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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Announcing the 2013 Virtual Farmhands!
Colvin Family Farm - Mar 13, 2013 - By Colvin Farm
Announcing the 2013 Virtual Farmhands! Eating our way through the 2013 seasons! For the 2013 CSA season, our farm has hired three local bloggers (we're calling them "Virtual Farmhands") to share weekly recipes,...
Bring on Spring!
Bloom Where You're Planted Farm - Mar 13, 2013 - By Teresa_2
We survived the long winter, and although we're still melting from a surprise snowstorm over the weekend we know Spring is just around the corner! We had a very successful fall 2012 season. So many new friends came to the farm and we are thankful...
New York -- Maple syrup producers in New York State are keeping their fingers crossed in hopes that the weather will continue to cooperate this year to make up for last year's dismal season. “Last year was a disaster with temperatures in the 70s and...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Dill Weed and ...
Home Farm Herbery - Mar 13, 2013 - By Arlene
Everything You Wanted to Know About Dill Weed and Then Some© by Arlene Wright-Correll Home Farm Herbery Dill weed is a really unique perennial herbal plant that we grow at Home Farm Herbery not only for its leaves, but also for its seeds...
It must be Easter! Chicks are Herel
Maple Heights Farm - Mar 13, 2013 - By Kerrie and Andy
It is that time of year when the early morning call wakes us. "You have a package that has just arrived, come get them, NOW". It seems the company of 175 day old chicks is even company to our busy postal workers. And there is...
Salem, New York -- Members of The Upper Hudson Maple Producers Association will open the doors of their sugarhouses to the public the weekends of March 16 and 17 and March 23 and 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.There will be free tours, demonstrations on...
Recipe - Roasted Broccoli
Sunshine for Dinner - Mar 11, 2013 - By Georgiaberry
broccoli florets, cut and tossed with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and salt - ready to go in the oven Roasted Broccoli Well, the printed version of this recipe that I slipped in the bag this week for my Sunshine for Dinner veggie...
On the menu this week: March 11, 2013
Sunshine for Dinner - Mar 11, 2013 - By Georgiaberry
gorgeous pink Italian lettuce 'Ciucca' growing in the Sunshine for Dinner high tunnel First veggie delivery of 2013! So amazing! Today is our first veggie delivery from our new high tunnel/hoop house - we picked some delicious and healthful...
Seed germination is quite simple… right?
Home Farm Herbery - Mar 11, 2013 - By Arlene
Seed Germination Seed germination is quite simple… right? Usually it is. However, sometimes problems do occur and the problem is easy to describe.Mostly someone says, “My seeds didn’t germinate”.We test our seeds for proof of germination! Thus we know...
Harriet Alexander Nature Center Annual "It...
Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles - Mar 11, 2013 - By Betty_1
Saint Paul, Minnesota -- The Harriet Alexander Nature Center will hold their annual "It's Tapping Time!" maple syrup event the weekend of March 23-24, from 10am-4pm and admission is free. In their effort to support and promote sustainable...