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Why Save Seeds?

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Wednesday November 18, 2009   -   By Emily

Just like the stores seem to pull out the Christmas stuff earlier each year, the seed companies seem to be in a race to get the catalogs for the coming growing season out far earlier than necessary.   We haven’t even finished picking corn, and already...

Lettuce ends, beets begin, another movie night

Blog: Abbe Hills Garden CSA   -   Sunday July 05, 2009   -   By Laura

Greetings shareholders,   We will have beautiful head lettuce, kohlrabi, very nice cabbage, both green and red kale, pretty swiss chard, cilantro, stir fry greens, and the first beets this week.  We'll also be picking the last of the...

Saturday's offerings at the Bluegrass Farmers' Mar...

Blog: Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Thursday June 18, 2009   -   By Kentucky Proud

  Saturday's market is sure to make you smile! Let's start with the sweet stuff first. How about some pumpkin cookies, zucchini bread, chocolate zucchini cake or plenty of homemade jams and jellies. Our farmers have been busy in the kitchen! ...

Happy organics

Blog: Sparta Farm   -   Thursday June 11, 2009   -   By Rebecca

Here we are in June, and enjoying the fruits of our labor in the "Early Garden" - lettuce and kale are doing splendidly this year; we put on floating row covers at the very beginning of planting time and they have more than paid for themselves: no...

Sunny Saturday at the Bluegrass Farmers Market!

Blog: Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Thursday June 04, 2009   -   By Kentucky Proud

The sun will be shining and the farmers will be smiling this Saturday at the Bluegrass Farmers Market! That's because they'll be bringing the freshest and the very best that the area has to offer to our market location at 3450 Richmond Rd. The trucks...

Ready or Not...

Blog: Liberty Lake Farmers' Market   -   Wednesday June 03, 2009   -   By LLFMarket

June is Here. Our farmers are busy at work. After reading this article from the New York Times called Bowlfuls of Lettuce I was reminded of the hard work that goes into farming. The Farm Chicks Show has been on my calendar for months and is now just...

Gourmet Lettuce Mix

Blog: The Appalachian Shed   -   Sunday May 31, 2009   -   By Terrie

We will have fresh Organic gourmet lettuce mix again this week at the Johnson City Farmers Market.  Quanities are limited so come early!   Rhubarb sold out last weekend in the first hour so if you want to bake that pie come on down after your...

Who says farming can't be fun!

Blog: Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Friday May 29, 2009   -   By Kentucky Proud

Yes, it's hard work but all you have to do is look at the smiling faces of our farmers and know that the members of the Bluegrass Farmers Market love what they do! They grow, they create, they bake, they raise and they come together each Tuesday from 3 until...

Boulder Belt Farm Share Initiative, Week 4

Blog: Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Sunday May 03, 2009   -   By Lucy

It's been a busy week here at the farm. I have been starting hundreds of seeds-Asian greens (something called tong ho and a bok choy), celery that was completely unplanned but Eugene found a packet with a lot of seeds so I planted several hundred. parsley that...

Easter Weekend at the Farm

Blog: The Open Gate Farm   -   Wednesday April 22, 2009   -   By Jon and Elaine

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Welcome!

Blog: Homegrown Harvest   -   Wednesday April 22, 2009   -   By HomegrownHarvest

Welcome to our blog! The early lettuce is growing nicely, and we look to have a wide selection of other vegetables starting in early June. The warmer weather this week will be great for working outside.  Thanks for checking in.

asparagus, lettuce and spinach

Blog: Overboe Farms   -   Tuesday April 21, 2009   -   By Fran or Brian

April 21, 2009 Spring has sprung!  And the aspargus is sprouting daily--which means, we are harvesting this beautiful vegetable daily! Grown without chemicals, this is the best we have ever tasted.  We sometimes add raw asparagus to a salad for...

4/21- Spring Explosion!

Blog: Greene Hills Farm   -   Tuesday April 21, 2009   -   By Stephanie

Here in eastern Washington we get less rainfall than Phoenix, Arizona. Irrigation is vital! (Jamie calls it “irritation”). Once the district gets water into the canals (it comes from Cascade Mt. snow pack via the Yakima River), we get busy setting up all our...

Finally Spring!

Blog: Kiss My Grass Farm   -   Monday March 30, 2009   -   By Dot and Brian

Daffodils blooming, grass growing, piglets rooting, chicks peeping and the lambs frolicking in the field. It's spring and all's right with my world. :)  It was a trying winter around our place. Brian was in a cast, I had pneumonia and a straight line...

Inaugural Post!

Blog: Lett-uce Blog! --Mud Lake Farm   -   Friday February 27, 2009   -   By Steve & Kris

Well, here goes...  the first entry in the "Lett-uce Blog".  Yes, we know it sounds a bit cheesy, but why not? We hope  to add some interesting thoughts, stories, and recipes here over the next months, so stay tuned. ...

Bitter cold

Blog: Terra Bella Farm   -   Monday December 22, 2008   -   By Margot

It was the 85th birthday of our eldest relative, my mom, last Saturday, so we drove for two days to get to the party. Carrying two legs of lamb and a bag of sweet potatoes, it was a big responsibility, although the bitter cold made us think...

Freezing in Colorado

Blog: Dragonfly Farms   -   Monday December 15, 2008   -   By Teresa

December 14th 2008 Ok last night we were 1 degree!   Did not expect this and did not heat the greenhouse suffiently.   Tonight I turned on the propane to take that chill off a bit.  It was predicted to go to 20 not 1 degree. ...


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