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Monday Morning

Blog: L'Ecuyer Gardens   -   Monday February 06, 2012   -   By Twilya

While checking in on things this morning I found a few surprises.  All of the tomato varieties planted to date - Stupice, Beverlodge, Italian Tree Tomato and Marglobe are sprouting quite nicely.  I was pleasantly surprised to find the yellow...

Hydrating Seeds Before Planting

Blog: Manure Tea-Organic Gardening   -   Saturday January 28, 2012   -   By GreenSoilTea

  Hydrating Seeds Before Planting I am always happy when I hear from growers and gardeners who are brewing and feeding their garden and indoor plant soil  Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew . Where I really find pleasure is sharing...

What's FRESH & LOCAL in December?

Blog: FRESH and LOCAL   -   Friday December 16, 2011   -   By Loris Sofia Gregory

Nature and local producers collaborate to bring us fresh succulent green and red gifts this month. Even after we have been gifted with a moisturizing blanket of pure white snow, local producers still deliver FRESH & LOCAL at Valley Natural Foods...

What SoZo means to me...

Blog: Johnson's Family Farm   -   Friday October 21, 2011   -   By Bill

Hello cyberworld! I have been beside myself wondering what I can do to spread the word about the great benefits of the products I grow and distribute. I know that there is a science to encouraging people to buy and promote products, and the...

Grapevine Wreath Meets Live Succulent Plants, Eas...

Blog: So Succulent Gardens   -   Friday April 29, 2011   -   By Blossomfarm

Sixteen Inch easy care living wreath, only needs water once or twice a month.   Visit my  listing for more......

Community living and farming while being DIFFERENT...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday April 13, 2011   -   By Tony

I am naive about the way humans treat each others in this INFORMATION past industrial age..not to mention being an URBAN farmer living in a Southern city .   Most of us do not know how to communicate well without the F and M F rich vocabilary of...

Hokey Smoke!

Blog: Greenjeans Farm   -   Friday March 11, 2011   -   By Jeff & Toni

We’re busting out of the greenhouses this year!    I’ve run out of trays, thanks to my dear friend across the valley Barbara who keeps giving me her saved seeds!   We have more heirloom vegetables than ever and I’m busy trying to figure out...

A New Call to the Farm

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Thursday February 03, 2011   -   By David

"Back to the soil" was never a more attractive proposition and never so worthy of being heeded as during these opening years of the 20 century. It is true that social economists have often uttered this cry because they believed, and rightly,...

Intentional, sustainable communities

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Friday December 31, 2010   -   By Poly

The trend hunter offers hundreds of photos, articles, information and links from water filtration bridges to floating eco-communities   47 Sustainable Living Communities   From Ocean Societies to Climate...

Chicken Mutiny

Blog: Smaht Fahm   -   Tuesday November 30, 2010   -   By Erin

It's been a rough week, but we'll bounce back, we always do.  Last week I fractured my foot and have been hobbling around on crutches.  That same night, I developed a sore throat (see? that's what I get for going to the doctor, more germs!) and ended...

Hobbled by Honey

Blog: Smaht Fahm   -   Tuesday November 30, 2010   -   By Erin

I've been hobbled by honey! Last week I was making the kids breakfast, peanut butter toast on fresh made bread.  I felt ahead of the game that morning, got up, showered, started lunches and farm chores before their wake up time.  I'd made a loaf of...

Always Behind

Blog: Tulsa City Farm   -   Monday May 24, 2010   -   By Malcolm

 This past week was mostly wet. But it dried up at the end of the week and I had to "Mow The Garden"! Yes, I mow our garden.We have a living mulch of clover and grasses growing between the rows.And it was growing out of control with all the...

Update: Midwest Living Magazine is interested in j...

Blog: The Jam and Jelly Lady   -   Saturday January 16, 2010   -   By Sonya

Really good day for our little cannery today!  Midwest Living Magazine is one of my favorites, mostly for the yummy recipes (my favorite is a marinated shrimp and artichoke appetizer).  Today I received a request for pictures of our cannery and...

Living Wreath Fun they will last for years with n...

Blog: So Succulent Gardens   -   Tuesday August 25, 2009   -   By Blossomfarm

  I have been keeping myself busy with creating living wreaths from plants that tolerate neglect....  I am planning to try herbal plants - but I feel that they will need much more attention to keep alive...  I am hoping to have them ready...

Happiness Isn't having what you want.....

Blog: Greenjeans Farm   -   Friday July 17, 2009   -   By Jeff & Toni

“Happiness isn’t having what you want, but wanting what you have.”   This is our family motto.   These words are in a frame in my kitchen above my stove and have been since my children were toddlers reminding me and them to be happy every day...

Green Earth Fair this Sunday in Naperville, IL

Blog: Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm   -   Friday May 01, 2009   -   By Jody

Green Earth Fair May 3, 2009 1 to 5 p.m. Come to the organic farm in Naperville for our 6th annual Green Earth Fair. The event is free and open to the public! Experts speaking on organic lawn care, sustainable landscaping, organic home...

Rainy days..................

Blog: Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff   -   Thursday April 30, 2009   -   By cathy

Well -- it is spring at Miss Effie's and the porch is filled with flats of flowers, waiting to find a home in the garden.  The gardens are currently filled with very fast growing grass and weeds.  Seriously now, how does the grass grow faster than...

Living in the house on the farm

Blog: Greenjeans Farm   -   Friday March 20, 2009   -   By Jeff & Toni

There is a framed postcard in our bathroom that greets me each morning on the shelf where I keep my make up brushes.   It portrays a 1950ish beautiful blonde woman ala Lana Turner in full make up and the caption on the bottom is “Frugal is such an ugly...

Spring is coming.

Blog: Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff   -   Wednesday March 18, 2009   -   By cathy

Spring really seems to be coming to eastern Iowa.  We have cleaning the gardens at breakneck speed.  Of course, this year I delayed delivery of many of our plugs because we have had such late springs!  That will teach me!! Lots of new things...

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