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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Happy March!
Debbie's Garden - Mar 01, 2013 - By Chickadee1
A bit chilly this morning, they say it's going to be a cold weekend here in Georgia....thanking God I don't live up north where it's REALLY cold, with snow and all that good stuff! Just sunny and windy and cold here! Hoping to...
Chickens Got Cabin Fever!
North Star Homestead Farms, LLC - Feb 28, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara
This morning, the chicken watering vessels were torn apart and scattered across the floor, with extension cords barely attached. The feeders were flipped over, feathers and dust lay everywhere, and on each little red face was a perfect expression of...
Planting in Newspaper Pots
Arcadia Farms - Feb 28, 2013 - By Katie
Some of the 450-or-so onion seedlings I’ve sown already are starting to come up! They’re just tiny twigs of green but they remind me that spring will be here soon! In March I’ll really be into starting seeds as I shared in this post about planting by moon...
The USDA’s The New Dirty Dozen: 12 Foods to Eat Or...
Home Farm Herbery - Feb 28, 2013 - By Arlene
The USDA’s The New Dirty Dozen: 12 Foods to Eat Organic© Recently I read a report or rather several reports that identified 12 foods you should eat provided they are organic because the 12 foods the USDA 2011 list highlighted were loaded with pesticides. ...
This weather
Richert/Phillips Farms - Feb 27, 2013 - By Michael_3
What is going on this weather is jumping all over the place--dry, wet, snowy, raining, cold, warm don't know what to expect from day to day. The good thing is we have gotten a lot done in the buildings, but the taps(maple taps) are not producing like they...
Almost Sold Out
Black Dog Farms - Feb 27, 2013 - By Kevin_2
Every year I get nervous in January. What if I plant a huge amount and no one wants to join? Maybe the old adage about build it and they will come is wrong. I can relax now. This year, just like the past few, they are still coming. And coming. Food...
Storrs, Connecticut -- On Saturday, March 2 from 10 a.m. to noon, the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, will be hosting maple sugaring activities. The events will be led by George Bailey of...
Chicks are hatching & hens are laying!
Borrowed Thyme Farm - Feb 27, 2013 - By Michael & Denise
Spring is on it's way and chicks are hatching. Our hens have bumped up their egg laying with the longer days. We have set up our breeding pens and will have hatching eggs and chicks/ducklings available. For those gardeners out there, we have a steady...
Manchester, Michigan -- McLennan's Maple Syrup in Manchester, Michigan is adding something special to its March festivities. The maple syrup producers are offering a pancake breakfast to the Maple Syrup Month event lineup. The breakfast will be held on...
Cooking with Garam Marsala©
Home Farm Herbery - Feb 26, 2013 - By Arlene
Cooking with Garam Marsala© First let’s talk about Garam Marsala as the composition of garam masala differs regionally, with wide variety across India. Varying combinations of these and other spices are used in different garam masala recipes in accordance...