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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...

Corn Pudding and other Dilemmas

The Farm at Mollies Branch   -   Dec 26, 2012 - By Diane_1

'Tis the day after Christmas; a day I am spending reflecting and planning. Family arrived yesterday, and we ate a meal of plenty followed by conversation and laughter. When they left, I felt content as I sat by the fire and opened up days worth of e-mail...

Host A Cookie Exchange Luncheon, Making The Invita...

For Dragonflies And Me   -   Dec 26, 2012 - By Neil & Jean

Its cold, its blowing, there's snow on the ground, ice on the windshields and us summer lovers need to keep looking for things to keep us occupied until we can dig in the dirt.  Now that all the holiday hustle and bustle is over, we are getting ready...

They Came from the East

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

On camels, bearing gifts?  Well, this is true in the first Christmas story, but for life on the homestead in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, the wintry gifts from the east are usually in the form of snow—in copious amounts.  Being able to read the weather...

What's growing for 2013?

Sunshine for Dinner   -   Dec 26, 2012 - By Georgiaberry

What's growing for 2013? The Sunshine for Dinner high tunnel hoop house is planted with broccoli and cauliflower, radishes and green onion, mixed lettuces, bok choy and swiss chard.  Our hope and plan is to start veggie deliveries much earlier in...