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Review of Thompson and Morgan’s sprouter

At Home in Nature   -   Dec 14, 2012 - By Mary_5

       Thompson and Morgan offer a sprouter that works very well.Available also through Amazon.com for about $12 plus shipping, the sprouter takes all the hard work and time out of sprouting.Seeds are soaked overnight in the...

Using oregano against fungus and mold in sprouts

At Home in Nature   -   Dec 14, 2012 - By Mary_5

Sprouts are susceptible to fungus and mold because the same conditions excellent for germination are also excellent for fungus and mold.One easy way to avoid that is to use concentrated essential oil of oregano.Just four drops in a gallon of water will reduce...

A few days ago I received an email from Local Harvest asking me to take a survey. I am not usually much into surveys, but I really appreciate what LH does for me and all of us. They run a very nice operation and have helped me not only to get my little...

Long newsletter, a lot on my mind this week!

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Dec 14, 2012 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders and friends of Abbe Hills Farm,   This week's market is tomorrow, December 15, 11:00 until 1:00 at the Community Center in Mt. Vernon.  Charlotte and I will be there with bread, eggs, cabbages of various sorts, and...

Its seed drying and packaging time at Home Farm He...

Home Farm Herbery   -   Dec 14, 2012 - By Arlene

Do you every feel that you are busier than a one armed paper hanging?  This time of year I feel that way and it is not because of the holiday season.  It is because the plants that we allowed to go to seed.  The seeds are now dried from not...

The Perfection in Silence

Pine Needle Farm   -   Dec 14, 2012 - By Ann_2

This evening after I was done feeding all the animals, I just stopped and listened for a few minutes.  It was absolutely still and quiet out.  I just stood there and absorbed the silence.  The snow on the trees and ground was muffling all sound,...

My wife and I have been working on some ideas to present our CSA as more of a social type organization than simply a farm.  Instead of just buying a weekly box of vegetables, what if our shareholders could break bread together? From everything that I...

Christmas hams, the butcher, and more!

Bindel Farms   -   Dec 13, 2012 - By Jason_3

We are almost half way through this month and in 12 day it will be Christmas!  There is so much that has happened in this month to make it so busy on the farm.  We have been in the process of sending our hogs off to the butchers to get...

We have been busy here at Home Farm Herbery

Home Farm Herbery   -   Dec 13, 2012 - By Arlene

At Home Farm Herbery the time has been flying with all the chores around here. We have gotten the new vegetable beds ready for next year and the new herb beds built.  All the new Hydro trays finally arrived along with next years seeds, plant markers and...

Most Pork is Contaminated With Pathogens

Spring Hill Farms   -   Dec 13, 2012 - By David_8

Health information floating around on the internet and every other form of media can boggle your mind at times. Heck you can have a conversation with a friend at the water cooler and end up wondering if we're all going to die of some horrid disease...