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RAMP up your CSA at Sat. April 1 Market!
Salamander Springs Farm/Permaculture Organics - Apr 01, 2017 - By Susana
Hello CSAers! Our first outdoor market is Saturday April 1 and ramp season has begun! This wonderful spring ephemeral "wild leek" of the forest only lasts until early May so if you'd like to "ramp up" your 2017...
Winter of 2017
Jandy's - Mar 31, 2017 - By Jan_3
The Winter of 2017 has been an interesting one, as I'm sure you'll all agree. Here in Ohio, it's been extremely mild. Even with an occasional spell of bitter cold, all in all we had little snow and higher than normal temperatures. Unfortunately...
Sure is rainy and cold
Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Mar 31, 2017 - By Laura_1
Greetings shareholders and friends of Abbe Hills Farm, Market tomorrow morning, 10:00 until noon at the Community Center in Mt. Vernon. We’re going to stay home, but I expect there will be coffee, bakery, meat, and eggs from the other...
Seeds for Spring Planting...
Green Journey Seeds - Mar 30, 2017 - By Aline
Heirloom Fragrant Bi-colored Sweet Peas As the rain clouds disperse and soil saturation lessens, we prepare the garden for not so early plantings of our favorite flowers, edibles and medicinal herbs. Heirloom Sweet Peas sown in pots in the greenhouse in...
Hollyhock seeds are fine for chooks
Greenleaf Farms - Mar 28, 2017 - By Suki
Found this old article from 1920 in the New York Times archives about using hollyhock seeds (rose of sharon) for poultry. Hollyhocks put out alot of seeds during the bloom, shake those stamens, and you can safely give it to the chickens. Of course...
New Amber Eye Sunflower Mix for 2017
Green Journey Seeds - Mar 25, 2017 - By Aline
http://www.localharvest.org/sunflower-mix-amber-eye-seed-packet-C28201 Freshly packed for your organic flower gardens! Visit our store to see all the seed listings for 2017.
2017 Seed List
Green Journey Seeds - Mar 21, 2017 - By Aline
Look for these 2017 seed packets in our Localharvest store ! All varieties are also available as seed greeting cards. Amaranth, Elephant Head heirloom Amaranthus andeana 50 seeds Amaranth, Love Lies...
countdown to CSA season starts now
Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Mar 17, 2017 - By Laura_1
Greetings shareholders and friends of Abbe Hills Farm, Market tomorrow morning at the Community Center in Mt. Vernon, 10:00 until noon. Eggs, meat, vegetables, coffee, bakery, soup mixes, crafts, black walnuts, wine maybe - please check it...
Spring is here again
The Harvest Farm - Mar 11, 2017 - By Kim_2
Spring is here again, or did we really have a winter at all? We have been really busy this season working on closing in our hoop houses to give us more reliable temperature control for growing during the cooler months. We have also added another...
Grass Fed, Pastured Ground Beef Now Available!!
Stone Hedge Farm - Mar 10, 2017 - By Ralph_1
This is the whole steer, made into ground beef. All the best cuts, all the steaks, all the roasts. No grain! No hormones, antibiotics, herbicides, or pesticides. USDA inspected. $7.00 per lb. $6.50 per lb. $6.00 per lb. for 20 lbs. or more Beef that is good...