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Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Oct 09, 2013 - By Mona

Oh my.  The past few weeks, we have been experiencing the best autumn weather, ever!!  The dew is usually dried off the grass by late morning.  I’ve been wheeling down a bale of hay around noontime.  Everyday, several alpaca noses...

Growing a Grass Fed Beef Business

Bastrop Cattle Company   -   Oct 09, 2013 - By Pati

A couple of days ago, I posted that we are moving forward with building one of the few "on the ranch" meat processing plants in Texas.  It is going to sit in the far back corner of my front hay field.  Right now, we're rushing to get...

Paper wasps for Pest Management.

Qberry Farm   -   Oct 08, 2013 - By Hans

My green house pest management workers, paper wasps. Understand these are not Yellow Jackets or hornets which make paper nests that are enclosed in a paper shroud.  These male am open nest of paper cells on a stalk hanging from a sheltered surface...

Today’s CSA...CORN HARVEST & SHUCKING PARTY Saturd...

Salamander Springs Farm/Permaculture Organics   -   Oct 07, 2013 - By Susana

Please join us at Salamander Springs Farm this Saturday October 12  for a CORN HARVEST & SHUCKING PARTY from 1-5 p.m. , followed by a community meal with our black beans, cornbread, & squash.   We may also be harvesting sorghum, peanuts,...

Vegetables are green and fresh at Family Farms CSA...

Family Farms CSA   -   Oct 07, 2013 - By Foster

The vegetable are green and delicious at Foster Fogarty's Family Farms CSA, east of Sherman, TX. The weather is just right to make delicious go from the farm to your table.  Call us at 903-818-5990.  Come by but first, check our web site for...

Heirloom Fennel Vegetable Seeds for sale in limite...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Oct 06, 2013 - By Arlene

Fennel Vegetable Seeds  Our Home Farm Herbery Fennel Seeds are 100% Heirloom/Non-Hybrid/Non-GMO and Produce very flavorful large bulbs and edible flower buds which are excellent for seasonings and for cooking as a vegetable.We love...

Rare Chinese Cabbage Michihili Seeds for sale in ...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Oct 06, 2013 - By Arlene

Chinese Cabbage Michihili Seeds (100% Heirloom/Non-Hybrid/Non-GMO) At Home Farm Herbery we love this Michihili cabbage which is a rare Chinese variety that produces a cylindrical, leafy head which measures 16" long and 6" across. ...

As a home cook and farmer of quality vegetables, I find inspiration and purpose in exchanging ideas, helping other cooks to feed their households, and overcoming obstacles that keep some from enjoying food. I receive positive responses to CSA weekly...

Onion Tokyo Long White Bunching Seeds for sale ord...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Oct 06, 2013 - By Arlene

Onion Tokyo Long White Bunching Seeds a.k.a Scallion (100% Heirloom/Non-Hybrid/Non-GMO)  At Home Farm Herbery we discover a couple of years ago that the Tokyo Long White Bunching Onion – or Scallion – is an extremely tasty...

Onion white Sweet Spanish Seeds for sale in limite...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Oct 06, 2013 - By Arlene

Onion white Sweet Spanish Seeds Onion, White Sweet Spanish (100% Heirloom/Non-Hybrid/Non-GMO) The White Sweet Spanish variety produces a globed shaped white onion. At Home Farm Herbery we have discovered over the years that...