worked for quite a while, then came...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Thursday April 22, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
I wanted to share with anyone interested what I have found to stop the invasion of spider mites on my tomato plants. For years I have been plagued with spider mites on my tomato crop, until one year I did some heavy composting. That was the only...
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Holly Mill & Company -
Wednesday August 12, 2009 - By Autumn
Well we started our Farmers Market Last week with a BIG SPLASH (Literally) I had 15 Farmers & Craftsmen ready and excited the night before, 4 came and 2 actually stayed. You could not complain, especially in front of produce farmers, about...
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Bloom Where You're Planted Farm -
Wednesday June 03, 2009 - By Teresa
We started our planting last Thursday (5/28) and finished up on Sunday evening. This is record time for us -- maybe after six years we're finally getting the hang of it! (KNOCK ON WOOD...I wouldn't want to jinx it for next year!)
We planted four...
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Hawk Valley Garden -
Tuesday June 02, 2009 - By Sue
Welcome to my blog .
My name is Sue Loring and my husband and two children own and operate Hawk Valley Garden Pumpkin Stand in northwest Iowa near Spencer, Iowa. My parents also assist us and grow 3 acres of pumpkins on their property.
2009 marks...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Wednesday February 25, 2009 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
This is such an exciting time of year!!!! I have been outside watching another Purple Martin Scout!! I saw two last week, and today one is so patiently sailing above in the sky. Fortunately I can see for miles from up here on top of Rocky Mount. ...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Sunday February 22, 2009 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
THE PURPLE MARTINS ARRIVED THIS MORNING!!!! I saw two checking out our Gourd Martin Houses. Could not stay to watch too long though before they were gone.....will be back though. This is an exciting time for me watching and waiting for the...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Tuesday February 17, 2009 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
/blog/19282/resource/wildandwackyno.2.jp I am testing putting images into this blog, so if this doesn't work, please forgive me. It is such a wonderful project to have with children, you will love it!! Hope you have a wonderful day. It is raining...
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Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana -
Monday February 16, 2009 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
I noticed today, the Purple Martin Society has joined with the Louisiana Bayou Bluebird Society. In case you would like to check out the Louisiana Bayou Bluebird Soc., the link is: http://www.labayoubluebirdsociety.org/ There is so much...
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