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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
GMOs, Pollinators & Us
Butts Bees and WonderBee Organics - Feb 26, 2013 - By Honey_1
Thinking of planting ? Think native species or heirloom varieties. Think can this plant encourage diversity in my yard and help bring in beneficial insects and pollinators? Below is an old article but relevant nonetheless. Biotech Corn...
P.S. About Coriander and Cilantro
Home Farm Herbery - Feb 25, 2013 - By Arlene
My research shows that Coriander has so many benefits that a book can be written on them. It has eleven components of essential oils, six types of acids (including ascorbic acid, better known as vitamin-C), minerals and vitamins, each having a number of...
A Little History of Coriander ©
Home Farm Herbery - Feb 25, 2013 - By Arlene
A Little History of Coriander © Every year at Home Farm Herbery we plant a new annual crop of Cilantro in order to get our coriander seeds from which we either sell the seeds whole or grind them into coriander powder. The seed of the...
Salem, IN -- The 22nd Annual Maple Syrup Festival at Leane and Michael's Sugarbush Farm in Salem, Indiana is set to open the 23rd-24th of February and the 2nd-3rd of March. The festival is open from 9am to 5pm. Tours are available three times daily at...
Average sunday waiting for spring
Double Shamrock Farm - Feb 25, 2013 - By Calleen
This wonderful sunny Sunday enjoying the birds, thinking about the spring that is coming soon. Looking at buckets of eggs waiting to be washed, checked over and packaged up. Currently have about 33 dozen sitting in the fridge waiting to be...
After Two years of Drought
Tulsa City Farm - Feb 24, 2013 - By Malcolm
After two years of drought we were hoping the spring and fall rain would do away the drought. So we planted garlic and over wintering onions. We then seeded it with a living green manure of annual rye grass, and put the garden to bed for winter. To catch you...
What in the World is a Kohlrabi? ©
Home Farm Herbery - Feb 24, 2013 - By Arlene
What in the World is a Kohlrabi? © Not a lot of people in the USA eat Kohlrabi and not a lot of people grow it in their gardens and it is simply a shame because this thick skin veggie has a delightful surprise inside of it. According to Wikipedia the...
Winter Waning
Agropraxis Farm - Feb 24, 2013 - By Farmer Pete
Less than a handful of weeks remain of this winter. As with all winters we look for signs in the patterns in weather and life for what the future may hold; drawing simple conclusions from the complexities of life and events. Some of these are worth...
New happenings
Twin Creeks Farms- Wesley Stephens and Bethany Stephens - Feb 24, 2013 - By Wesley and Bethany
It has been much too long since we posted anything on the blog, and things have steadily progressed here. We have been working to expand our beef and pork production, and have been selling products on an online local farmers market called Down East Connect for...
Weather
Greenleaf Farms - Feb 23, 2013 - By Sigo
Today was actually rather warm; we broke freezing and despite the snow on the ground and the chill in the air, there was a rather balmy feel to the place. Of course once the sun set, all of that changed and snow began to trickle down again, but during...