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Homemade Vanilla Extract

Arcadia Farms   -   Jan 25, 2013 - By Katie

We do a lot of baking at our house. Because we don’t eat artificial food dye and are trying to avoid artificial everything-else, I recently purged all of the unnatural additives from my baking cupboard. I pitched things like neon food dye, regular food dye,...

LocalHarvest Newsletter, January 25, 2013 photo by Capriole Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. Last summer I started making cheese at home. It's nothing fancy, just a little two-step soft cheese, but I absolutely love...

Time is Flying

Snowline Tree Farm   -   Jan 24, 2013 - By Denise_2

Oh how time flies. Had a hard time looking at my calendar and realizing it really is the end of the month.My email inbox is also telling me that the end of the month is near.This is when the cards are due; now is the time to pay the piper so to speak.All of...

Completing the beehives

Wild Things Farm   -   Jan 24, 2013 - By Terry_5

So I'm a compulsive list maker......checking tasks off of my lists gives me a feeling of accomplishment and it helps me to not forget things I really want to get done.  One of the wintertime items on the list was to get the hives ready for the...

How to Keep You Local Farmers Market Alive©

Home Farm Herbery   -   Jan 24, 2013 - By Arlene

Every minute of every part of the day we are awake we have choices to be made and most of us do not recognize them, want to recognize them or when we do recognize them even consider doing anything about them. Life is hard enough with taking the time to...

Grass fed beef- a cut above the rest!

Bindel Farms   -   Jan 24, 2013 - By Jason_3

Earlier this month I picked up our beef that we had processed from the local butcher shop.  If you remember from one of our previous posting, we sent our 18 month old cow into them back in mid December and he weighed out at 750# live weight with a...

Never and Idle Hand

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Jan 23, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

Being asked the question, “How do you have time to do all these things?!” is not an uncommon occurrence on our farm.  From livestock to gardens, farmer’s market to making gelato, balancing the many layers of endeavors at North Star Homestead can be an...

Wish List Wednesday: Magazines

Arcadia Farms   -   Jan 23, 2013 - By Katie

Wish List Wednesday | Magazines Welcome to another Wish List Wednesday ! When I first started sharing these posts I intended to do them every Wednesday. Then I realized it was a little obnoxious. So now I’m working on making this happen the third...

Maple Syrup Season Early in Northeast Ohio

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jan 23, 2013 - By Betty_1

Utica, NY -- In Northeast Ohio, the unseasonably warm daily average temperature last January was above average by 4.4 degrees and the daily average before the arctic blast this January is 5.5 degrees above average. As a result of this, some maple syrup ...

Good Morning to All

The Artistic Farmer   -   Jan 23, 2013 - By Petra

It's going to be another perfect day. It was pretty cool this morning but the sun is shining beautifully. What a wonderful way to start the day :) I just love Texas, Yeah, it might be hot in the summer but I tell you what, I don't miss the snow and...