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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
New for 2014
Kinsman Farm - Jan 13, 2014 - By Valerie_1
January 8, 2014 Happy New Year to All Our CSA Families! The 2014 Spring season is in the planning stage. Seed and nursery catalogs have been flooding our mailbox for three weeks or more. We have been making selections and looking at new varieties to...
Great News! We now have some irrigated ground to f...
Walkers Fresh Veggies - Jan 13, 2014 - By Mark & Carolyn
I have some great news I would like to share with all members and interested friends and neighbors, and past members. We have just rented a very nice field within 1/4 mile from home located just off Paw Paw RD. The field is between 3.5...
Farmers and Gardeners:KNOW about the WEATHER befo...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Jan 09, 2014 - By Tony_1
South Florida has a surprise visitor : Polar Vortex . <iframe src=" http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=52cdd59dfe344430a80001e8 " width="480" height="270" frameBorder="0"...
Fruit Dressing
The Depot Farm - Jan 09, 2014 - By Phil_2
After the long holidays of eating rich foods and deserts I don't normally indulge in; I like to go back to eating healthy, natural foods. One of my favorites is a simple salad with fruit dressing. Mix lettuce with chopped veggies and add...
2014 already?
Bloom Where You're Planted Farm - Jan 09, 2014 - By Teresa_2
Where does the time go? It was September the last time I blogged, and we were counting down to our 9th pumpkin season. Now all that seems long ago and we're already planning for 2014, working on taxes and looking forward to upcoming shows and...
Warwick, RI -- On her blog Eco-Mothering , Donna recently reviewed Maple Syrup, Raw Honey, Beeswax, Beeswax Candles and Handmade Soap from The Mohawk Valley Trading Company. “Mohawk Valley Trading Company’s grade A pure maple syrup , which is light and...
Brrrrr! Cold Chicken Toes
Wild Things Farm - Jan 09, 2014 - By Terry_5
That's the only suitable title I could come up with for this post. Sunday was fairly warm for January--in the upper 40's actually--then the wind blew and blew and the bottom fell out of the thermometer. Monday and Tuesday night were both 8...
seeds and such are rolling in
Richert/Phillips Farms - Jan 08, 2014 - By Michael_3
The season is not here yet, but thanks to the return CSA members we are able to have our seeds and supplies purchased early and the seeds have already been coming in. We are very happy that our farm does not need large loans like before we started...
Organic Gardening TIPS:How to protect your vegetab...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Jan 07, 2014 - By Tony_1
Happy New Year ..gardeners and farmers . Stay warm by working out at your garden/farm "inclement COLD "weather permitting!!! Better safe than sorry: Are you ready to protect your garden against the cold fronts and Polar Vortex now to...
It's COOOOOLD!
Agropraxis Farm - Jan 07, 2014 - By Farmer Pete
The temperature bottomed out at -17 overnight. Whoa, it’s cold. I spent a couple of hours outside yesterday clearing snow and doing little chores like filling bird feeders. The cold really drained the energy out of me. Given time I’m sure I’d adapt. The...