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Gorgeous weather!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Jan 18, 2011 - By Rowena

I am sure everyone here in So Ca is talking about the same thing...the warm weather!!  We hit the 70s here and it felt like 100 because we just came out of the 30-40s. I worked in the greenhouse until noon yesterday and I gained the extra bonus of a...

Joel Salatin in Chico Presented By Chaffin Family ...

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 18, 2011 - By Poly

Joel Salatin in Chico Presented By Chaffin Family Orchards Time Monday, January 17 · 5:30pm - 9:00pm Location Chico Masonic Family Center 1110 West East Avenue ...

How to Build Hoop Houses : Greenhouse & Hoop House...

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 18, 2011 - By Poly

How to Build Hoop Houses : Greenhouse & Hoop House Irrigation click for short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j09zP84boM&feature=related

How To Grow Wheatgrass- Simple and Cheap

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 18, 2011 - By Poly

How to grow wheatgrass, simple and cheap! Click for short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL0URJcZF8w

The slow days of winter

Spring Hill Farm   -   Jan 18, 2011 - By Camille

Happy New Year!  There's the old saying, "Don't quit your day job". Most days I'm glad I haven't, but then I get a wonderful day off like today (Martin Luther King, Jr.) and then all of a sudden, I wish I could work at home all...

A Rainy Day

Painted Pony Ranch Micro-farm   -   Jan 17, 2011 - By Gary_1

The rains have come.  These days remind me of the weather in Ohio where for 9 months out of the year we lived in the clouds it seemed.  The temperatures here are, however, several degrees warmer.  Our share subscription campaign is underway and...

Yesterday was our first day back at the Murrieta Farmers Market. It was great to see all of our market friends! Now that there is room on the permit for us things should just keep clicking along. Our county changed their interpretation of the Veterans...

Cabin Fever

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Jan 17, 2011 - By Mona

Although, perhaps with the alpacas we should refer to this as ‘Barn Fever.’   It’s the dead of winter, lots of snow on the ground, the days are barely above zero, and any slight breeze is simply bone-chilling.  Usually people just remain inside...

Poison-Free Poultry: Why Arsenic Doesn't Belon...

Spring Hill Farms   -   Jan 17, 2011 - By David_8

Snow Bird! I have been talking about how unhealthy chicken is from the conventional store forever it seems like. Just in case your not convinced, here is yet another report on just how bad it is. Spring Hill Farms pastured poultry is not fed roxarsone...

Brrrr....Happy New Year!!

Debbie's Garden   -   Jan 16, 2011 - By Chickadee1

Hi all, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR from Marietta, Georgia.  A week ago we got the worse snow storm we've had in a long time! I got about five (5!!) inches at my house, my daughter received 6 inches and she's thirty minutes north of me.  Not a...