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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
There's water in the pond!
Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Mar 15, 2013 - By Laura_1
Greetings shareholders and farm friends, Market tomorrow, Saturday, March 16, is at the Community Center at the east end of downtown Mt. Vernon, 11:00 until 1:00. I'll have eggs; Charlotte will have bread. It's possible a few...
Homemade Pure Maple Syrup
Arcadia Farms - Mar 15, 2013 - By Katie
My father-in-law (hereafter lovingly referred to as “Papa”) is currently in his third year of making homemade maple syrup from his own trees. Last year he made an abundance and we’ve been blessed with as much free, pure maple syrup as our little pancakes ...
Food Serenity
East Texas Heritage Homestead - Mar 15, 2013 - By MrsHill
I'm sure you've heard of the Serenity Prayer? Your food is one part of life that there are things you can control and things you cannot and we need to know the difference. With all the noise in this very big and open world it's very easy to...
Mud Season 2013
Sweet Harmony Farm - Mar 15, 2013 - By Mona
This past winter has been cold and somewhat snowy. For the past 2 weeks, it’s been snowing every day! Sometimes just several inches of snow, a couple times an actual snowstorm of 12 +/- inches, and most days just what’s referred to as snow squalls...
Peas Onions Turnips Potatos
Black Dog Farms - Mar 15, 2013 - By Kevin_2
Got them in the ground. It will not be long now. We put a few types of each in the ground again yesterday and will do it again next week. In addition we plan to get quite a few root veggies in the ground over the weekend plus some different types of lettuce....
Michigan -- The Michigan Maple Syrup Association will hold the first of three Michigan Maple Syrup Weekends beginning March 16-17. Three separate weekends will accommodate the distinct areas of the state and the weather that affects them: the area south of US...
Out of the Box
Wild Things Farm - Mar 15, 2013 - By Terry_5
Everything on a farm doesn't have to do with dirt under the fingernails. Sometimes it's grease under the fingernails. The Subaru Veggie Wagon has been letting me know for the past few months that something was going on with the front end....
Getting Our High Tunnel Ready for Planting!!
Natural Excellence Farm and Gardens - Mar 15, 2013 - By Rosemary
Hi Everyone, Today I've been out in the High Tunnel rototilling with our BCS 853. It's just a light tillage, 1" to 2" deep is all I do. I don't want to upset the root mass and the soil biology that lives below this 2" depth....
Maple/Birch Tapping
The Mushroom Hut @ Fox Farms - Mar 15, 2013 - By Alan and Susan
We have been doing workshops here on the farm showing how simple it is to tap maple and birch for your own use...doesn't have to be a large "sugar bush". We show how you can take simple household items for the processing and not have to put money...
In the Face of Tragedy
North Star Homestead Farms, LLC - Mar 14, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara
If ducks were people, there would be 17 extra obituaries in the paper this week: Miss Puddle Duck. Loved water sports, green leafy vegetables, and rainy days. She will be remembered for her joyous attitude and comic antics. She is...