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My gardens. My legacy.

Morgan Botanicals   -   Jun 29, 2012 - By Jessica_7

My gardens are my legacy. Somehow or another I've wandered. I have to wander. I have to give. I get antsy and dreamy. I love excitement, new land and change and growth. Barefoot and barehanded from the ground up, I build a new garden. It's what I...

'Guinea Pig' Meals, Seed Packet Magnets, S...

For Dragonflies And Me   -   Jun 29, 2012 - By Neil & Jean

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; They are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul." Luther Burbank Meals are important at our house~ they are a time where we all sit together and talk about the days events,...

6:30am, what will I get done today???

Tangle Tree Ranch   -   Jun 29, 2012 - By Marte Holen

I am curious to see, what we can accomplish today, some days it seams like nothing, but there is always something getting done. Like yesterday, one of our automatic water had a leak, so it needed to be fixed ASAP, it could not wait. Water every where, and...

If You Believe in the Right to Choose Your Food - ...

Spring Hill Farms   -   Jun 28, 2012 - By David_8

Tamworth Barrow circa 1920 Heritage breed hogs are under attack by the Michigan Department of Natural resources. This is a picture of a Tamworth barrow that was a prize winning pig in 1920. Below is a picture of a Tamworth barrow today. ...

Homegrown Goodness at the Bluegrass Farmers' M...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Jun 28, 2012 - By Kentucky Proud

As folks say, the hazy, lazy days of summer have arrived! Except that our farmers are never lazy, no matter how hot and hazy it gets. They are working in the fields in order to provide our customers with nothing but the freshest and the best homegrown...

Plan A New Garden Now, Apple Orchard Strudel

For Dragonflies And Me   -   Jun 28, 2012 - By Neil & Jean

Planning a new garden is always so much fun for me.  Each year I get to draw up field, garden and flower bed plot plans! This is one way that I spend my winter days!    If you start with a garden journal and jot down what your garden dreams...

Maple Custard PIe

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jun 28, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients         1/2 cup cold water         1/4 cup all-purpose flour         1 cup pure maple syrup      &nb...

Simple To Make Birdbath, Say I Love You with Herbs...

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

Spring is a time of love and rejuvenation! The awakening all around us stimulates a desire to give and share~ everything just seems happy! The birds start returning, buds start popping, the first Snow Drops and Crocus's start peeking out giving us a...

Wilsons Gourds loves and invites all to Salem and ...

Wilsons Gourds   -   Jun 27, 2012 - By Karen and Paul

Wilsons Gourds invites  all on Thursday June 28,2012 to enjoy the shade and come to Bryan Memorial Park in Salem, IL off Boone Street from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. to the Farmer's Market to get all your produce, baked goods, jams and jellies, unique crafts...

Photos from Last Fall

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Jun 27, 2012 - By Teresa_2

Going through my Fall 2012 Pumpkin Festival photos and thought I'd share a few -- with the 100+ degree weather today we need something cooler to think about!