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Free Range Chicken and Geese Eggs $7/chicken $6.,1...

M's Organic Sustainable Farm   -   Mar 20, 2016 - By MM

M's Organic Farm is partnering for Organic Chicken and Geese Eggs to sold off the farm in Woodstock.   You pick up Must purchase 2 dozen at a time.  They are fresh and will last months.   Interested?  Please email me. ...

Earliest season of sprouted seed.

Freshski's   -   Mar 20, 2016 - By Greg_5

Rainy weekend brought these seeds to life - English and snap peas, radishes, turnips, spinach, lettuce, mustards, mizuna, collards, beets, carrots, orach, endive, escarole, tot soi, bok choi and cress.

Manuka vs. Malaleuca! Which Honey is Which and Why...

What's the Buzz?   -   Mar 19, 2016 - By Marcie

The other day I made a startling discovery! Malaleuca, which is common in South Florida where I have my hives, and MANUKA are closely related!!! Some folks even felt that they were exactly the same…..my beekeeping partner actually stopped labeling some of our...

Gunga Galunga CSA Week 14

The Harvest Bee Blog   -   Mar 19, 2016 - By K.T.

Good Mornin' Friends: In college I was always taught the less you say the better. So, I apologize ahead of time for informing that advice today ??. I owe so much to this group for what you have meant to this first year of biodynamic farming for me. When I...

It's All About Being Green

Marshfield Farmers' Market   -   Mar 18, 2016 - By Lorrie

All about the Green. It’s all “Green” this month at the Farmers’ Market without being Irish.  Instead it has to do with being environmentally responsible, growing things, saving money, and more. March can be fickle.  It can offer warm days...

Chicken and Turkey Season has begun!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Mar 16, 2016 - By Rowena

As you can tell by the frequency of our posts we have been a little busy on the farm, and that is good news because we are growing!!  At the present time we are busy getting all the vegetable transplants and flower baskets ready for market and farm sales...

Gunga Galunga CSA Week 13

The Harvest Bee Blog   -   Mar 12, 2016 - By K.T.

Good Morning, Friends: As the pollen season continues to wreak havoc on those of us with allergies, I couldn't help but think about the yin and yang of the whole thing. What is causing some of us to literally blow the insides out of our noses and mouths (I...

Just started and ended

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Mar 09, 2016 - By Michael_3

   The sugar season just started and now it is over in our neck of the woods. With the warm weather(days and nights being above freezing) it has brought an end to the 2016 tapping season here.     Surprising enough the number of...

Spring Update 2016

Freshski's   -   Mar 07, 2016 - By Greg_5

Expecting a lot of rain this week. Good thing we planted on all of the good days over the past three weekends. So far in the ground we have four 50 yard rows of assorted greens including lettuces, spinach, collards, mustards, mizunas, arugulas, and endive. ...

It's Maple Season -The trees are tapped!

Swiss'er Sweet Maple   -   Mar 05, 2016 - By Barbara_2

Swiss'er Sweet Maple's trees are tapped and we are waiting for our first run of maple sap! Did you know that it takes about 40 gallons of maple sap to make 1 Gallon of maple syrup?  It is true!  Sap only has about 2% sugar and could be...