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Bare Naked Honey Farm   -   Dec 15, 2010 - By Mabe

December 15, 2010  Another Wisconsin winter is decidedly upon us!  Over a foot of snow in one day and drifts several feet high.  Luckily, Uber Hubby  plowed, blew, and shoveled all day so that I would have paths to the barn, bees, and...

What's in your Chicken?

Spring Hill Farms   -   Dec 15, 2010 - By David_8

  In my opinion one of the worst meats you can buy in the grocery these days is chicken. It is one of the most adulterated meats in the store!  Laced with residues and other products deliberately added to enhance flavor, you would greatly enhance...

Feeding Hogs Something Other Than Corn

Spring Hill Farms   -   Dec 14, 2010 - By David_8

Tamworth Pig If you've read many of my posts you know I love old books on farming and especially pigs. I have a pretty good collection dating back as far as 1883. I've bid on books on some auction sites older than that but they end up being...

SNOW!

For Dragonflies And Me   -   Dec 14, 2010 - By Neil & Jean

GOOD MORNING! FINALLY GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY.  WE ARE SNOWED IN.  12 INCHES OF SNOW & SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 5 FEET!  I JUST CANNOT MAKE MYSELF LIKE WINTER.  IT'S ONLY FOR MY CHILDREN I TRY TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT.   THEY...

Our field harvest yesterday was remarkably well attended and those that came out had some great questions for the butcher! They got a lesson in live wt. vs hanging wt. & how to "judge" a carcass for quality. What I feel was the biggest lesson...

Thank you to all our Local Harvest Customers!

Bear Foot Honey Farm   -   Dec 14, 2010 - By Cheryl

You may have found it strange that a honey shop has many of there varieties sold out. This is in part to YOU our loyal honey customers who have been enjoyed many of our delicious varieties, and also in part to the weather. It was a cold year in 2010; in fact...

The Fiber Twelve Days of Christmas

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Dec 14, 2010 - By Mona

On the twelfth day of Stitch-mas, my true love gave to me: Twelve knitters knitting Eleven cones a’ winding Ten orders shipping Nine rugs a’ hooking Eight yarns a’ dyeing Seven needles felting Six sample cards Five spinning wheels!!! ...

Baby its COLD outside

Ebersole Cattle Company   -   Dec 14, 2010 - By ShanenEbersole

Well, we avoided the weather for an extra month.  But Mother Nature shure wolloped us this weekend.  She blew in 30 degrees colder with blizzard conditions.  So when most people were snug inside staying toasty - most of us farmers &...

The End of Meat Season

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Dec 14, 2010 - By Emily

The last major farm task for the year is over now.  This weekend we filled our freezer pork orders, and everything is cut, wrapped and frozen,  We're just waiting on the hams & bacons now, as the smoking process takes about a week longer....

Uhgh Winter Time

Our City Farm   -   Dec 14, 2010 - By Jeri

It is soooo cold. The hens won't leave the coop and I don't really blame them. Yesterday, I made them some special oatmeal with alfalfa, nuts, corn and seeds. They gobbled it up in a matter of minutes. An hour later, two beautiful eggs were laid. Those...