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Spring is coming....

Meadowset Farm & Apiary   -   Feb 27, 2009 - By Thomas & Barbara

....almost every day our three year old daughter asks me: "daddy, when is the snow coming?"  While my family back home in the Swiss Alps is drowning in the snow, southeastern PA just got a couple of light dustings....as one of my friends put it:...

Geese Discover Music!

Re Rustica   -   Feb 27, 2009 - By fullofbeans

Our geese will knock their beaks against our ford, tapping off a rythm that is actually quite groovy.  They also like to bite on the tailpipe and the fenders to make a grinding sound.  Harmonizing like this occupies our geese for quite some...

Baths are fun!

Re Rustica   -   Feb 27, 2009 - By fullofbeans

Chickens will burrow out holes for bathing Chickens rely on us to provide clean, dry, safe coops, to take care of them if they get sick or injured, and occasionally provide a healthy and delicious treat or a hug. However, chickens also need us to allow them...

Geese LOVE Collards

Re Rustica   -   Feb 27, 2009 - By fullofbeans

Quick! Catch her!  Our Head Goose almost makes her getaway with the collards! What do the geese like almost as much as our specially mixed bird feed? Collards. The geese love the flavor so much that, while they normally share EVERYTHING they find...

Why we should know where our food comes from....

Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries)   -   Feb 27, 2009 - By Christine_2

This morning I read an interesting article on MSN.  Apparently a natural substance currently used as a coloring additive in some yogurts, juices, and other products has a rather bizarre origin. The natural coloring used in these products is ...

Rejuvenated

Millix Family Farm   -   Feb 27, 2009 - By Patricia

I had the opportunity to attend the "Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference & Trade Show" on Wednesday 2/25  and Thursday 2/26 in Sturbridge, MA. To say it was packed full with information is an understatement! The...

Upon the Nature of Splitting Wood in the Summer

Hurricane Farm   -   Feb 26, 2009 - By Chris

As it is coming upon March here in New England, we find ourselves looking towards the reserve piles of split firewood that we stacked off to the side so neatly way back in the summer.  With little time to keep up with daily splitting during the sugaring...

All for naught

Sunrise Farm   -   Feb 26, 2009 - By Jetboy

I'm not new to computers but this is my first "blog" experience. Since we are really gettin goin on the farm right now, I thought I would share an experience none of you have had (yeahrightsure). A couple of years ago I read a really cool...

Rosemary Red Soup

Cookus Interruptus   -   Feb 26, 2009 - By Cynthia

Gorgeous red color, bursting with nutrients, Cookus Interruptus brings you this savory sweet soup.  Using red lentils, beets, carrots, fresh rosemary and a dab of miso you can create this impressive starter course or vegetarian main entree.  Enjoy!...

Almond pollination

Braga Organic Farms   -   Feb 26, 2009 - By Doug Braga

On another topic, the weather has been very strange.  We had a few days of rain and now it is the 60's.  Beautiful weather for the bees pollinating the almonds!  The almonds need bees to cross-pollinate the different varieties.  There...