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building some greenhouses and growing herbs

Blog: Finished up with Kickstarter   -   Tuesday February 07, 2012   -   By Amber

Yay!  So we finally met our kickstarter goal and are working on the greenhouses. Two down, three more to go. Tomato and pepper transplants are creeping right along with the lovely weather we have had, and we are going to be starting some squash and melons...

Growing Rack

Blog: Bountiful Blessings Farm Produce   -   Wednesday February 01, 2012   -   By Jeff

Another warm day in Illinois. This winter has been so mild! It is amazing! However, I expect when winter comes in like a lamb it will go out like a lion. Yesterday I applied for our sales permit for the spring. I anticipate a great year at our stands with...

Welcome Rain!

Blog: Good Earth Farmers   -   Saturday January 21, 2012   -   By Stephen

Great crashes of thunder and blasts of lightning woke us early this morning. Tall Cedar's old farmhouse shook with the thunder, but the sound of rain on our metal roof was reassuring. It's been a dry winter and we know the soil welcomes the rain. In...

It may be cold outside, but our plants are toasty ...

Blog: Summer Roots   -   Sunday January 15, 2012   -   By Heather

This year we restored a greenhouse on the property. What a job that was, especially with the high winds that roar down the backside of the Smoky Mountains from the north. After coming off several times, we used strips of wood to frame in the plastic liner....

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...

This week on the Farm

Blog: Renaissance Farm   -   Tuesday November 15, 2011   -   By Linda

Well Hello Everyone! Now, that I am getting a better understanding of how to use this blog, hopefully I will make it much more pretty and filled with more information for you! We still have weekly availability, but I need to learn a better way to...

Shorter not cooler

Blog: The Farm Report from Turkey Hill   -   Thursday August 18, 2011   -   By Farmer Herman

Hey Everybody. I like the shorter days, because with this heat if we had to endure one more minute before the sun went down.... We have our kale, and collards, and tronchuda up in the greenhouse. Keeping it cool in there is the big deal. 105 yesterday.We even...

weed or seed?

Blog: The Farm Report from Turkey Hill   -   Thursday August 11, 2011   -   By Farmer Herman

I would like to blog but can't find the time.  Our collard seedlings are up and the kale. A second round of basil and parsley for the winter, snapdragons too. waiting a little while for broccoli and chard. We will plant Asian Greens next week and Carrots....

Poults & Plastic

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Tuesday April 12, 2011   -   By Emily

April sure has been a roller coaster, weather-wise, so far!  We're not even 2 weeks into the month and we've had everything from snow to thunderstorms to 80+ degree temps!  We're hoping things will even out and dry up a bit soon so we can get serious...

For the Love of Gardening

Blog: Heritage Harvest Farm   -   Friday April 08, 2011   -   By MattCorinneFletcher

Because Matt is on spring break this week, we've been taking every opportunity to get a lot of outside work done. You know, the muscle work. He's built compost bins, fixed the chicken yard fence and cultivated the poly tunnel (sure beats using the ol'...

Walkers Fresh Veggies April, News

Blog: Walkers Fresh Veggies   -   Thursday April 07, 2011   -   By Mark & Carolyn

Hello Everyone ! Thursday, April 7, 2011  There is currently a small break in the action in the greenhouses, so I thought I would take a moment to get this months newsletter started.  I am working alone this year in the greenhouses, Carolyn has...

March Lion Roars

Blog: Wild Goose Farm LLC   -   Thursday March 24, 2011   -   By Meg

Brrrr! It has suddenly gotten so cold out on the farm! I was hoping to start working on my new hoop house again this week, but no dice. I did venture down the very muddy farm road yesterday to drop off some tools for my neighboring farmer. That was an...

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food - Gov't GRANT, LO...

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Sunday March 06, 2011   -   By Poly

You can get a government grant to grow food. Grants, Loans & Support. Earlier this year, in response to President Obama's challenge to reinvigorate local food systems, each of USDA's 26 agencies was asked to come forward with programs that can help...

New veggie varieties this year

Blog: Wild Things Farm   -   Monday February 28, 2011   -   By Terry

Each year I like to try new varieties of the crop menagerie at the farm, and this year is no exception.  It is so hard to resist buying one of everything in the seed catalogs when it is stark, naked, winter, but better judgement must take over because...

Sowing more seeds in the greenhouse this weekend!

Blog: Peacefully Homegrown   -   Sunday February 27, 2011   -   By sandyhays@wildblue.net

Hi! Am going to be sowing more seeds in the greenhouse today! Love this time of year, when I can take a tiny seed and place it in a cup of earth and add just a little water, and let the sun do it's thing, and in no time of all the miracle happens - those tiny...

Ah, it's that time, again...

Blog: Foust Family Farms   -   Thursday February 10, 2011   -   By Ron

Well, yes. It is that time again. A new year, cold weather, drought summer. Same old, same old. But,...the greenhouse is going up. Gonna make it longer this year. The smaller one, that is. The big one goes up when it's warmer. Plan on making one of those...

Doin' The Seedling Shuffle

Blog: Singer Hill Gardens   -   Sunday February 06, 2011   -   By Jessica

    Well it's that time of year... The greenhouse was damaged last fall in a violent windstorm, and after deciding trying to fix it wasn't worth the trouble we are working on gathering materials for our new and improved wood structure...

Grant Study Begins Soon

Blog: Moonstruck Farms   -   Saturday January 29, 2011   -   By Rowena

Moonstruck Farms is a small beginning farm here in the high desert...we are considered a market gardening operation, and one of few who applied for the Know your Farmer Know Your Food High Tunnel initiative last year, and a lucky one who was...

Greenhouse covered!!

Blog: Moonstruck Farms   -   Friday January 28, 2011   -   By Rowena

Busy day today...started with Tri Community Market...always love seeing my customers and swapping recipe ideas and hearing about their cooking adventures with our products.  Today I was in a hurry to leave though...picked up some pine needles from a great...

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