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Wild brassicas blooming on the palmer divide

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Sunday May 22, 2011   -   By Mary

The wild brassicas are flowering on the Palmer divide, which indicates with extreme certainty one of the two following possibilities: either the last frost has happened, or the plants are senseless.   Certainly this has been something of a crazy year...

Providing for the needs of wildlife begins at home

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Sunday May 22, 2011   -   By Mary

When planning landscaping or your garden, remember the wild creatures – especially those that migrate.     By planting native species, you are likely providing necessary food and or shelter to these animals.   You can also then better enjoy...

ramps "wild leeks"

Blog: Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Monday March 21, 2011   -   By Michael

   Our sap season is coming to an end, but a wonderful surprise has happened. Ramps are growing--these things are like little onions with spinach attached. We cook them in olive oil and butter till they are carmeled and then eat like a king....

Eating "Wild" from Your Yard

Blog: Rocking A Sustainable Farm   -   Thursday March 17, 2011   -   By Harlan and Lori

 I am homeschooling our 5th grade son this year, so we are constantly looking for ways to find excitement outside of the textbooks! Being the only two humans around for miles for the majority of the day can be tiresome! Since our family loves to...

Time to "RAMP" it up1

Blog: Penzance Farm & Garden   -   Tuesday February 22, 2011   -   By Gwenyth

Well, the time is coming up shortly when Miss Jane and I will be on the lookout for WILD LEEKS!  Formally known as “Ramps”.  At some horrendous price like $16.99 a pound at WHOLE FOODS I’m deterimined to find some locally to pick.  Miss Jane...

Frantic Mama

Blog: Wild Things Farm   -   Tuesday July 13, 2010   -   By Terry

This morning on the way to the garden I heard an unusual amount of tiny chirping noises that seemed like they were coming from all around.  I looked down and almost stepped on this:   Teeny tiny baby bird just out of the nest ...

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Chanterelles, and more chanterelles...

Blog: The Hoosier Mushroom Co.   -   Monday June 28, 2010   -   By Stephen

Chanterelle season has started in our area, and there are many different kinds of them out in the woods right now. These mushrooms are sought after and hunted worldwide for their prized flavor, and we are lucky to have them growing in abundance in our...

Wild Foods Scavenger Hunt: June

Blog: Catbird Griddle   -   Thursday June 03, 2010   -   By Catbird

Eating local food doesn't always mean going to a farmers' market or growing your own. Forget clipping coupons if you want to save a few bucks on food: amazing and abundant wild food grows all around us. Even a roadside weed can prove to be a real (super...

Tomatoes that may thrive in late blight conditions

Blog: Ebenezer Hill Gardens   -   Thursday May 27, 2010   -   By Debbie

Because of the late blight scourge of last year, I am growing transplants this year of a variety called Legend, which was developed by Dr. Baggett at the U. of Oregon.  According to several sources which you can find on the Web, this tomato exhibits...

Who Dat Nation and Oil Spill

Blog: Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Tuesday May 25, 2010   -   By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

I thought some of you may be interested in the Teletown Hall meeting that the National Wildlife Federation is having to inform people about the possible damage to wildlife and how people can help deal with the Gulf Oil Spill.  The following if information...

How best to enjoy wild foods

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Thursday May 13, 2010   -   By Mary

One of the best ways to appreciate the changing of the seasons is to get a CSA membership and, as the parade of flavors passes by your plate, even a casual observer can take notice that nature provides exactly what we're hungry for when we're hungry for it. ...

Are you ready for THIS?

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Sunday May 09, 2010   -   By Mary

Louis Pasteur said that fortune only favors the prepared mind and some of the foods and medicines and other useful things that we harvest and grow might take some preparation.  Not only in the kitchen, but in your mind.  It may seem strange at first...

Are you ready for THIS?

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Sunday May 09, 2010   -   By Mary

Louis Pasteur said that fortune only favors the prepared mind and some of the foods and medicines and other useful things that we harvest and grow might take some preparation.  Not only in the kitchen, but in your mind.  It may seem strange at first...

Haven on Earth

Blog: Ward Hilltop Farm   -   Friday December 04, 2009   -   By LuvPats

Fourth generation farmers, we delight in building a traditional country farm atmosphere.  A 'haven on earth', hillsides surround us speckled with cattle, as well as wildlife and birds attracted by Conservation Reserve Program acreage strewn with prairie...

Wild Turkey News

Blog: Bunchgrass Farm   -   Friday September 11, 2009   -   By arbortender

The turkeys are growing big and happy. This time of year, we're letting them graze selected runs in the main vegetable garden. The chocolate turkeys have proven more succeptible to local predators than have their Rio Grand wild turkey cousins. Looks like...

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Jewelweed

Blog: Portage River Farm   -   Tuesday July 28, 2009   -   By John

I have had an interest in wild plants for most of my life. Throughout my late teen and college years, I spent countless hours (that I probably should have been studying!) wandering the fields and woods with identification guides in hand. I still have hundreds...

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Raspberry Pickin'

Blog: Portage River Farm   -   Saturday July 11, 2009   -   By John

Yesterday morning, the boys and I headed out into our woo ds to pick some black raspberries. I had noticed some canes coming up in the springtime in the woods near our chicken coop but had not been back in that area since. When we arrived at the edge...

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Wild Wild Way

Blog: The Wild Wild way   -   Saturday June 27, 2009   -   By Irishgal

Hello, i am looking for the blogger ( The Wild Way)? who seems to be my twin. In fact when I read his or her blog, I thought i was reading my own. Our lives and our history are so exact that I would love to chat sometime. A kindred Canadian...signed...

Young Turkeys In The Pasture 2009

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Sunday June 14, 2009   -   By Poly

Young Turkeys in the pasture.    

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