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"Merry Christmas to all........and to all a Good Night." Soon the seed catalogues will start arriving and we will begin planning the spring 2011 garden. But until then, Enjoy the Christmas season and may God bless you and yours in the coming New...

Brie en Croute with Walnuts and Pears

Wild Things Farm   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By Terry_5

Two posts in one day?  Well, it's COLD outside and a friend just asked me to send her this recipe I prepared a couple of years ago for a Thanksgiving appetizer, so I decided to "blog" it to share with others, because it's a really good...

Henry's Home!

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By Mona

Henry has now been thinking it’s a fun thing to jump in and out of Val’s van, and yesterday, he and Cowboy came home.  The ‘meet and greet’ went just fine and all is calm and well here.  The best part of all is that he lets me hug him!

The Tamworth Breed History - Another Take

Spring Hill Farms   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By David_8

Tamworth Boar circa 1914 The Tamworth is probably the purest of the modern breeds of swine, it having been improved more largely by selection and care than by the introduction of the blood of other breeds. One historian claims that the...

Great Use for Leftover Ham

Wild Things Farm   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By Terry_5

Okay, so the holidays aren't approaching, we're surrounded!  One of my favorites during the holidays is ham.  Happy hoer LOVES ham, especially country ham.  This recipe doesn't use country ham though, it's a great way to use up...

It is soggy today so after fixing the fence where the billy escaped I went to De Jongs Dairy to visit Santa and his cow! The dairy is about 2 miles from here and sells milk right on site. Herman has a calf in the hay barn and Santa is there too! It is so nice...

A Secret Ingredient for your Water Trough

Spring Hill Farms   -   Dec 18, 2010 - By David_8

Clean Water Water. A crucial element of life. We spend hundreds even thousands of dollars to ensure we have clean pure water for ourselves and our families. It makes up 75% of our bodies. What about our livestock?  How clean is the water you...

Pomegranate--The Other Red Fruit

McFadden Ranch   -   Dec 18, 2010 - By Marilyn and Jim

Every holiday season our family prepares several large and beautiful meals.  At the crack of dawn, the aroma of rosemary and sage, and of citrus and cloves, begins to fill the house.  Tables are set with simple yet elegant style using cotton...

New Greenhouse to Keep Vegetables Growing

Family Farms CSA   -   Dec 17, 2010 - By Foster

Foster Fogarty's Family Farms CSA moved his operations inside the other day.   The freeze, which stopped agriculture production over much of North Texas, will not stop operations at Family Farms CSA. Family Farms CSA, east of Sherman,...

The Hens Are Coming

Family Farms CSA   -   Dec 17, 2010 - By Foster

The chicks arrived and are growing.  Soon they will be hens and laying eggs for Foster Fogarty's Family Farms CSA, east of Sherman, Texas. These hens will be fed organic food and cared for in a way no big-time commercial egg mill will ever care for...