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Are you allergic to sertain vegies or fruits? Chec...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Feb 25, 2009 - By Tony_1

 Some People say we are what we eat.How about being mad most of the time and HOW  certain food  and beverages help us to be under their influence! I have a friend who falls into this category.She is on a HIP-HOP diet ..and diet sodas...

Last week I was part of a panel at local farm conference, where my assignment was to talk about the "home economics" of eating locally. I spoke about what my family eats and why, and the time and money our diet requires. I was especially curious...

Lavender Growing Tips from Sauvie Island Lavender ...

Sauvie Island Lavender Farm   -   Feb 24, 2009 - By Julie_7

Sauvie Island Lavender Farm Exquisite Lavender Products & Plants Especially for You It is time to begin thinking about what needs to be done in the garden and flower beds in just a few short weeks.Here are a few tips for what you can do with...

Hummingbird Fly Zone

Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries)   -   Feb 24, 2009 - By Christine_2

I have been trying to come up with a cheery post for our blog. Unfortunately the way things have been happening around here it is difficult. Ohio like many other states is being devistated by the current downfall of the economy. Businesses are laying off by...

First "To-Do" List of the Year!

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Feb 24, 2009 - By Teresa_2

Yesterday I put together my first farm to-do list of the year.  There are still almost seven months until pumpkin patch time, but since Terry and I both have "real" jobs off the farm, we need to be ready to get to work at the first...

Consider the Poppies of the Field

Re Rustica   -   Feb 24, 2009 - By fullofbeans

We take time every day to learn, and when we saw some poppies growing along the roadside, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to learn. Out comes the camera! Look at how they grow together, what crops - er - wild plants grow between them, the way the wild boar...

Ivana, get out of the rain!

Re Rustica   -   Feb 24, 2009 - By fullofbeans

Ivana and the other chickens decided they didn't want to be wet so they went inside their coop.  But they didn't want to spend the day inside, so they perched just outside or on the lip of their coop, where they continued to get wet.  They...

Life on the Ranch

Ebersole Cattle Company   -   Feb 24, 2009 - By ShanenEbersole

Our life on the Ranch has reached the busiest time of year! Calving time!  We also have been able to (so far) keep all of our '08 spring and fall calves.  We have sold several steers in our CSA pay as you go program, and have selected 13 heifers...

We are raising ducks for the first time.

Twin Creeks Farms- Wesley Stephens and Bethany Stephens   -   Feb 24, 2009 - By Wesley and Bethany

In addition to our broiler chickens for meat, we are raising a limited quantity of ducks for meat this spring. This is something new for us and we are doing it as an experiment to see what the demand will be. If it is successful, we will continue to raise...

Many times each month, people ask us exactly how they can begin to eat locally. The questioner invariably understands the ‘whys’ of the proposition, but is daunted by the ‘how.’ So this month we offer a short primer on eating local food, with emphasis on the...