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Gorgeous Day

Debbie's Garden   -   Feb 01, 2009 - By Chickadee1

It was too gorgeous a day in Marietta, GA to stay in the house, no matter I had a ton of things to do inside as well! Got a head start on planting some herb seeds in the greenhouse! Planted some sweet basil, lime basil, large leaf basil, then some...

Turkeys Strutting

Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Feb 01, 2009 - By Wes

I thought i would post a couple pictures of a few toms strutting around the place. They know it is about time to start breeding and they are showing off for the hens. They have not stopped gobbling since last week. They gobble about 4 times a minute from about...

Now that Winter is settling in on Virginia, it is time for The Lavender Path family to craft our products for the spring farmers market season. Even Grandpa has a job of inventory while we are at work. We just received a contract with a local spa for our...

HEY!!!! Obama, Eat the View - Join Us

So Succulent Gardens   -   Feb 01, 2009 - By Blossomfarm

"Eat the View!" is a campaign to urge the Obamas to replant a large organic Victory Garden on the First Lawn with the produce going to the White House kitchen and to local food pantries. "Eat the View" is coordinated by Kitchen...

A RURAL AMERICAN FARMER'S "STIMULUS PACK...

Danjo Farms   -   Feb 01, 2009 - By Dan & Joanne

Allot has been said lately regarding "stimulus" packages, how the government can pull us out of "the weeds", and people loosing their jobs.  While I am truly grateful for my off -farm job getting us through the winter and feel...

Chinampas

F.A. Farm   -   Jan 31, 2009 - By Walter_1

Up here in the Fourth Corner, we get plentiful rain in the winter and sometimes we have quite a bit of water standing in the fields until late spring. Some farmers have had to wait until late June to even get out to their fields in past years (and maybe this...

Milk! Maybe . . .

Sunshine for Dinner   -   Jan 31, 2009 - By Georgiaberry

In Arkansas, there is legislation being considered to make it legal for people to sell modest amounts of raw cow milk as on-farm sales.  This would be so wonderful for our state - if you are interested in supporting this, now is the time to let your state...

Two nights ago, I attended a meeting of the Huron River Watershed Council. They were holding a special meeting to kick off an effort to educate and mobilize individuals in our area to work at a grass-roots level to improve and protect the health of Portage...

2010 Winter CSA Information

Downtown Farmers Market of Manhattan   -   Jan 31, 2009 - By David and Jamie

  The Heide-Way Farm Winter CSA Program Information Paper The Heide-Way Farm Winter CSA is simply a way to extend the opportunity to purchase fresh, locally-grown produce past the end of the farmers’ market season.With our CSA, “members” pay a...

Progress On the Farm...Before and After Shots

Hurricane Farm   -   Jan 30, 2009 - By Chris

So here are some photos of our farm just before we moved in.  These were taken by my wife and our friend Jeff, who checked out the farm when it was for sale.  These photos (actually, mention of the barn!) was all it took to convince me to buy the...