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My Herbal Path, My Story.

Blog: Morgan Botanicals   -   Wednesday January 11, 2012   -   By Jessica

Somebody asked me yesterday what my herbal path was, my story. Here's a smidgin about me (so far anyway) for those who wanna know......   I grew up a naturalist, clinging to the arm of my momma and her picnic baskets and canteens of soup and...

Late Season Hay

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Monday October 10, 2011   -   By Emily

We've had such lovely Indian summer weather lately! It's a refreshing change from the rain we've had for too long this fall. It has truly been an extreme growing season- either far too much rain, or not nearly enough. We were so excited to have the...

A new use for veggies

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Tuesday June 14, 2011   -   By Mary

Can't stand any more greens?  You can make paper out of the vegetables in your garden. Here’s how, from ehow.com: 1.         Thinly slice the vegetables. The slices can be 0.5 cm to 0.2 inch thick....

Hot Weather Means Making Hay

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Monday July 05, 2010   -   By Emily

July is here, bringing hot weather and a number of rain-free days in a row.  That means it's hay making time!  For us. it's as much a normal part of July 4th weekends as picnics and fireworks. We've been fortunate to have a stretch of dry weather, so...

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Poor man recipes as recounted from my grandfather ...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Tuesday June 08, 2010   -   By Tony

During the Great Depression, poor people in  Europe and the Mediterranean regions ate wild weeds, cacti plants and made cheese and preserved them in extra virgin olive oil which lasted for a while without refrigeration.  ...

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Making Butter in a Jar !

Blog: Zina's Produce   -   Friday April 23, 2010   -   By Zina

You will need;       A quart jar with a tight lid       A handy dish towel       3 cups heavy cream, at room temperature ...

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Putting the Mother to Work

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Tuesday February 09, 2010   -   By Emily

I'm finally in the process of making vinegar.  One of my Christmas presents was a vinegar cask, a large, pear shaped container with a spigot on the bottom.  It is used to ferment the vinegar, with the final product being heavier and sinking to the...

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Sausage day

Blog: Miolea Organic Farm   -   Monday December 21, 2009   -   By Brian

Sausage day is coming up.  It is a family tradition dating back to when my great-grandfather owned a lunch counter in Baltimore city.  He would make sweet Italian and hot sausage at Christmas time and my grandfather and his siblings would have...

The Repo Man

Blog: Cowmomma's Cupboard   -   Thursday April 16, 2009   -   By Cowmomma

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I see signs..................

Blog: Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff   -   Monday March 09, 2009   -   By cathy

Spring seems to be making a subtle entrance into eastern Iowa.  She is creeping in... trying not to be noticed.  But we have seen robins in the yard, the tips of the daylilies are emerging a bright green and the geese are definitely flying northward....

Winter at Sauvie Island Lavender Farm

Blog: Sauvie Island Lavender Farm   -   Sunday January 04, 2009   -   By Julie

For those of you new to Sauvie Island Lavender Farm, we are located on one of the largest inland islands in the USA. Sauvie Island is only a few minutes from Portland, Oregon. We are a mix of farm lands, nursery lands and protected fish and...

Great Wheat Bread

Blog: Ebersole Cattle Company   -   Saturday December 13, 2008   -   By ShanenEbersole

I know this is a little off topic for me, but if you bake bread at all, you know how hard it is to find a good recepie for Whole Wheat Bread.  Well, I was out of flour, grabbed some at the local grocery store from King Arthur, and lucked into a great...

Recipes

Blog: Prairie Pride Farm of Minnesota   -   Tuesday November 18, 2008   -   By Dawn, past 4-H member

This is so cool! I spent last friday making Lefsa with my Mom and three sisters.  We have done this for the past 10 years or so.  Making 5 batches this year instead of the usual 4, because we are having more relatives join us for...


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