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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members

Fennel Seeds Organic   At Home Farm Herbery we love Fennel and once we have had our fill we let it go to seed and we can then share this organic, heirloom Culinary Fennel Seed with our customers. Fennel Seed is...

Fennel Powder Organic   At Home Farm Herbery we love Fennel and we have been able to create an Organic Fennel Powder that has a taste and aroma that is similar to the sweet and delicacy of Anise Seed. Fennel Powder is also known...

According to www.digitalspy.com, garlic sales have increased due to a vampire warning.  In December 2012, they wrote, "Sales of garlic have reportedly rocketed in Western Serbia after a local council issued a warning that a vampire is on the...

Marjoram , the unappreciated herb!   Originating in the hot climates of North Africa, Turkey and southwest Asia, sweet marjoram is now also cultivated in the Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe. It belongs to the mint family with...

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Chicken Paddocks Update #1

Arcadia Farms   -   Jul 10, 2013 - By Katie

Back in April we brought you Chicken Week to celebrate our hen’s introduction to the wild backyard. At that time, I wrote a post about pastured poultry in paddocks. Here’s a quick summary: There are many methods for raising chickens, including the...

And, we're talking about a variety of market goodies today! Virgil Clark, from Clark Farm in Garrard County, shared some of his favorite summer time recipes. And, so did one of our new customers who enjoys the Recipe Wednesday and shared one of her...

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Our daily Hatch

Harvest Moon Products   -   Jul 10, 2013 - By Joel

As we worked our way through a pallet of hatch material today we came across buckets just bubbling with new worms. Some of these pails had somewhere around ten thousand worms in it. We are defiantly going to need more pails as our production continues to...

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2013 Pork Ready for Processing

Anonymous Farm   -   Jul 10, 2013 - By Risha

Ready to take the piggies to the butcher. Keeping a few sows, the boar and the piglets... but there are plenty ready to go. We are using the IOWA processor we used last year, Mattiesens. We were very pleased with both their quality and their cost. We are...

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Independence on the Homestead

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Jul 09, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

This week, as we mark the anniversary of signing our nation’s Declaration of Independence from Great Britain (though I believe King George didn’t get to read it until three weeks later due to the 18 th Century lack of email and texting), I am reminded of the...

Summer is on in S.Florida.It is the season of tropical storms and Hurricanes.Also it is the season to garden and grow summer crops like native spinach(calalo), Okra,Watermelon,Eggplants,herbs and much more. S.Florida is a special place especially for...

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