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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Thoughts for Thursday, June 5, 2014
Spinella Farm - Jun 05, 2014 - By Edward_1
When I was growing up, Grandpop Spinella and my uncles grew 40 acres of tomatoes for the can house. It was this time of year that they would be busy cultivating and fertilizing those Roma plum tomatoes in anticipation of the coming year. I remember they...
Everything you wanted to know about Miniature Mexi...
Home Farm Herbery - Jun 04, 2014 - By Arlene
Mexican Watermelon Seed Info. Gherkin cucumbers are available summer into fall. The Watermelon gherkin, scientific name Melothria scabra, is a thin delicate climbing and trailing vine grown for its edible fruit. It is an heirloom variety...
Thoughts for Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Spinella Farm - Jun 04, 2014 - By Edward_1
Anna and I put the rest of the drip line down last night. It rained all around us after much of the afternoon was hot and humid. I turned on the water for about an hour and a half last night. There was a time when I wouldn't think of watering after dark...
Thoughts for Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Spinella Farm - Jun 03, 2014 - By Edward_1
Something happened yesterday that very few people take into consideration when they think of farming. My daughter Anna was helping my father put in some drip lines. I was busy fertilizing over in the same patch of ground. My ear caught bits and pieces...
Thoughts for Monday, June 2, 2014
Spinella Farm - Jun 02, 2014 - By Edward_1
We managed again to do very well at the market on Saturday. Next week we start the CSA and I am looking forward to seeing all of my old and new members. We lucked out in that the weather broke in time to get plenty of strawberries and asparagus for the...
Fireplaces will inevitably need to be repaired periodically throughout the course of their existence and sometimes based on the amount of damage from age, lack of upkeep, and environmental factors, fireplaces need to be restored. Sometimes fireplace repair or...
The Sling - Part 2
Sweet Harmony Farm - May 31, 2014 - By Mona
Sometimes, despite your best efforts and intentions, things just don’t go as planned. Spring arrived, and Shiloh was not able to regain the use of her back legs. Loving animals means your heart gets broken when they cannot be the beautiful creatures they were...
Thoughts for Friday, May 30, 2014
Spinella Farm - May 30, 2014 - By Edward_1
It has been cool, that's for sure. Even my fishing buddy Pat, who catches lobsters and fish off the South Jersey coast, says that the weather has pushed back the fishing season a couple of weeks. Those big beautiful strawberries have stopped ripening up,...
Super Sunny Saturday at the Bluegrass Farmers'...
Bluegrass Farmers Market - May 30, 2014 - By Kentucky Proud
It looks like tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day and I can't think of a better way to start it than a trip to the Bluegrass Farmers' Market! The homegrown goodness is finally starting to arrive at the market...guess that means that spring has...
Smell The Roses!
The Depot Farm - May 29, 2014 - By Phil_2
As the planting season is in full bore, many times we find ourselves so busy we don't know which way to turn. Tilling, plowing, weeding and planting are just some of our chores we try to fit in our busy days. Once in a while I like to take a break,...