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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Twas the Week Before Christmas
Wild Things Farm - Dec 19, 2013 - By Terry_5
And all around the farm, the creatures were stirring.... Really looking for something to harm......did you think I was going through that whole poem? Really........ Today was one of those wintertime treats! Sunny....mid...
AN urban farmer wish list for Santa...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Dec 18, 2013 - By Tony_1
DEAR SANTA: Here I am still waiting for my wishes come true..As an Urban Farmer who lost his land ,his car and still in business only to prove that Santa one day will come with a Christmass Tree and lots of unwrapped gifts for farmers like me: 1-Bring me...
My "Observations Series "on Common Garde...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Dec 18, 2013 - By Tony_1
Here are some of my Observations from lately doing a consultation to a Raised Bed Garden both at a community garden and a private backyard . A Problem vs B solution approach. I-Private Backyard Previously built by farmer X: A-Problem: 1-Raised...
Garden Therapy..A rediscovered ancient healing art...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Dec 17, 2013 - By Tony_1
Are you contemplating a healthy Body-Mind-Spirit resolution for 2014.??? There are so many people who dream or plan but never DO Follow up on the garden grounds . Off course you are NOT one of them .That is why this article is catching...
The role of Green education to attain a sustainab...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Dec 17, 2013 - By Tony_1
Why Green Awareness is a pre-requisite to Sustainable Living? Let my Educational green work answer and not simply my words! Talk is cheap they say...But walking your talk or walking the walk is the real thing! ...
On her blog http://thismindbeinyou.com/ Kristi, a full-time homemaker and homeschooling mother of three recently reviewed a buckwheat hull pillow from Crooked Brook and raw buckwheat honey from the Mohawk Valley Trading Company. She is holding a...
Freezing Cookie Dough
Arcadia Farms - Dec 17, 2013 - By Katie
Christmas means lots of things to lots of people. We have several family traditions and one of them involves baking gobs of cookies. The lineup varies from year to year but a few staples remain: Oatmeal Scotchies, Sugar Cookies and Gingerbread Cookies. (We...
Four-Egg Day
Arcadia Farms - Dec 16, 2013 - By Katie
Ever since wintery weather began we’ve been receiving one to three eggs each day. After skillful interrogation I still haven’t been able to get the hens to spill the beans on which girls aren’t pulling their weight! Meanwhile, three eggs a day isn’t bad. ...
How to Make Homemade Almond Extract
Arcadia Farms - Dec 13, 2013 - By Katie
Life, according to my belly, can be categorized into the following seasons: Soup season, grilling season, roasting season and baking season. We, dear friends, are in the heart of baking season! Our household has no concept of portion control loves good food....
Hey EPA, Bees Can't Wait 5 More Years! Protect...
What's the Buzz? - Dec 13, 2013 - By Marcie
[Reprinted from Pesticide Action Network's Online Blog, courtesy of Paul Towers] Inaction? Intransigence? Negligence? Whatever the right word, we’re reminded that the U.S. is behind the curve when it comes to protecting bees. Yesterday, Europe’s...