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Will the local family farms be Extinct?

Bindel Farms   -   Dec 31, 2012 - By Jason_3

I was reading the local newspaper this weekend and stumbled across an end of the year recap from a story that debute earlier in the year.  I must have be very busy this year because I totally missed it back in April. The story talked about how all the...

Quince jelly!

Bindel Farms   -   Dec 29, 2012 - By Jason_3

  A couple months ago, I received a whole plastic grocery bag full of fresh quince from a local orchard not too far from our farm.  After debating about what to do with them, I decided to make a fabulous quince jelly last month.  ...

Lost coffee cups and Another Blog??

Snowline Tree Farm   -   Dec 29, 2012 - By Denise_2

Okay, here we go again,  I love to write, something about putting words on paper and knowing that maybe I can make someone smile a bit or even get a chuckle out of the trouble I get into is a great thing.  But I have commitment issues.  As you...

The Holidays, snow accumulation and time with family makes this a wonderful time of the year. Everyone at our house is either on break or taking advantage of the season to do a lot less of the everyday and a lot more of the fun holiday things. The farmer in me...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FOR OUR FARM FAMILY TO YOURS!!!!!

701 Farm Market   -   Dec 28, 2012 - By Penny-Lou

Hi, we buy and sell local NC pecans. My Daddy cracks and picks out our pecans by hand. He then packages the halves and pieces in 1lb. ziplock bags. Our halves are $8.50 and our pieces are $8.00 per lb. Mama's (Glenda R. Langston) Perky Pecans Preheat...

Merry Christmas from Mangos In Paradise,LLC

Mangos In Paradise, LLC   -   Dec 28, 2012 - By Libby

We would like to extend a special thank you to all of our loyal customers throughout this past year. We send you our best wishes for a healthy and happy holiday season. As winter began just a few days ago we begin to feel a crisp morning air and as...

I realize that none of us are quite ready to hear this. To many of us it seems like we just got done finishing up all of the summer and fall chores around the farm. Most of us are trying to get a little rested up in anticipation of what is coming. Here we...

A "Green" Barbeque, Vermicomposting and ...

For Dragonflies And Me   -   Dec 27, 2012 - By Neil & Jean

It's just about January now and I am already thinking about what I am going to get to start in the green house here in just a few weeks... oh it sends a chill of excitement up my spine! It really isn't too early for all the home gardeners to start...

First Snow

North Star Homestead Farms, LLC   -   Dec 26, 2012 - By Ann, Laura, and Kara

There is something magical about the first snow of winter.  The grays and browns of November disappear beneath a blanket of clean, white, freshness.  The late autumn rains have been transformed into tiny, lacy crystals that fall in soft heaps about...

Beef and eggs Dec 29

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Dec 26, 2012 - By Laura_1

Greetings friends of Abbe Hills Farm, There is no farmers market this upcoming weekend, but if enough of you are interested, we will have beef available at the farm on Saturday, December 29, 11:00 until noon.  But you have to pre-order the beef with...