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All in All, It's Not Too Bad

Blue Moon Lavender Farm   -   Oct 30, 2008 - By Magdalena

At the Blue Moon Lavender Farm this Fall, as we are getting ready for our mild winter, gathering the last plums and apples in the orchard, pressing cider, cleaning up and mulching the perennials, we look to our full freezer, jars of fruit and vegetables,...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. Last night as my husband was going through the mail, he held up a dozen political mailers from both parties and asked, "What if they just weren't allowed to out and out lie ? It would be so much better...

Join 2009 Columbia County Tour Guide

Sheltie Meadow Farm   -   Oct 29, 2008 - By Miana Ruiz-Ryan

We recently enrolled in the 2009 Columbia County Tour Guide for farms/farming.  We are thrilled.  We are still growing and excited about change.  Our lambs are quickly growing up.  This year has been a rough year on the farm.  We...

PLUM CRUMB - Quick and Easy!

Blue Moon Lavender Farm   -   Oct 29, 2008 - By Magdalena

The fall this year is spectacular on Blue Moon Lavender Farm. Surrounded by forests of conifers and big-leaf maple, they glow with yellow leaves this time of the year. Our Italian plum trees are producing heavy crop of fruit, and we have filled all of the...

October Surprise

Cranberry Moon Farm   -   Oct 29, 2008 - By Miss Lisa

October Surprise — Owner/Shepherd     Phew, what a weekend in New York at Rhinebeck! Our booth in Barn 26 ended up being a "Horse Stall", much to my surprise. Thank goodness Ernie was there helping set up the display. I think...

October 28, 2008 -First Snow

Lavender HIll Farm of Niles, MI   -   Oct 29, 2008 - By Martha_2

Waking up this morning to an inch of snow on the ground was reminder enough that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Christmas is not far behind!  This change of season always rekindles in me the desire to start baking again.  Today I tried a...

turkeys

K&M Farm   -   Oct 29, 2008 - By Ken

Anybody around that raises heritage turkeys as i do.Please lets talk.

The Four Penny Egg

Willow Bark Farm   -   Oct 28, 2008 - By Pamela_2

  I have and raise a small flock of heritage breed chickens and turkeys. I have 20 young laying hens that are now 24 weeks old. The breeds are Buff Orpington’s, Rhode Island Reds, and Silver-Penciled Wyandotte’s. Throughout my 30 years of...

Customer & Vendor Appreciation Day

Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill   -   Oct 24, 2008 - By Jeremiah

Open House On Thursday, October 30th. between the hours of 11:00am and 2:00pm we are having an open house in appreciation of our customers and our vendors. As the first commercial organic feed mill in the state of Texas we have experienced rapid growth in...

Way back ......when the day's were getting shorter.....and I knew they would be getting shorter still I should have gotten more done.  Fall is here and gone or at least when the leaves are on the ground, I say fall is gone.  ...