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What Happened to May?!?

Highland Orchards Farm Market   -   May 29, 2018 - By Highland Orchards

May is almost over. I love May: spring has sprung, the flowers are fabulous, planting time is rewarding—you get the picture. This year, we started with lilacs blooming on May first and ended the month cutting lots of peonies. In between, we had sun, rain,...

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Ask Arlene about fall plantings and elderberries© By Arlene Wright-Correll A recent email question asked, “What are good seeds to plant in the fall?” Fall planting is very good because eighty percent of a plant’s root growth occurs in...

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Ask Arlene about Cucamelons and droughts © By Arlene Wright-Correll A recent email question asked, “What are Cucamelons?” Cucamelons (Melothria scabra) are also called Mexican sour gherkins or mouse melons. They are close relatives...

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Ask Arlene about tea and tea recipes© By Arlene Wright-Correll The other day I was asked if I knew some good herb tea recipes. Here are three of my favorite recipes. Calendula Tea . Calendula is beautiful, delicate and lightly...

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Ask Arlene about digestive herbs and more© By Arlene Wright-Correll I was recently asked, “Can you tell me about digestive herbs?” Most culinary herbs help digestion, but a few are outstanding such as mint (Mentha s...

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Ask Arlene about herbs that do not require a lot of sun and more© By Arlene Wright-Correll One of my readers asks, “I have a lot of shade on my property and I want to grow some herbs that do not require a lot of sun. Can you suggest some?” ...

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Ask Arlene How to turn grapes into raisins & other stuff © By Arlene Wright-Correll A question asked of me this week, “How can I turn my grapes into raisins?” Here is my Home Farm Herbery Homemade Raisins Recipe Blanch...

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All About Chickens

Highland Orchards Farm Market   -   May 23, 2018 - By Highland Orchards

Chickens are funny birds in many ways. They share a common ancestry with Tyrannosaurus Rex. They have a gizzard (and you thought your grandparents made up that word!), which is a small part of the stomach that contains tiny stones and grinds up their food.They...

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Ask Arlene about Chia Seeds©

Home Farm Herbery   -   May 21, 2018 - By Arlene

Ask Arlene about Chia Seeds© By Arlene Wright-Correll I have finally decided to change the “Art only Spoken Here©” column to “Ask Arlene©” since I seem to get 90% more questions about everything else except art. However, when we get an art question...

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Tomato Powders are Very Versatile© By Arlene Wright-Correll First off let me remind those of you who are health conscious that you can buy salt free tomato powder and you can buy sugar free tomato powder . These are also gluten free and are...

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