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The Beauty and Benefits of Planting Cleome Spider ...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Mar 17, 2013 - By Arlene

The Beauty and Benefits of Planting Cleome Spider Plant Heirloom Seeds by Arlene Wright-Correll Home Farm Herbery Cleome Spider Plant Heirloom Seeds For Sale Cleome hassleriana Cleomes, also known as spider flowers, are beautiful in...

How to Grow and the Benefits of growing Chicory fr...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Mar 17, 2013 - By Arlene

How to Grow and the Benefits of growing Chicory from Wild Chicory Heirloom Seeds by Arlene Wright-Correll Home Farm Herbery At Home Farm Herbery we harvest these seeds at the end of each season and resell them to raise money to send to St....

Benefits of Locally Sourcing Beef

Claybrook Farms   -   Mar 17, 2013 - By Michael_7

For decades, my family has dedicated their lives to crop farming and to breeding Black Angus cattle on our farm in Covington, just north of Memphis.It has always been a labor of love that brings daily challenges and lasting satisfaction. We have experienced...

How to grow bee balm with Home Farm Herbery Bee Ba...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Mar 17, 2013 - By Arlene

Bee Balm Heirloom Seeds - Wild Bergamot Seed Bee balm, also called monarda, is a flowering herb with a long history as a medicinal and plant. American colonists used it to make tea, and Native Americans used it to treat colds and sore...

We only have a few packets of these rare Morning G...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Mar 17, 2013 - By Arlene

Morning Glory Seeds - "Flying Saucers" Ipomea purpurea At Home Farm Herbery we enjoy this untreated rare Flying Saucer variety of Morning Glory seeds which provide fast growing vines to 15 ft. with huge 5" blooms of pure white...

On a listserv I follow a new member asked for advice on what books would we suggest for a beginning gardener. A prompt response suggested the Square Foot Gardening, which is the same advice I always give. A few more posts suggested other acceptable works. Then...

30th Annual Maine Maple Sunday, March 24

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Mar 17, 2013 - By Betty_1

Augusta, ME -- The 30th Annual Maine Maple Sunday will be celebrated statewide on March 24, when participating sugar shacks invite the public to see the syrup-making process and taste samples of maple syrup, sugar, candy and other foods. In their effort to...

The Wearing O' the Green

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Mar 16, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

It might not be very green outside yet, but it’s the time of year for feeling green on the inside—Kelly Green or one of the million shades of emerald that remind us of Ireland.  With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, it’s that time of year when...

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Earthcare Suri Alpacas LLC   -   Mar 16, 2013 - By Darlene

Happy St. Patrick's Week - yes, we are celebrating all week!  Starting Monday March 18 through Sunday March 23 if you buy $50 worth of products you will receive a credit of $5.  If you purchase an animal you will receive the credit, as...

First Time in a Bee Yard

Wild Things Farm   -   Mar 16, 2013 - By Terry_5

As a newbee member of the Cumberland County Beekeepers Association, I've been assigned a mentor.  I've read about 3 books, countless older copies of The American Bee Journal and Bee Culture, looked through every beekeeping catalog made, been to a...