The Blog Barn
Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Honey for Spring Holidays!
What's the Buzz? - Apr 14, 2014 - By Marcie
I love Spring! The bees are buzzing, pollinating all of the fruits I love best, and it's also smack in the middle of one of the most bountiful honeyflows of the year. Right now we have a new medium amber Tropical Wildflower, and we just got our first...
The "Nigh Ox"
Agropraxis Farm - Apr 14, 2014 - By Farmer Pete
Tillers International has a regular newsletter, "The Nigh Ox". Follow the link to look over the Spring edition: http://www.tillersinternational.org/tillers/news_nighox/NighOxSpring2014.pdf
Gym Time
North Star Homestead Farms, LLC - Apr 12, 2014 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara
Just this last weekend, area fitness leaders held a gathering event to help the public get motivated about taking care of their bodies and connecting with folks in the area who specialize in fitness training, supplements, personal care, and more. Kelli...
Des Moines, IA -- On her blog The Noise of Boys , Jodi is hosting a Mother’s Day Giveaway sponsored by The Mohawk Valley Trading Company and Crooked Brook. The Mothers Day gift bundle includes three bars of natural handmade soap (one bar each of Goats...
Gatlinburg Trip & Farm Updates
Arcadia Farms - Apr 11, 2014 - By Katie
It appears that spring has finally sprung in Southwest Michigan! There’s still a cool nip in the windy air, but the sun is shining and temperatures are reaching up into the sixties at midday. It’s a welcome sight! I’m so glad that things have warmed up...
Bluegrass Farmers' Market Opens Tomorrow!
Bluegrass Farmers Market - Apr 11, 2014 - By Kentucky Proud
Tomorrow is the big day. The Bluegrass Farmers' Market will be opening for the 2014 market season on Saturday! Sounds like Mother Nature is going to give us some beautiful weather too! We'd love to get a chance to say hi to our customers...new and...
Harvests and Spring Work
Agropraxis Farm - Apr 10, 2014 - By Farmer Pete
The certainty of spring and rising soil temperatures has been resoundingly confirmed. So the work of getting the early direct seed crops in has begun. The winter has had mixed impacts on the farm. The blanketing of snow protected the overwintered crops of...
Farm Intern
Mariaville Farm - Apr 09, 2014 - By Chris_2
Mariaville Farm and the Mariaville Mushroom Men are looking for interns and farm labor Copy and pasted following link. https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/internships/farmdetails.php?FarmName=&City=&State=NY&Keyword=&allDate=0&...
Prescott Valley, AZ -- On her blog Simple Side of Life , Shelly is hosting a Mother’s Day Giveaway sponsored by Crooked Brook and The Mohawk Valley Trading Company. The Mothers Day Giveaway includes one cream colored fleece blanket personalized with...
Not So Early Start
The Depot Farm - Apr 09, 2014 - By Phil_2
It seems spring is trying to get here, but 1 day of 50's then back to snow showers and rain in the 30's make it look like it is taking it's slow, sweet time getting here. Normally we would have already planted early lettuce, radish, spinach...