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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Clean Up Your Act! Use Honey Soap
What's the Buzz? - May 17, 2012 - By Marcie
On Friday nights I have a tradition: I bottle honey and make soap. I began with the basic melt-and-pour glycerine soaps, adding honey and other yummy ingredients. But as time went on, I discovered that not all soaps are created equal. There's a nasty...
Pasture Maintenance
The Artistic Farmer - May 17, 2012 - By Petra
A beautiful morning to really enjoy pasture clean up. I am amazed how well the camelid manure turns this dry and stoney land into great fertile soil. The ranch is full of beautiful wild flowers and I am sure it is because of the great rain that we had the last...
For Custom Hoodie Hooded Sweatshirt Giveaway 1, our friends at Crooked Brook are offering a heather grey hoodie with an embroidered Dominique Chicken on the back. The winner can get this hoodie with just the Dominique Chicken, or with: ...
Harvest!
Debbie's Garden - May 17, 2012 - By Chickadee1
Been checking to see what's coming in, and low and behold there's squash! So guess what I have in my salad today??? Also, arugula and kale still, and fresh radishes! Love radishes, they are so FAST to grow! (28 days to harvest!) And they are good...
Sunshine after the Rain :)
The Artistic Farmer - May 16, 2012 - By Petra
What a wonderful Wednesday it is. We where blessed with more rain yesterday and today the earth and all the inhabitants here are overjoyed with the beautiful warm sunshiny day today. The peacock that found his way to our ranch a few days ago seems like he...
Organic Standards Corruption and Small Farms
Spring Hill Farms - May 16, 2012 - By David_8
The more distant your relationship with the person who produces your food, the more potential for corruption. Dr Mercola and the Cornucopia Institute have been pointing out the mass corruption in the organic movement. As with anything that...
Westminster Farmers' Market Report for 05-18-1...
Westminster Farmers' Market - May 16, 2012 - By Dean
It’s a Grilling Weekend! And Westminster Farmers’ Market Has What You Need! Looks like a perfect grilling weekend and Westminster Farmers’ Market has everything you need for a delicious local meal. Offering local burgers with award-winning melted...
End of frost season?
Big Valley Ranch - May 15, 2012 - By Desiree
Well, it seems that May 15 has arrived and its officially the end of frost season. The vegetable starts are going into the ground this week, the bees are busy in their new home at the western foot of the orchard. The ducks and chickens are laying daily and the...
The Connectedness of Wheat and Blackberries
L'Ecuyer Gardens - May 15, 2012 - By Twilya
I know you are probably wondering what I am drinking, but the two have beautiful relationship on our farm.We are usually offering predictions for the first day of wheat harvest beginning in early June and don’t start cutting until the end of the month.If we...
Spring Harvest
Healthy Culinary Creations LLC - May 15, 2012 - By Laurie_1
So far it has been a wonderful spring of produce grown by dedicated local farmers bringing us asparagus, fiddlehead ferns, spinach, turnip tops, japanese radish, arugula, rhubarb, (shall I go on?), tatsoi, baby greens, asian greens, various types of radish,...