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Blog: Debbie's Garden   -   Monday September 05, 2011   -   By Chickadee1

Wow...finally! It's been over three very hot weeks since we've seen rain....it started slow Sunday afternoon, with a few drizzles - the finally gave way to real rain last night! I know all the trees and plants are very happy to be drinking it in. ...

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Anybody getting any rain?

Blog: Debbie's Garden   -   Wednesday August 31, 2011   -   By Chickadee1

If you are getting rain, consider yourself blessed....we have not had rain fall in my area for over two weeks! And when it did rain last, it was a mere shower...nothing substantial. Even the grass is beginning to look parched! Grrr i'm over this...

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Wonderful Summer Doldrums

Blog: Kings Roaming Angus Farm   -   Tuesday August 09, 2011   -   By Andrew

My first Blog posting here.  Let's see how it goes.  I send email to my customer lists in Hastings on the Hudson, and in Chappaqua every once in a while.  Maybe I will start using this. We just returned home from the Cobleskill Fair this...

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Rain, Finally!

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Friday July 29, 2011   -   By Emily

Another crazily busy week here on the farm, but that is just July for you!  We were so happy that the oppressive, 100+ degrees temperatures broke, but most days we're still seeing upper 80's and into the 90's, so with the humidity it sure feels like...

The Market's 9th Anniversary and Independence Day ...

Blog: Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Tuesday June 28, 2011   -   By WFM

Saturday, July 2, 2011 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Special events to celebrate the Williamsburg Farmers Market’s 9th anniversary and Independence Day will feature the annual Chef Cook-Off led by Chef Renny Parziale, Tap Root and the Virginia Chefs...

Finally it RAINED..in S.Florida.Thank you Father H...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Monday June 27, 2011   -   By Tony

Why th eNews papers always sound the ALARM and print SAD news most of the TIME?This is making us turn off the TV and RADIO and NEWS PAPER and start employing our heads and hands in the garden.The news are bountiful and beautiful from the S.Florida garden.The...

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Rain sweet rain

Blog: J&J Produce   -   Friday May 27, 2011   -   By Diamond

The title says it all. We finally received some rain yesterday evening and some more today. What a relief from all the hot weather we have ben experiencing. Don't get me wrong I love the hot weather of summer , but enough is enough . It's not even June yet and...

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Boulder Belt Farm Share Initiative vol 3 issue 3

Blog: Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Tuesday May 10, 2011   -   By Lucy

      We had a visit this past weekend from a friend of mine from high school who got a Ph.D in Botany and than decided he would rather farm and now has a CSA in Wisconsin. His visit gave us much to think about. He runs his farm very...

Beans are fun!

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Tuesday April 26, 2011   -   By Mary

Normally, we don't encourage people to play with their food.  But there are exptions.  When the weather is too bad to go outside, have a fun day of games and crafts inside!     Have you ever made a rainstick? ...

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Plant Sale this Saturday in Marietta

Blog: Debbie's Garden   -   Thursday April 21, 2011   -   By Chickadee1

Happy Spring!  We had some more rain last night, which we needed (don't we almost always need rain?)  Been digging up the yard for the plant sale.....I am reminding all the locals that the plant sale is this Saturday April 23, please see my page...

Acid Rain

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Sunday April 10, 2011   -   By Mary

Acid rain is a reality for farmers, and every human being. In Colorado, acid rain has been responsible for damage to our lands since before the 1980’s, and Rocky Mountain National Park (among other areas, including the Black Forest and Elbert County)...

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Plant Sale and Move soon!

Blog: Debbie's Garden   -   Tuesday March 15, 2011   -   By Chickadee1

We are getting some more rain here in Marietta, GA - the plants are loving it!  I will be very busy soon, digging up plants and dividing them for my plant sale , and for my move !  I will be moving myself and my business to Dallas, GA in about 6...

We Needed It!

Blog: Debbie's Garden   -   Sunday March 06, 2011   -   By Chickadee1

We sure needed the rain we are getting this weekend in Marietta! Making things poke up out of the ground further and green up! My small patch of kale, collards and arugula are looking good!  Fig tree has buds....and the blueberry bushes, too! Can't...

More rain!!

Blog: Moonstruck Farms   -   Wednesday December 29, 2010   -   By Rowena

They forecasted rain...and it is raining...what a concept...something new to us here in the High Desert!.  Here I have had the rain collecting system last on the list and it should have been first!!  We have had more rain in the last 2 weeks than in...

Water ..water at every water ...GATE ,but no drop...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday October 06, 2010   -   By Tony

As the rivers flood ..As the sky pours.. we run and take refuge ,  .Mother Earth has its own reasoning for flooding or raining .For those acts of nature man declares DISASTOR and  emergency to receive funds money . Assuming that  the...

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Finally!

Blog: Debbie's Garden   -   Saturday July 03, 2010   -   By Chickadee1

Hi, hope everyone is having a great day so far! I have been getting some MUCH NEEDED garden time today, taking a break for a few minutes. We had some good rain yesterday, finally, after about a week of scorching temps.....the basil had to go in the shade for a...

Rain on a Hot Tin Roof

Blog: Mott Family Farm   -   Friday July 02, 2010   -   By Shelley

The sound of rain on our metal roof is one of my simplest pleasures. Many times it comes after a long, hot, humid day bringing relief and an (almost) audible sigh. Once the storms have passed, the water still trickles and drips off the roof as the frogs begin...

Boulder Belt Farm Share Inititiative vol 2 issue 9...

Blog: Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Thursday June 24, 2010   -   By Lucy

      Greetings, Well it's been a much better week. The herbicided plants have, for the most part recovered. I think we will lose some snow peas but not an entire bed and since snow peas tend to over produce this may be a good thing,...

More rain

Blog: Pine Needle Farm   -   Wednesday June 16, 2010   -   By Ann

It just keeps on raining.  We have an inch now, and it's still coming down.  It let up for a couple of hours this afternoon, so I let the goats out for a while.     Since I was inside, I did some spinning, crocheting and cheese...

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