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Temecula Farmers Market Vendors vs Farmers

Rainbow Ranch Farms - Jan 19, 2011 - By Poly

A small farmers market, located in beautiful down town, old town Temecula. Sat. 8:00am - 12:30pm corner of 6th and front street. Below you will find a list of farmers, Ancillary retail re-sellers and artisan vendors. If you would like more details...

What a snow season that was

Goat Milk Bath and Beauty - Jan 19, 2011 - By pat@sleepingdogranch.com

I say WAS because we're hoping that the snow is all gone for the season. Those of us who made it through the season are stronger and our hearts are with the goats that didn't make it. Each passing has been logged in our chronicle of lessons learned. ...

Time to Buy Your Fertilizer

F.A. Farm - Jan 19, 2011 - By Walter_1

I was browsing in the Whatcom Farmers Co-op in Bellingham today and checked on fertilizer prices. Whitney Farms complete organic fertilizer 5-5-5 (i.e. 5% Nitrogen, 5% Phosporous, 5% Potassium) was still at a low price. We had bought some bags for...

Yahoo polyethylene is here!!

Moonstruck Farms - Jan 19, 2011 - By Rowena

Woke up to another beautiful day!! Watched my teenage daughter walk to the gate with every last chicken following her (left the coop door open last night so they were happy to come out with the sun). She does not really like the chickens so it started my...

Change Your Good Shoes Before Going In With The Pi...

Dark Water Ranch - Jan 18, 2011 - By shepherd

It pays to remember what you're wearing before you start doing your chores. I was running late yesterday - I had to go to town for some things. I got home and I knew it was later than the normal time that I do chores. Everybody on the farm was hollering...

What to do with a pack of Cub Scouts

MM Livestock Co - Jan 18, 2011 - By Megan_3

Yesterday was MLK Day and in the spirit of service, an entire pack of Cub Scouts descended on the home farm. 30 boys under 10. We made trash sticks and lined all the boys up at the street fence, each was given a trash bag and told, "Whoever gets to the...

Food Riots in Tunisia, Food Pricing, and Food Secu...

F.A. Farm - Jan 18, 2011 - By Walter_1

[NOTE: It has been many months since I blogged on this site and I think it is time I get back to it. I have a lot of back-logged writings that I will post here.] It has been clear for some time that the Tunisian riots have a strong food price component. Here...

Papaya: More Than Just A Digestive Enzyme

Morgan Botanicals - Jan 18, 2011 - By Jessica_7

The papaya has been regarded as one of the most valuable of tropical fruits and was first cultivated in Mexico several centuries before the emergence of the Mesoamerian classic cultures, but is native to the tropics of the Americas. Christopher Columbus...

Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms discusses grass-fed...

Rainbow Ranch Farms - Jan 18, 2011 - By Poly

Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms discusses grass-fed cattle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIcfh2UqV8

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