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Bountiful Blessings Farm Produce -
Thursday February 02, 2012 - By Jeff
I have been wondering what happened to winter? It has been so warm here in Northern Illinois the last two weeks, I am not sure I ever remember it being this warm. It makes me a little nervous about what the later part of March will look like. I have heard when...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Monday January 02, 2012 - By Emily
The first real winter storm has hit the farm. It's cold out, the wind is blowing and I can barely see the woods line from where I type, meaning visibility is not good at all. It's a good day to take on indoor tasks, and after I finished sweeping up...
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Growing Days -
Friday November 04, 2011 - By Julie
It's
curious. Why are salad greens and tomatoes irrevocably paired? In most
zones, these garden staples don't grow during the same season—unless
aided by a greenhouse. Who decided that diced tomatoes belonged on
iceberg lettuce? (And does anyone still...
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Lazy Ox Farm -
Sunday September 25, 2011 - By Margie
We trialed quite a few new varieties of tomatoes this year, some of which were outstanding. (Have I ever mentioned that I love my job?) What we look for in a tomato is flavor, production, disease and bug resistance, crack...
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Garden Inspirations -
Monday August 22, 2011 - By Marilyn
All these years my mother has been in her garden, sometimes stressing out about planting dates, I didn't truly comprehend the madness. I do now. This new hobby of mine has been an incredible discovery. I wish it wasn't so far away, I have to...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Monday June 20, 2011 - By Emily
I've always been an avid reader. Dan is too, an so we subscribe to a number of magazines. The latest National Geographic came in the mail on Saturday. I love reading about the exotic places, cultures and animals inside, but in this issue, one of...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Friday June 17, 2011 - By Poly
We are now working on an entire web page of wonderful organic, heirloom and natural products produced by our farm members, sustainers, growers, co-op's, and supporters.
Vegetable, fruit and dried goods C.S.A. Programs!
Our farm members will soon...
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Slow Food - Conway/Myrtle Beach Convivium -
Monday April 18, 2011 - By JP
An article written by blogger and Slow Food Conway/MB member Tammy Curry. What are Heirloom Vegetables? What is an heirloom vegetable? Vegetables that have not been genetically modified in a lab. Typically these are the varieties that were grown long before...
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Wall Flower Studio Garden -
Tuesday March 29, 2011 - By Karen
Well, I finally broke down and purchased a pot maker.
I'm really glad that I did!
It's "sow" easy to use, and, the pots are the perfect seed starting size every time!
The fact that I'm using recycling...
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The Farm Report from Turkey Hill -
Thursday March 10, 2011 - By Farmer Herman
Hey, y'all. We have a greenhouse full of tomato plants for sale. we will be open Sunday afternoon at the farm from 2 until 6pm for plant sales. We are expecting a couple of chilly nights now and will put all the plants we have in the ground under frost...
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Myerstown Farmers Market -
Sunday February 20, 2011 - By Joshua
"The federal govenment has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as "progress", doesn't...
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Boulder Belt Eco-Farm -
Friday February 11, 2011 - By Lucy
It's farm share day. I hope you have eaten your way through the last share by now. Several significant things have happened in the passed day or so. First we got more rain and than winter showed up again so today it looks like some light snow. This will not...
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Harvest Thyme Farm & Market -
Wednesday January 19, 2011 - By Dawn
Food. Most of us know that we have animals that, every year, are placed on an Endangered List. But did you know that there is a list of foods that are indanger of extinction as well?
If you're wondering why there is a new energy surrounding Heirloom...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday January 04, 2011 - By Chris
Just stumbled across this clip from FOX-61 CT. The chefs from "Hell's Kitchen" seem to really like our heirloom tomatoes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUOoGiVle4
We'll be back at the Coventry Regional Farmer's (Winter) Market...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Friday November 12, 2010 - By Emily
One of this week's projects for me has been making cornmeal. It's not the bright yellow you may have come to expect because instead of using yellow corn, I use an heirloom variety called Earth Tones Dent that we grow here at the farm....
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Boulder Belt Eco-Farm -
Wednesday October 13, 2010 - By Lucy
Greetings, It is week 17 and the beginning of a new month. I hope August is better than July (though so far it has not started all that well-I went to the dentist to get a tooth filled and he drilled a bit too deep and not I need a root...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday September 21, 2010 - By Chris
Chefs Kevin Cottle (from Season 6 of Hell's Kitchen) and Van Hurd have our sweet sausage, heirloom tomatoes, garlic, herbs and butternut squash. Watch FOX 61 (in Connecticut--or check it out online!) Wednesday morning at 11:00 and see what they make!...
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Hurricane Farm -
Sunday September 19, 2010 - By Chris
We're winding down with our tomato crop, but there are still plenty left! Watch for our heirloom varieties at the food booth of "Celebrating Agriculture" at the Woodstock Fairgrounds next Saturday, September 25th.
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Thursday September 09, 2010 - By Emily
If you've been to the farm recently, you've probably seen our flock of (very) free-range turkeys. Most of them are Bourbon Reds, but we also have a few black-and-white Royal Palms too. There is even a big white Broad Breasted turkey, due to a...
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