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Welcome!

Harvest Thyme Farm & Market   -   Apr 11, 2009 - By Dawn

Welcome to Harvest Thyme Farm & Market!  We are a country gem nestled in the midst of Amish Country in Northeast Ohio.  What started out as a simple pumpkin stand now encompasses a Veggie Shed & gift shop featuring whimsies and what-nots made...

Spring is here in Colorado

Dragonfly Farms   -   Apr 11, 2009 - By Teresa_3

Spring in Colorado is a great time and a very busy time for us here on the farm.  We have already planted carrots and peas and the greenhouse is growing strong.  This week was spent prepping our rows and setting up the drip lines in the upper...

They're Baaaack!

Yeager Farms Produce   -   Apr 11, 2009 - By Kathy_10

It's hard to believe the market season is almost upon us.  The propagation shed is full, the little high tunnel has been retrofitted to be a cold frame and the tomatoes are being hardened off to be planted this weekend in the high tunnel known as Mama...

Good Friday

Debbie's Garden   -   Apr 10, 2009 - By Chickadee1

Well i am taking a break, it's been a good "planting day" - Happy Good Friday, all! I managed to plant some baby lima beans (2 varieties-i love baby limas!) Planted some okra that i soaked the seed all night so hopefully it will be up in a few...

clown car for chickens

Hippychick's Gardens   -   Apr 10, 2009 - By hippychick

the girls taking to the new nesting set up one chickenchica two chickenchicas three chickenchicas uuup! a fourth in line the peanut gallery once again back to the wanderin' bok bok universe

Strawberry Pie? It's Not June or July!

The Call Again Farm Journal   -   Apr 10, 2009 - By Laura_6

In  Animal, Vegetable, Miracle , the food columnist in the author's local paper who always featured out-of-season ingredients or canned ingredients that were in season and could have been bought fresh locally.  My local paper, Buffalo News...

Good Friday Parsely

Morgan Botanicals   -   Apr 10, 2009 - By Jessica_7

Parsley did not have a great start in Greek mythology. It was said that it sprang from the blood of Opheltes, infant son of king Lycurgus of Nemia, killed by a serpent when his nanny wasn't looking. Parsley was soon equated with death, but this...

Before beginning the work of building our chicken coop, I put a call in to our township zoning officer to see what kind of regulations I would need to follow. As it turns out, any structure larger than 100 square feet requires the blessing of the township and...

Training pack goats.. the first step

Greene Hills Farm   -   Apr 10, 2009 - By Stephanie

Here I am camping out in the goat barn. I decided to train two of the new goat kids to be pack goats. What a great excuse to hit the trails hiking...gotta train the goats! From what I read, goat kids need to imprint on humans to make good pack animals. The...

TV crew visits the farm

Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm   -   Apr 09, 2009 - By Jody_1

TV Crew Visits The Farm Yesterday afternoon, a TV crew from Chicago came to the farm to do a story on our Community Support Agriculture meat shares. They filmed at our farm and our neighbor, Mike Warren’s, farm. Mike raises fantastic black Angus beef which...