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Yet More Shenanigans
The LocalHarvest Blog - Oct 25, 2013 - By Guillermo
LocalHarvest Newsletter, October 25, 2013 Photo by: Smith & Smith Farm Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. After the shenanigans of the last month it feels almost in poor taste to bring up yet another example of the folly...
2013 Bluegrass Farmers' Market season comes t...
Bluegrass Farmers Market - Oct 23, 2013 - By Kentucky Proud
Well, the time has come for our 2013 market season to come to an end. Saturday will be our last market day for the year. But, the good news is we'll be back in April! We'd all like to thank our customers for making 2013 such a great year for us. We...
On her blog http://thismindbeinyou.com/ Kristi, a homeschooling mother of three wonderful children, full-time homemaker and a 23-year follower of Christ recently reviewed Mohawk Valley Trading Company maple syrup, raw honey, natural handmade soap,...
On their blog The Homespun Rabble Rouser, the Rabble Rouser Family (mom Corah, dad Lance and kids Izzy and Elijah) recently reviewed Mohawk Valley Trading Company maple syrup, raw honey, natural handmade soap, beeswax and beeswax candles. “We tried out the...
Olives!
Sanzone Farms - Oct 23, 2013 - By Sam_1
Olives! The olives have been harvested here at Sanzone Farms! I'd like to introduce my adopted foreign exchange students who helped harvest the first olives of 2013... Please click the links to view new photos… Francesco (Italy,) Mauro (Spain,)...
Getting Ready For Winter
Blooming Patches Farm - Oct 23, 2013 - By Barb
Making Changes at the Farm For Future Was given this year two young sour Cherry Heirloom Trees Getting ready to Plant them and hope I can out smart the Rabbit and Deer till summer the the Birds. Thinning out and tying up the many type of...
Black Walnuts - Unshelled
IICFA - Oct 22, 2013 - By GrannySue
I'll be reactivating the Candlewood Sutlery page shortly, but in the meantime - I have finally moved to the farm! As soon as the listing becomes available, I will be taking orders for black walnuts and hickory nuts, juniper berries and rose hips - all...
Jack in the Lantern
North Star Homestead Farms, LLC - Oct 22, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara
It is true that art can be found almost anywhere and that almost anything can become art. The unsuspecting pumpkin is a suitable example. Nestled in the garden like renegade bits of the sun, they lie like orange treasure amidst the winter squashes...
Fences
North Star Homestead Farms, LLC - Oct 22, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara
It’s hard to imagine a homestead farm without fences. There are so many different husbandry projects happening at once—pigs, chickens, sheep, ducks, turkeys, gardens, cows, crops, etc.! If the pigs were in the squash patch, the chickens in with the...
Crops We Grow
The Depot Farm - Oct 22, 2013 - By Phil_2
We grow multiple plantings of all your favorite foods. Mixed leaf lettuce, 2 kinds of head lettuce, spinach, Asian greens, kale and swiss chard. Root crops include beets, carrots, leeks, onions, celeriac, radish, daikon radish and turnips. With beans, snap...