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10 silver double laced Barnevelder hatching eggs $30 I can ship $14 shipping NPIP Brooksville fl

Have about 5 pekin ducks due to hatch, not rare but hatching eggs from friends occasionally. $3 each

A GREAT RECIPE FOR PEPPERS AND SPINACH© By Arlene Wright-Correll As the summer winds down and we find more and more fruits and vegetables coming into season we try to find different ways to use them while they are fresh, whether they are coming...

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Seeds and next year

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Dec 04, 2018 - By Michael_3

   This is a good time of the year--seed catalogs are coming in, planning for the coming season, cleaning up and just general preparing. We are happy that nearly all our CSAs have returned their applications to us for 2019. That is a vital part of...

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Summer was good to the trees

Harecrest Acres   -   Dec 02, 2018 - By Matman

We could not have asked for a better summer to grow these beautiful trees. We got the perfect mix of spring rain for the new transplants and great mix of heat and rain for the entire growing season. The results were clear at pruning time. This year we tried...

You just won November’s Art Contest! Theresa S. from Plano , TX is November’s art contest winner Your prize is on its way. Congratulations from Home Farm Herbery LLC

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Milk fed hogs on a organic farm

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Nov 25, 2018 - By Michael_3

Have you ever been interested in milk fed pork? There is a good set of hogs heading to the butch that was raised on raw milk, non GMO grain and organic veggies, in the next week. Still some half and whole hogs available for sale.     It amazes...

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My Lavender Farm

Purple Scent Lavender   -   Nov 24, 2018 - By Suzanne

My story: I have always loved gardening, something I learned from my Grandmother as a young girl. Herbs have always been a favorite of mine, they are so individually unique, each one has a distinct scent. In 1998, my family and I moved to Silverdale...

How to Handle Little Gardening Problems © By Arlene Wright-Correll I have a lot of clay around our home and in some place some sandy soil. However, I I have found some plants that do well in the sandy soil. I planted drought-tolerant plants...

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November is Transition to Winter

Highland Orchards Farm Market   -   Nov 22, 2018 - By Highland Orchards

November is our noticeable change in daylight hours, with dark creeping in earlier in the evening (late afternoon?!?) and making me want to hibernate.  But November still has plenty of work to do, so we can’t nap yet. If you check The Old Farmer’s...

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