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Walkers Fresh Veggies -
Tuesday January 31, 2012 - By Mark & Carolyn
Walkers Fresh Veggies - CSA February 2012 Newsletter Hi Everyone! I just did an inventory of seeds I have on hand left over from last year and found I have the following seeds available to plant (these are additional crops not listed in my previous...
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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...
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Irv and Shelly's Fresh Picks -
Friday March 11, 2011 - By Shelly
It happens to all of us at some point. You open your fridge and see that the veggies are stockpiling up faster than you can get to them. And you know that you’ve got a certain amount of time before you must “use ‘em or lose ‘em.” Don’t fret and don’t toss...
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Fitzgerald's Family Farm, LLC -
Sunday February 27, 2011 - By Sharon
Last winter, I tried layering carrots with sand between them in a big plastic container and put the container in my basement. I kept wondering how I still had a few fruit flies in the late fall? Then, long before the spring came around, I poured a...
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Spices and Herbs by Elaynn -
Saturday February 26, 2011 - By Elaynn
All parts of the pokeweed are poisonous, with the highest concentrations in the rootstock. The leaves and stems are next in toxicity, and the berries have the smallest amount of poison. Pokeweed contains phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin, which are poisonous...
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Wall Flower Studio Garden -
Sunday April 18, 2010 - By Karen
You can't beat Beets!
Beet " Chioggia " , also called the "Bulls Eye beet" for obvious reasons is an Italian heirloom dating back to the 1840's. The Chioggia Beet has a mild flavour and it's...
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Double Oak Farm -
Friday January 08, 2010 - By Lori
It is cold and snowy outside today. The pond is frozen over. The ice
is over 6 inches thick and with low’s below zero predicted that won’t be
changing soon. The deer just ate the last of the kale I was saving in
the garden. So where in the...
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Portage River Farm -
Wednesday October 07, 2009 - By John
If necessity is the mother of invention, then not planning ahead is the mother of necessity. About a week ago we had a very hard frost that killed just about everything in the garden. What remains are the cold weather crops, the winter squash, and the root...
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Eaters' Guild -
Tuesday January 13, 2009 - By Laurie
Hello~ It's a snowshoe winter. We're planning to be on schedule today (tuesday), no changes here. Post-holiday, we're finding the reprieve willed upon us by the season nice--outright quiet at times. This last week we added another sprout to offer some...
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Appalachian Forest Herbs -
Wednesday November 12, 2008 - By Jerie
I wanted to harvest yellow root and ginseng this year, but don't know how to use it.