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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Warm up and flood proofing
Hanging Mountian Farms LLC - Feb 09, 2009 - By Ted and Carlene
The last week of January and first week of Febuary at Hanging Mountain was productive and rough. My son finally got all the old chicken stuff out of the flooded house and on the pasture. He dug a ditch around the chicken...
More Bad News!!!
Boardtown Organics - Feb 09, 2009 - By Greg_1
Well, two days after the cold temps it turned warm....too warm! On a mid-50's day - the greenhouse got up to 110 before I could vent the heat.......The heat took care of the cauliflower and broccoli. I need to hurry up...
just around the corner
Pembroke Gardens - Feb 09, 2009 - By Angie
Groundhog Day, Candlemas, Brigid, Feast of St. Blaise…. Did you notice that the days are getting just a little longer? February 2 marks the midway point between the first day of winter and the first day of spring. We’ve rounded the corner, and are...
The Mechanics of Bread Baking
F.A. Farm - Feb 08, 2009 - By Walter_1
Bread baking is more of a contact art than many people realize. You don't need to slavishly follow a recipe and you don't need to measure. Here are some mechanical instructions for basic whole wheat bread. With the economic downturn and the...
Myths
Wild Winds Sheep Company - Feb 08, 2009 - By Catherine & Martin
The 2006 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report, Livestock’s Long Shadow, released in April of 2008, claimed that 18 percent of global greenhouse gases are caused by animal agriculture. The Center for Consumer Freedom helped to clarify...
Cold and Wet
Greenjeans Farm - Feb 08, 2009 - By Jeff & Toni
Yesterday it was my birthday, hung one more year on the line.We planted willows and hazelnuts Thank you my wonderful work friends for your generous gift certificate to Oak Valley!Today I planted lots of herbs and flowers in the greenhouse and more chives and...
Kumquats in a Snowy World
Double Oak Farm - Feb 08, 2009 - By Lori
This week our great big box of kumquats arrived from Local Harvest. It was a box of sunshine delivered to a snowy world. When I was growing up we had a kumquat tree in our yard. It was a small tree that struggled to thrive in the shade of a...
Warming trend in the making
ASIF Gardens - Feb 07, 2009 - By Kate_4
The air is definitely warmer today than we've seen. I ordered some frostproof a few days ago and the gentleman in Frostproof, Fl., said that 90 percent of the country saw ice the night before including this guy on his way to work that morning. Wow, my...
Spring is trying to "Sprung"
Willow Ridge Farms - Feb 07, 2009 - By Mark and Cherie
Spring is trying hard to make an entrance here in Southern Iowa as we will hit 50 again today. It has to be close with new baby calves only days old across the road. Baby chicks to arrive on Monday...which has always amazed me...tiny little balls of fluff sent...
The Zen of Gardening
Greenjeans Farm - Feb 07, 2009 - By Jeff & Toni
It’s early February and I can’t wait to get out to the greenhouses! Today is damp and foggy and cold.I am eyeing the packets of herbs and flower seeds on the kitchen counter anxiously. Our greenhouses are an oasis to me.Once it’s light my dog Willy and I...