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Pre-winter busyness on the farm - barns, piglets, ...

Blog: Antaya Acres Heritage Farm   -   Thursday November 19, 2009   -   By Brett & Stephanie

With winter just around the corner, you would think things on the farm would be slowing down as the days continue to shorten.  Not so here at Antaya Acres.  Our last fall litter of piglets arrived the other day, and are doing grand: 11 beautiful...

Three Sisters Garden ~ Historical Companion Planti...

Blog: Wall Flower Studio Garden   -   Tuesday November 17, 2009   -   By Karen

This year at the Stanhope Discovery Museum, where I'm the garden's coordinator, we once again, planted a "Three Sisters Garden". Until I moved from Toronto, here to Haliburton County, I'd yet to hear about what a Three Sisters Garden actually was....

keeping it in the family

Blog: MM Livestock Co   -   Friday October 23, 2009   -   By Megan

We are adding 40 head of Registered Aberdeen Angus Cows to our program. the beauty of this decision is we are keeping it in the family! My Cousin has the last of the cattle that carry the Genetics that my Grandfather was using until his death. We were able to...

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My Four-Legged Tiller, Part 2

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Wednesday October 14, 2009   -   By Chris

The frost has hit and the squash is done.  Sadness creeps into the picture as one looks around at the dying plants.  The sqash was commanding the garden mere days ago, but its leaves are now turning a sickly dark color.  The frost sneaks in...

Holiday Meat CSA - Shares Now Available

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Thursday October 08, 2009   -   By Chris

Hurricane Farm in Scotland, CT is currently offering a Holiday Meat CSA.   Many people inquired about and have been on a waitlist for our Summer Meat-Based CSA.  We are now pleased to be able to expand our CSA to a second season...

Support Heritage Pork with your fork!!

Blog: Kiss My Grass Farm   -   Saturday September 26, 2009   -   By Dot and Brian

After what seems to us a very long time, we have Red Wattle pork available for sale by the pound.  We are really excited. In fact I put a ham in the slowcooker as my husband was bringing in the frozen meat from the processor. Red Wattle pork isn't...

Fair Grove Farmers' Market at The Heritage Reunion

Blog: Fair Grove Farmers' Market at the Mill   -   Monday September 21, 2009   -   By Debra

The 32nd Annual Fair Grove Heritage Reunion is coming up September 26 & 27 in Fair Grove, Missouri. The event features over 300 arts, crafts, food and fund raising booths, a hometown parade on Saturday morning and church service on Sunday. Other activities...

The Delaware Chicken Experiment Results

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Thursday September 17, 2009   -   By Emily

As promised, the results are in on our heritage chicken experiment!  Normally, our Cornish-Rock hybrid chickens are processed at 7 or 8 weeks of age, but our Delaware rooster was about 7 months old.  Because of this, we wanted a cooking method to...

Local Foods at a Local Restaurant

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Wednesday September 16, 2009   -   By Chris

A local Connecticut restaurant, Zest, has some wonderful dishes on the way prepared with local ingredients including ribs grass-fed, dry aged beef.  If you are in Northeastern CT, stop by their 1750's farmhouse restaurant and try the taste and flavor...

A Recipe for (Our) Heritage Pork

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Monday September 14, 2009   -   By Chris

One of our customers recently tried some of our Heritage pork and offers this recipe:  "Slap Ya Mama Heritage Pork Chops." Please follow the link to their Food Blog and, perhaps, try it out yourself! http://acoupleinthekitchen.blogspo...

Time to Reserve that Thanksgiving Turkey

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Sunday September 13, 2009   -   By Chris

Just a quick reminder to those out there who are planning to get their Thanksgiving turkey from us here at the farm...It is time to put in your order.  We still have some conventional white turkeys this year, and we have a variety of heritage breed...

Moving Pigs, Our Second Encounter

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Monday July 27, 2009   -   By Chris

Last week, or sometime thereabouts, we had to load three of our hogs onto the trailer in order to take them to be processed.  As readers will recall, our first experience loading pigs, while perhaps comical, took WAY TOO LONG!  This time we had it...

hippychick's victory chickens - new arrivals -

Blog: Hippychick's Gardens   -   Tuesday June 23, 2009   -   By hippychick

hippychick's victory chickens welcomes the new arrivals next up hippychick's victory chickens - rare and heritage breeds include speckled sussex - developed in the county of sussex in the early 19th century. layer of creamy to light brown eggs...

Young Turkeys In The Pasture 2009

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Sunday June 14, 2009   -   By Poly

Young Turkeys in the pasture.    

Free Range vs Pasture Pens

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Wednesday May 06, 2009   -   By Wes

We get alot of emails on how we raise our poultry here on the farm, so decided it would be a good topic to discuss on the blog.  There is basically two different ways to raise your pastured poultry. We are going to discuss both ways.  We raise all...

Pigs on Pasture

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Wednesday May 06, 2009   -   By Chris

The "little" pigs have finished tilling up our orchard area and we have planted four apple trees so far.  The trees are already starting to form buds! So it was time to move the piglets to a new area in which they can put their concerted...

Herefords pigs are born on the farm

Blog: Frazier Lane Organics   -   Tuesday April 28, 2009   -   By Christine

We have a litter of heritage piglets that will be available the second week of June.  If you have always wanted to raise one of this very rare and unique varities you can now have a chance.  Let us know if you would like to reserve one. 707...

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Blue Slate Turkeys are hatching

Blog: Foxhollow Poultry Farm   -   Tuesday April 21, 2009   -   By Tai

Last night I was awakened by a loud chirping at 2:00 am.I got up, being careful not to awaken my husband, and got the flashlight.  It was the sound of the first arrival of Blue Slate Turkey poults hatching. We set 36 eggs from our current breeders to...

Animals have jobs too

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Tuesday April 21, 2009   -   By Wes

Here at the ranch all the animals have jobs too. Their jobs are to do the back breaking work of clearing and tilling the land, at the same time fertilizing and spreading it too. The pigs have gotten more done then I first thought they would. They have to till...

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