The Blog Barn
Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Kaukauna, Wisconsin -- Last week, unseasonably warm weather in some parts of the country led to some maple syrup producers to start tapping their maple trees which usually does not happen until the middle of February. However, the recent Arctic blast that...
The Truth about Food Miles
North Star Homestead Farms, LLC - Jan 27, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara
A farmer asks a small child, “Where does milk come from?” The child responds, honestly enough, “From the store.” It’s hard to blame the child, who has probably never stepped foot into a dairy barn or seen the milk from an ample udder stream into the...
Useful Wild Things on the farm
Wild Things Farm - Jan 27, 2013 - By Terry_5
Back in July a "flock" of worms was added to the Wild Things' menagerie. I'm not sure what you call a bunch of worms, "flock", "wad", "glob".....they do make wonderful poop to add to the seed starting mix...
Ag Census
Agropraxis Farm - Jan 27, 2013 - By Farmer Pete
What a delight to comply with USDA’s agriculture census. Page after page of detail and monetary facts to assess the state of agriculture. A mandatory filing for most farms. For a small, intensive vegetable farmer this simple formality appears pointless. We...
Our First Blog Entry
Natural Excellence Farm and Gardens - Jan 27, 2013 - By Rosemary
Hi all, This is our first entry in our new Farm Blog on Local Harvest,org. We're happy to be launching this blog to inform our "best of the food chain" partners of things happening on the farm. Our new high tunnel was completed this last week...
The coming year..........
The Farmers Market at Fairfield Hills - Jan 26, 2013 - By Mary_9
2013 marks our 11th year , we have come a long way from the back field at St John's church in Sandy Hook, We started with 3 booths and me as the coffee girl (Sandy Hook had not yet have it's own coffee house) my, how time flies...... " And we...
Sowing tomatoes and peppers
Walkto Farms Weekly - Jan 26, 2013 - By Gil
I's been a long day, with seed catalogs and rich text on wesite building. But what I'm feeling is the urgent question of when to sow tomatoes. and peppers. The greenhouse isn't quite up yet, but at least half those seeds are in the soil and...
Overveiw of 2013 Preps
Miss Scarlett's Homegrown Produce, Texas-made Gifts & More - Jan 25, 2013 - By Miss Scarlett
Since we have a Facebook page and a website, I suppose the next thing to do is to begin a blog. Well, here it is folks, our first blog entry. I just wanted to write this to give you a little preview of things you may read upon this blog. We...
Building a New Watering System
Black Dog Farms - Jan 25, 2013 - By Kevin_2
I have been trying to get to this for a few months now. Time flies when you are having fun. Back in my shop I have put together a watering system that will not only save water, but will get more water right where I need it. Instead of overhead watering...
Utica, NY — Honey . Dr. Oz calls it “liquid gold” and on his show titled Healing Honey , he gave a demonstration with one of the audience members about how to make a honey face mask. “Now, this is very important,” Dr. Oz said after giving the...