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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
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Allicins Ranch - Aug 17, 2012 - By Ben_1
From our bounty we have saved the seed scapes, dried them, and are now throwing the bulbils (actual seed that foms within the scape flower head) in everything!.. they are so delicious, they are like little microburst of garlic already cut up and...
Ode to the Red Wheel Barrow
Sweet Harmony Farm - Aug 17, 2012 - By Mona
As I sit here typing this, I swear I can hear a bugle in the distance playing ‘Taps’ .................. Well, last evening it finally happened. Our old, very, very old wheelbarrow, carried its last ever pile o’ alpaca poo over to The Big...
A Companionate Herbal for the Organic Garden and Y...
For Dragonflies And Me - Aug 17, 2012 - By Neil & Jean
Summer is here and we are in full swing! I am finding it harder and harder to get to this blog with all the responsibilities I have around on the farm. I am constantly thinking of things to write about and share, but finding the 'thyme', or...
Papaya Season is open and we are shipping!
Mangos In Paradise, LLC - Aug 17, 2012 - By Libby
Red Lady Papaya Red Lady Papaya is now in season and it is just wonderful. The flavor is sweet and mild and they make the most delicious papaya smoothies, you have ever made. Our trees are just beautiful and the papaya looks terrific. We harvest the papaya...
Heirloom Tomatoes - Superstars of the Vegetable Wo...
Tewksbury Grace Farm - Aug 17, 2012 - By Johnny and Leah
Hi Friends, The tomatoes are rockin’!We hope you are enjoying these special treats.In addition to the tomatoes in your bag this week, you can also enjoy our tomatoes at Cherry Alley in Lewisburg, where they are featured as a stuffed tomato meal or as a...
Why Farmers Markets Keep Winning
Smith Meadows Farm Blog - Aug 16, 2012 - By Forrest
Our weekly farm blog: http://smithmeadows.com/farm/why-farmers-markets-keep-winning/
Bluegrass Farmers' Market Customer Appreciatio...
Bluegrass Farmers Market - Aug 16, 2012 - By Kentucky Proud
I was talking to a friend who shops at a local farmers market in Illinois. The conversation headed in the direction of “what is local?” How do you define “local?” I thought about it and decided that “local” to me means that my fruits and veggies have not been...
Make a Blooming Chair, How To Make Herbed Vinegars...
For Dragonflies And Me - Aug 16, 2012 - By Neil & Jean
Flowers are bursting open everywhere and the fledglings are leaving the nest... young robins are hopping all over the garden eating creepy crawlies and enjoying being out of the nest... glorious, glorious summer! The fields are starting to bear and the...
The Mohawk Valley Trading Company is giving away one Raw Orange Blossom Honey T-Shirt with each order of any of their varieties of honey from 8/13/12 thru 08/20/12. In their effort to support and promote sustainable agriculture, local, small and family...
Unruly Garden part 2
Shamrock Hill Farm - Aug 15, 2012 - By Susan
I have finally finished the tomato reorganizing in the barn garden. I have people ask me what they have done wrong this season to get so few to no as tomatoes. The answer is nothing, it's just part of gardening. As I was going through...