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Old Folks At Home (Bees!)

Hurricane Farm   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Chris

Here is our newly painted hive awaiting arrival of Her Royal Highness, along with 10,000 or so faithful servants. They actually come in the mail, believe it or not! That's right, I used a lopped off black cherry tree trunk for the front...

The Schoolhouse -- One Year Later

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Teresa_2

What a difference a year makes!  One year ago today, the 120-year-old Center Hill-District 94/105 schoolhouse made the move to our farm from the Cass County fairgrounds.  We started out at around 9 a.m. when the schoolhouse, on...

These Eggs Rock

The Call Again Farm Journal   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Laura_6

Exciting news!  I saw the first of the turkey eggs rocking this morning!  Inside the egg, a few days before hatching, the chick (in this case, the baby turkey, or poult) breaks into the air cell at the big end of the egg and starts breathing the...

asparagus, lettuce and spinach

Overboe Farms   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Fran or Brian

April 21, 2009 Spring has sprung!  And the aspargus is sprouting daily--which means, we are harvesting this beautiful vegetable daily! Grown without chemicals, this is the best we have ever tasted.  We sometimes add raw asparagus to a salad for...

Stevia - Nature's sweetener and my favorite re...

Sharon Hubbs-Kreft, Herbalist - Amazing Grace Herbals LLC   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Sharon_3

Stevia is a South American herb that has been used as a sweetener by the Guarani Indians of Paraguay for hundreds of years. The leaves of this small, green Stevia rebaudiana plant have a delicious and refreshing taste that can be 100 times sweeter than sucrose...

4/21- Spring Explosion!

Greene Hills Farm   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Stephanie

Here in eastern Washington we get less rainfall than Phoenix, Arizona. Irrigation is vital! (Jamie calls it “irritation”). Once the district gets water into the canals (it comes from Cascade Mt. snow pack via the Yakima River), we get busy setting up all our...

Some Common Errors

F.A. Farm   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Walter_1

The April 19th issue of  Pacific Northwest , a Sunday magazine for the Seattle Times , featured an article by Tom Watson called "From Farm to Fork." This was quite a good article but  had a couple of flaws, which I mentioned in an email to...

Organic Certification with a clean game to play!

Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Mike

We have made it through all the complicated paperwork for our ORGANIC certification. All our Lavender, Produce, Woodlot, Soaps & Lotion will be certified by summer! The 20 farm acres fit all requirements. The years of documentation & no cigarette butts...

First Annual Summer Solstice Lavender Field Day

Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Mike

Sponsored by Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm WHEN: Saturday & Sunday,June 20, 21, 2009 WHERE: Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm, 2391 Martinsville Rd, Martinsville, OH 45146 TIME: 10am - 11pm Saturday,Sunday 10am - 7pm COST: FREE admittance, Fees apply...

Spring at Jandy's

Jandy's   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Jan_3

It's spring here on the farm at Jandy's! We have our hoophouses full with snap peas, cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, lettuce, spinach, radishes. Andy even has green beans popping through the ground. Our new asparagus beds are shooting up early asparagus...