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Red Clover: Herb, Plant, Food

Morgan Botanicals   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Jessica_7

Trifolium pratense, or red clover is one of the most useful remedies for children and adults alike, not to mention the tasty treats you can make. If your lucky enough to find this clover growing you’ll want to pick them in the morning just after the dew has...

What can you say bad about LAVENDER? ------ ...

So Succulent Gardens   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Blossomfarm

There is evidence of lavender being used for centuries, in Egyptian times in perfumes and massage oils. The Greeks used lavender as medicine during the first century AD. The Romans used lavender to scent the public baths where it was believed to...

Planting Tomatoes

Hanging Mountian Farms LLC   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Ted and Carlene

                              Planting Tomatoes, How I do it Last night before the rain I planted the first...

Plants are started

Edge of the Woods Farm   -   Apr 21, 2009 - By Dana_1

Planting in the spring has always been a wonderful time of the year for me.   Enjoying nature and watching how she can take something so tiny and simple and turn it into a wonderful plant that can give you a wonderful tasteful piece of fruit and/or...

An Unreliable Incubator

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

Grrrrrrr!  The incubator that I'm using for the chicken eggs makes me mad!  I cannot get the temperature to stabilize, and now I'm seeing the consequences.  Dianna and I did twelfth day candling today, and we had to get rid of twenty-one...

Spring Chicken (and Turkey and Goose...) -- And Wh...

Hurricane Farm   -   Apr 20, 2009 - By Chris

At last!  Click, click, click.  Tap, tap, tap.  Peep, peep, peep! Hey, what's that sound in there? Hey look!  That one is trying to escape!  Quick, catch it! Here is our nice, clean, and organized brooding area. ...

Thick with Chicken Coops

Hurricane Farm   -   Apr 20, 2009 - By Chris

It has been a busy several days here.  With school vacation last week, there were lots of projects to finish up, continue, and start. Erica and the kids were able to get all the seeds started in a small indoor greenhouse, we tilled the garden and...

LOCALLY GROWN HEALTH FOOD RECIPES that cool you DO...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Apr 20, 2009 - By Tony_1

Summer is visiting us soon this year  in Florida .The draught has added to the vulnerability of our VEGGIE gardens not to mention the hurricane season that officially starts in June. Forget about it! Here are some good news for those of you who...

Mother Day Is a LAVENDERFUL DAY! FREE GIFT! ORDER...

So Succulent Gardens   -   Apr 20, 2009 - By Blossomfarm

MOTHERS DAY IS JUST THREE WEEKS AWAY. SO IF YOU ORDER EARLY BY April 30 through Local Harvest, Any of our GARDEN gift baskets or ANY OF our LAVENDER gift collections your MOM will receive a FREE LAVENDER SACHET or 1/4...

Well it truly appears spring has sprung as the saying goes.We have used over 1/4 th of the garden space already planting all kinds of yummy vegetables including spinach, lettuce, carrots, onions, kale, collards, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower.Amazing how...