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Pumpkin Apple Treat

The Depot Farm   -   Sep 02, 2014 - By Phil_2

As fall approaches and the kids go back to school, here's a treat to make for after school or desert. Enjoy! Pumpkin Apple Treat  Put 1/2 can pureed pumpkin or 1 cup fresh puree, 2 peeled apples (chopped into pieces); 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon...

It was a tough winter!

Woods' Edge Apples Orchard   -   Aug 30, 2014 - By Laurie_3

I'm sure you noticed that the winter of 2013-14 was a tough one!  Many of the shrubs by our house had significant dieback, and you may have experienced that as well.   Even more disheartening for us was that we lost many of our apple trees to...

Super Saturday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Marke...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Aug 29, 2014 - By Kentucky Proud

Wow, where has the summer gone? The children are back in school, the pools are closing, U.K. Football is about to kick off and it's Labor Day weekend! The great news...the Bluegrass Farmers' Market is still going strong! And, you'll be able to find...

The bounty contiues...

Tewksbury Grace Farm   -   Aug 29, 2014 - By Johnny and Leah

Summer is peaking at the farm! The recent rains produced a giant flush of mushrooms, so everyone gets a full pound of shiitake this week. Prepare to grill, sauté, and roast these tasty and nutritious fungi! Take a gander at our informative shiitake label for...

Abundant Harvest Aquaponics Local Non-Profit Launc...

Abundant Harvest Aquaponics   -   Aug 28, 2014 - By Charles_1

Abundant Harvest Aquaponics Local Non-Profit Launches New Web Directory The Abundant Harvest Aquaponics Local Food Growers Web Directory is sighted to be a convenient and informative resource for organic locally grown food advocates in Colorado Springs. ...

Rare Heirloom Zinnia seeds are coming in...

Green Journey Seeds   -   Aug 28, 2014 - By Aline

   Have you met this vivid red star of yesteryear? Once popular in Colonial American gardens, our Zinnia pauciflora foundation seed was sourced from the historic gardens of Monticello.    We have joyfully grown and saved the seed of...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. Someone once told me never to ask a farmer about their career choice in August. By this point in the summer, most produce farmers are tired, if not downright weary. Too much worry about weather and bugs and money...

Holes

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Aug 27, 2014 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

Let’s be honest, holes happen on farms.  I always get holes in my jeans from making hay—throwing bales, stacking, climbing, crawling.  There’s a sand-strewn hole just under the garage foundation where the thirteen-lined ground squirrels have taken up...

Summer on the Farm

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Aug 27, 2014 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

It takes a brave soul to decide to spend an entire summer on a farm out in the middle of the Chequamegon National Forest that’s run by three (possibly eccentric) ladies.  Of course, there’ll be plenty to do (!!!), lots of great fresh food (another !!!,...

Unwanted guests

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Aug 27, 2014 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

It happens.  No matter how harmoniously you try to farm with nature, some critters have it in for you.  If it’s not ravens running off with baby chickens, it’s the bobcat slaughtering your ducks.  If it’s not the rabbits in the pea patch, it’s...