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Outdoor christmas store

Blog: Sweet Pumpkins Farm Stand   -   Friday December 09, 2011   -   By Donna

Sweet Pumpkins Christmas Store!!! Now presenting our new outdoor store with beautiful affordable balsams firs, frasers firs, as well as balsam wreaths for your front door. Our lastest items are hand painted ornaments & hand...

Farmers Markets Need Local Farmers

Blog: Freedom To Grow Our Own Food   -   Sunday September 04, 2011   -   By Jason

Jason “Pepe” owner of locally based Pepe’s Plants is a man on a mission. He wants more people to start planting and harvesting sub tropical fruit and growing herbs and vegetables.   "Pepe" wants people to know that growing fruit trees is not...

A pecticide approved as "Environmentally safe" has...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Friday August 12, 2011   -   By Tony

Have you noticed that your pine trees etc..dying and wondered why? Wonder no more: http://www.lieffcabraser.com/environmental/case/484/dupont-imprelis-lawn-chemicalherbicide-and-tree-death-investigation?gclid=CM3DmfSWyqoCFQpY7Aodvnw   ...

The effect of climate change on trees

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Saturday June 04, 2011   -   By Mary

In their Consequences of climate change on the tree of life in Europe (24 February 2011, VOL 470 NATURE pg 531), the Doctors Wilfried Thuiller, Sebastien Lavergne, Cristina Roquet, Isabelle Boulangeat, Bruno Lafourcade & Miguel. B. Araujo report that...

A bite out of every radish!

Blog: Moonstruck Farms   -   Wednesday February 23, 2011   -   By Rowena

Well after all the winds and the snow this weekend I am ready for a little rest...but nonetheless things are always hopping around here and there is more snow on the way...time to figure out a better way to pull the snow off.  Some market gardeners are...

Here we go again

Blog: Harecrest Acres   -   Monday February 21, 2011   -   By Matman

Well the snow is still fallling but spring is just around the corner.  Christmas trees sold out fast last year, but we will have more for 2011! We still have a great stock of honey and all sizes and shapes. We are eager for a warm spell...

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Holiday Market and Final Market of 2010 at William...

Blog: Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Tuesday December 07, 2010   -   By WFM

Saturday, December 11, 2010 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The year-end Holiday Market at the Williamsburg Farmers Market will be held on December 11.   Reveille , William & Mary acappella singers, will entertain with festive...

FARM MARKET SALE- 505 N. Greene St., Greensboro, N...

Blog: Dodge Lodge Farm   -   Tuesday November 30, 2010   -   By Mike Causey

Local Milk Sale & EGGNOG & butter & ice cream -- made in Guilford County, NC by HOMELAND CREAMERY.   Location: Greensboro Downtown Farm Market, 505 N. Greene St., Greensboro, NC 27401  (336) 210-194  Hours: 9:00am - 6:00pm Mon...

Williamsburg Farmers Market Holiday Market

Blog: Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Tuesday November 23, 2010   -   By WFM

Saturday, November 27 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Over 30 vendors offer wreaths, trees, berries, forced bulbs, baked goods products for gift giving, produce, meat, seafood and more at this special Holiday Market at the Williamsburg Farmers...

Getting ready for the Christmas Tree and wreath se...

Blog: Hoffbauer's   -   Saturday October 16, 2010   -   By Lois

The Christmas trees are sheared and marked.  Waiting for Thanksgiving weekend to start to cut.  We've had a hard frost, so the balsam is ready to be cut for wreaths.  Looking forward for a great year!  Buy now for shipment in...

Spring has Sprung!

Blog: The Orchard at Apolloson Acres   -   Tuesday March 16, 2010   -   By Allison

Spring has sprung at Apolloson Acres.....sorta! The sun is out, the melted snow has left a swamp land, horse hair is flying and we're pruning our orchard!! Stay Tuned for more frequent updates....and pictures if we can get the uploader to...

The Sap Flows!

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Monday February 22, 2010   -   By Chris

It took only a few hours and a sunny morning to get about 100 taps in.  We dug out the buckets, lids, tools, and spouts, loaded up the trucks, and headed across town to the sugar bush. The owners of the land that we use have been hard at work...

Bringin' In the Wood...Maple Anyone?

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Thursday February 18, 2010   -   By Chris

With the roof on, the trees tapped, and SNOW in the forecast, it was time to bring in some of our dry firewood. Our design of a post/pole building leaves plenty of open room for the sunshine, for fresh air and ventilation, and for stacking...

Farm stories

Blog: Riverbottom Orchard and Vineyard   -   Sunday January 24, 2010   -   By Dianne

Well this afternoon I assembled some tools and things to protect trees from rabbits put it on my sled and set off into the orchard.  Found that most of my trees had minor damage.  However, there was rabbit poop around the trees so those that where...

Farm stories

Blog: Riverbottom Orchard and Vineyard   -   Sunday January 24, 2010   -   By Dianne

Yestarday I went to inspect my fruit trees after a brutal couple of weeks of winter weather.  We have had three blizzards and I lost count on the ice storms.   We received 40 inches of snow I now that other place get more.  We live on the...

My Tree Spirits: Bruce, Abner, and Ralph

Blog: Morgan Botanicals   -   Wednesday January 13, 2010   -   By Jessica

Amongst our yard live three of the strongest souls I know: My tree spirits, Bruce, Abner, and Ralph. Our trees live in what is called "The Avenue of Faces" which is a row of several dozen carved trees and stumps in and across the street from City...

Hogs On Apples

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Monday May 18, 2009   -   By Chris

We still have not uploaded the photos from the weekend, but here are some to hold us all over for a little while. Here we have some hogs--snouts sullied--after a hard afternoon's rooting session. They have cleared all of the land for our...

Spring has Sprung

Blog: An apple a day   -   Sunday May 03, 2009   -   By Ken

I'm not much of a blogger--you can see that from the long time between posts, but as I walked the orchard yesterday I thought "this is worth writing about."   Despite the picture on my listing page, the trees are not blooming yet, but...

The new trees are in!

Blog: The Berry Patch   -   Monday April 13, 2009   -   By Mary Pat and Jason

Well, we have been waiting all year for these trees and we finally picked them up on Saturday. 41 to be exact. We got the best trees we could get our hands on and drove 4 hours to get them too. It was just like picking up an adopted child or something! Our day...

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