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Icy Hay

The Call Again Farm Journal   -   Dec 13, 2008 - By Laura_6

It's been snowing a for the past two or three weeks.  A few inches will accumulate, then it will melt a couple of days later, then snow the next day, and the cycle repeats again and again and again.  Currently, their is a thin layer of ice...

Great Wheat Bread

Ebersole Cattle Company   -   Dec 13, 2008 - By ShanenEbersole

I know this is a little off topic for me, but if you bake bread at all, you know how hard it is to find a good recepie for Whole Wheat Bread.  Well, I was out of flour, grabbed some at the local grocery store from King Arthur, and lucked into a great...

Some of our Alpacas Slideshow

Golden Touch Alpaca Farm   -   Dec 12, 2008 - By Shelley_2

Today I put together a little slideshow using Flickr to showcase some of our animals, as well as some of our new Cria that were born this year. Enjoy! Flickr Slideshow Flickr.com is an amazing photo hosting/sharing site and I highly recommend it for...

12 Christmas Giveaways!

Alpaca Farmgirl   -   Dec 12, 2008 - By Katy

To thank our readers this Holiday Season, we have 12 prizes which will be given away at Alpaca Farmgirl . From December 12-23, one Giveaway will be ending each night at midnight. Check back to see if you’ve won. Our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways ...

Winter Gardens

Grinning Planet Farm   -   Dec 12, 2008 - By Donna

Wintertime and the livin' easy.  Not exactly, but things have slowed down quite a bit.  I used to think gardening was a 4 month out of the year job - HA!  It is year 'round for market gardeners and farmers. This is my second year of...

Surprise your guests Lavender Glazed Pork Tenderloin Sprinkle apple cider vinegar over pork. Let marinate for 30 minutes or longer. Before cooking meat, season pork with salt and pepper. Bake in oven uncovered or grill until desired meat...

Pig Moving Day

Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Dec 12, 2008 - By Wes

Today was the day to get the pigs moved to their new pen, as they are done in their first pen. The new one is a little bit bigger with more brush. I guess you can say we are really putting them to the test now. LOL First I strung the new polytape on the poles...

Wounded soldiers holiday address

So Succulent Gardens   -   Dec 11, 2008 - By Blossomfarm

Last night at the local youth group ages 6 to 13, I suggested to write a short note to wounded American soldiers, I was quite surprise at the eagerness the children wanted to participate instead of doing some type of craft or activity. After reading a few...

Starting all over again...

Great Expectations   -   Dec 11, 2008 - By Candace

So, I barely survive our first attempt at raising and selling turkeys, getting them all to our customers (who were fabulous, by the way) and cooking a 35 pound turkey for Thanksgiving - not to mention Christmas looming over everything and this...