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Sweet Harmony Farm -
Sunday November 06, 2011 - By Mona
Needless to say, last weekend we received well over a foot of snow and lost power for several days.............
Our shearer had come by early Saturday morning to help us trim the alpacas’ toenails. Dan held them and Jay trimmed. Thank...
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Friday October 28, 2011 - By Mona
Late yesterday afternoon, I thought that Mother Nature was playing a trick on us. The cold rain that had been falling all day quickly turned to heavy, wet snowflakes. Our beautiful maple trees, leaves still ablaze with autumn reds and oranges,...
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Thursday September 29, 2011 - By Mona
Any guesses who?
We’ve had an interesting week on our farm. After having fresh, green, second cut hay delivered a week before we had planned, the alpacas have refused to go out to graze. Instead they’ve been hanging around the barn and...
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Wednesday August 31, 2011 - By Mona
I am happy to say our little farm is very fortunate and weathered tropical storm Irene just fine. The winds did bring down some branches as well as some older trees at the back of our property. A few power lines were down on our street, but...
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Sunday July 24, 2011 - By Mona
Guinness scared the daylights out of me the other day.
It has been sooooooooo hot! I realize it’s July, and that we’d had a very long winter, but temps hovering around 100 are just a bit much!
We’ve been hosing down the alpacas every day in...
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Rockgate Farm -
Sunday July 17, 2011 - By Angela
Part 2:
Are free range, pastured eggs higher in certain Vitamins and Omega 3 Fatty Acids? Welllllll, before I answer that question, clarification of terms is required.
The general public is actively being mis-led by...
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Williamsburg Farmers Market -
Tuesday July 12, 2011 - By WFM
Saturday, July 16, 2011
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This Saturday at the Williamsburg Farmers Market The Trellis Restaurant will be at the Chef Tent, the Master Gardeners will attend and Louis Vangieri will play guitar. Shop for fresh, local...
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Thursday June 30, 2011 - By Mona
In the front part of our pasture, right by the tack room end of the barn, there is growing a rather odd looking weed. The soil is very poor there, pretty much all clay, so not too much grass has grown, and there are always plenty of small...
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Monday June 20, 2011 - By Mona
Yesterday our little alpaca herd grew again, as 2 more alpaca boys joined us here on our farm. Val came by and dropped off Cavalier and Eragon. Both are considered modern gray in color, with Cavalier being a dark silver grey and Eragon a dark...
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Tuesday May 10, 2011 - By Mona
(slight camera snaffu ~ pictures to follow)
Spring cleaning on an alpaca farm is when we clean out the barn and paddock areas in preparation for shearing day. We want the barn as clean as possible (well, it is a barn after all) so that the...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Wednesday May 04, 2011 - By David
Tamworth Pigs Rooting A question I always get from farmers who are considering raising hogs on pasture is, "how much will they root?" What they are really asking is how much damage are they going to inflict on my pastures? That's a good...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Tuesday April 26, 2011 - By David
Tamworth Pigs Plowing Here at Spring Hill Farms we don't like buying $4 a gallon gas anymore than you do. We don't like buying gasoline
or diesel at any price as far as that goes. That's one of the main
reasons we employed Tamworth pigs to renovate...
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Saturday April 23, 2011 - By Mona
We woke up this morning to the Winter That Just Won’t End .
Good thing I didn’t plant anything yesterday on Earth Day.
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Southern California Farmers Daughters -
Tuesday April 19, 2011 - By Aisling
Here are some questions for the food Purveyors:
Breads and sauces: All prepared foods are required to have a list of ingredients displayed on the product. There are some questions that you can ask to determine if the seller is the actuall maker of the...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Tuesday April 19, 2011 - By David
Tilling Pasture Pigs eat a lot of grass. Especially a bunch of Tamworth pigs that get fed limited amounts of grain. In order to keep our pastures full of good grass we sometimes over seed with different types of grasses. I ascribe to the saying...
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Southern California Farmers Daughters -
Friday April 15, 2011 - By Aisling
My Goodness it is HOT today! Well, not really but the quick change sure makes it feel like it. I can almost hear the grass growing. I put in some Tomato plants and Snap Peas today and drove over to see how our status is coming for Truly Local(tm). All of...
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At Home in Nature -
Tuesday April 05, 2011 - By Mary
Pasture rotation is key to the success of your animals. Animals will selectively graze, eating their favorite foods and leaving what they don’t like. This is how good pastureland turns into good yucca plantations! The cattle eat...
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Show Farm -
Monday April 04, 2011 - By Donny
This morning I had to repair the Pivot and 1/4 mile of fence. Some fool decided to drag race down the side road and ended up in the riverbed. Serves them right!
Looks like this place is going to open its gates by July. All the new foundations...
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Thursday March 31, 2011 - By Mona
The past few weeks have been mostly sunny days. Most of the snow is gone. Evenings are still below freezing so the ground is wet yet somewhat solid.
The alpacas have been running around the pasture, so happy not to be cooped up in...
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