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Fleece Blanket Giveaway 1

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Mar 27, 2012 - By Betty_1

Fleece blankets (also called fleece throws) are made from Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or other synthetic fibers and can also be made out of recycled PET bottles or recycled fleece. They are lightweight, warm, soft, and hydrophobic; holding less than 1%...

Great digestion of food today

Conroe Saturday AM market   -   Mar 27, 2012 - By Fred

Last evening to family group bible study I brought a Papaya. I have been reluctant to slice into the super fruit because their are so many contradicting stories on the internet about the value of the seeds and outer peel. I was perplexed about how to treat it....

Amazing things!!

Walenga Family Farm   -   Mar 26, 2012 - By Farmer Nate

Hi all!      Let me start by saying the weather has been sooooooo amazing these last few weeks!  We took the new baby and my son out to the farm and stayed for 5 days.  The weather was perfect for all but one of them. ...

Nifty Birdfeeders, Homemade Hummingbird Nectar, A ...

For Dragonflies And Me   -   Mar 26, 2012 - By Neil & Jean

March 26th, 2012 Nifty Bird Feeders, Homemade Hummingbird Nectar, A Lovely Garden Path & Taylor's Yummy Oatmeal Pancakes! I was in the kitchen the other day leaning on the counter looking out one of the windows when a male & female Purple...

Naturally Colored Eggs!

Red Goat Gardens   -   Mar 26, 2012 - By Rick_1

How about naturally colored eggs!  Our Ameraucana hens lay beautiful green and blue eggs and our Cuckoo Marans lay chocolate brown eggs.  So, we have a nice variety to go along with our brown egg layers.  These are great for spring baking and...

Keeping an Egg Flock: Spring Begins!

Emma's Family Farm in Maine   -   Mar 25, 2012 - By Rose and Steve

In order to sell free range eggs, one must be keeping free range layings hens as naturally as possible. If the farm is to be diverse, those hens should be relatively easy to care for and meld into the farm's systems seamlessly -- in other words, each step...

Busy week, shearing, more kidding, aquaponics, and...

Four Country Gals   -   Mar 25, 2012 - By Shari_1

What a week! With great spring weather,  we've been outside working on projects.  You know  the old adage, work on the farm is never done. Bev built some more feeders for the sheep, and we got those installed. Today we built a creep area for...

Brandy with two ewe lambs

The Green Shepherd Farm Blog   -   Mar 25, 2012 - By Stephen & Annette

I love the look on Brandy's face !

Spring '12 Laming

The Green Shepherd Farm Blog   -   Mar 25, 2012 - By Stephen & Annette

This is my first blog of any kind, so for the most part, I'm just feeling my way around.  Five of our seven ewes have lambed, resulting in twelve healthy little ones. One ram is a bummer, but seems to be doing fine. We'll be reserving up to five...

Buffalo Hunt - Permitted by right?

At Home in Nature   -   Mar 25, 2012 - By Mary_5

Buffalo hunting on "A" Zoned land - a use permitted by right (c) 2012 Meadowlark Herald - www.themeadowlarkherald.com .  Reprinted with permission.