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Permaculture Urban Farm School launching in May in...
Ashevillage Urban Farm School - Apr 05, 2013 - By Kathryn
Permaculture-certified Urban Farm School in Asheville, NC May 6 to November 13, Mondays - Wednesdays, 9am-5pm Everyone needs to eat! With global food insecurity, urban food deserts, rising costs, GMO’s, health, obesity and and and myriad other issues,...
How to Get the Enzymes Your Body Needs©
Home Farm Herbery - Apr 05, 2013 - By Arlene
How to Get the Enzymes Your Body Needs © by Arlene Wright-Correll Home Farm Herbery March has been National Nutrition Month and eating healthy is part of that official proclamation. Make every month your own personal nutrition month and...
Soaking Seeds
Arcadia Farms - Apr 04, 2013 - By Katie
If you’re not into starting seeds, my gardening posts have probably sounded like a boring broken record this winter. I can’t help it… getting the most out of a Michigan growing season partially hinges on how and when you start your seeds. Now is a great time...
Best Buddies
Sweet Harmony Farm - Apr 04, 2013 - By Mona
One thing about alpacas, and usually all animals, is that they make me laugh every day. You just never know what silly thing they will do, silly to us humans but I’m sure just normal activity for them. I went out to the barn last night for my usual...
How to Grow and Cook Haricot Verts
Home Farm Herbery - Apr 04, 2013 - By Arlene
How to Grow and Cook Haricot Verts by Arlene Wright-Correll Home Farm Herbery At Home Farm Herbery we love these Organic Maxibel Haricot Vert Beans! Haricots Vert is French for green beans and is a French variety of green beans....
Planting Experimental Potatoes
Arcadia Farms - Apr 03, 2013 - By Katie
Since it didn’t snow yesterday (yes!) I spent some time planting potatoes and lettuce in the main garden. Lettuce will go in under plastic row covers in some of our narrow beds (2' x 12'), along with spinach which overwintered and is already growing....
Recipe Wednesday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Mar...
Bluegrass Farmers Market - Apr 03, 2013 - By Kentucky Proud
Today is the start of a new, fun feature at the Bluegrass Farmers' Market...it's Recipe Wednesday! Each Wednesday we'll post a recipe that hopefully will give you some ideas on how to prepare or use the items available at the market. Okay, I know...
Free Range might not be
Miolea Organic Farm - Apr 03, 2013 - By Brian_1
When you hear the term “Free Range” the natural thought is grass. However, given the definition brought about by lobbyist, free range means “access to” the outdoors. Access to what is the question? In some cases, access leads to cement...
What to do with Leftover Panettone?
Home Farm Herbery - Apr 02, 2013 - By Arlene
What to do with Leftover Panettone? by Arlene Wright-Correll Home Farm Herbery Panettone (pronounced paene-toune) is a type of sweet bread loaf originally from Milan, but you do not have to go to Italy for the best Panettone for your...
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