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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
A Great Big Thank You To Everybody
The Artistic Farmer - Jan 17, 2013 - By Petra
Just wanted to take the time to send out a GREAT BIG KUDOS to all of you that are supporting your Local Growers. You make it possible for us to do what we do. Working towards strengthening our local economy. Keep going strong we THANK YOU from the bottom of...
Chitwan, Neapl -- A cure for brain tumors and cancer could be prepared from some of the elements found in honey according to Dr. Bal Krishna Thapa , a neuro-surgeon at the Bharatpur-based BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital. On Tuesday at the Chitwan...
Yes coffee, but please hold the chemicals!
Bindel Farms - Jan 17, 2013 - By Jason_3
Ever since owning a farm, I have had my eyes opened to the way thing are done in the real world in terms of food processing. Sometimes shocking at first but now I have grown accustomed to all the stories so this one is no real shocker to me either....
The kids are coming
Blue Spoon Farm - Jan 16, 2013 - By Jacalyn
It's January 16, 2013 and we are waiting for the arrival of our kids. We are expecting about 20 kids in the next 2 weeks or so. Anyone intersted in purchasing an American Boer Goat Association registerred buckling for their farm is encouraged to order...
Seedlings
Living Water Farm - Jan 16, 2013 - By Terri
New seedlings started. Can't believe they are actually spouting with it being as cold as it is! They are inside but not in direct sunlight and in a plastic greenhouse/seed starter. Cool!! I have not had much luck with starting...
Old farmers Folk Medicine recipes to beat The Flu....
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Jan 16, 2013 - By Tony_1
I am an ardent reader of the Old Farmers Almanac and The Natural News.Com.To take the preventive way to avioid the flu and prevent it, I am loading my diet with on Calamantine citrus,vitamin C,Chiken soap,Lemon grass,GARLIC,Rose hips and carrot juice!!! I...
Could Not Wait
Black Dog Farms - Jan 15, 2013 - By Kevin_2
In my last blog I wrote about how our pellet stove broke down a few days ago.If we were in the spring or fall it would be no problem but here we are in the middle of one of the coldest winters on record in southern Idaho. The repair guy said the part would...
In Search of Light
North Star Homestead Farms, LLC - Jan 15, 2013 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara
We are seekers of light. From the ancient days of setting bonfires atop hills in the darkness of winter to the contemporary fashion of LED Christmas lights turning humble homes into nocturnal gingerbread illuminations, the lure of light in dark times has...
Food is in our blood
Miolea Organic Farm - Jan 15, 2013 - By Brian_1
Food is in our blood, whether, growing, preparing, cooking or, consuming, food is in our blood. It is why we produce fruits, vegetables, chickens, eggs, honey, jams and jellies. We make our own bread, pasta and tomato sauces.It is...
A Micro Tea Garden
Arcadia Farms - Jan 15, 2013 - By Katie
I want a tea garden. And by ‘tea garden’, I mean a garden with hedges made of true tea plants (Camellia sinensis) and tea-worthy herbs that I can harvest at my leisure (<— said with my best British accent) then steep for a delicious homemade tea minutes...