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It was a beautiful day at Home Farm Today

Home Farm Herbery   -   Mar 18, 2012 - By Arlene

3/18/12 It was a beautiful day today and I had a lot to do on the computer so it was about 10:30 am before I got out to the greenhouse where the thermometer said 110 degrees!I quickly propped open the door and window and gave everything a much needed drink...

Another morning at Home Farm

Home Farm Herbery   -   Mar 18, 2012 - By Arlene

3/17/12 It was an overcast day today with rain off and on so I started working at 8 am.I finished the last little bit of the wild flower garden after putting in 400 pounds of top soil and the rest of the perennial wildflower seeds.I thinned out the Roma...

Rain and snow!!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Mar 18, 2012 - By Rowena

We were delighted to receive rain all day yesterday and snow overnight.  Everything is soaked and I wish my husband could just take the week off and tractor!! It is perfect outside for planting and building of new beds!  We are also finally getting...

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At Home in Nature   -   Mar 18, 2012 - By Mary_5

Hello everyone! This is your President, Aaron Brachfeld, writing to invite you to participate on several new committees forming. Each one is exciting, and has a lot of potential for decreasing everyone's costs of living, and developing new ways of...

Great Spring Week

PEAS Farm   -   Mar 18, 2012 - By Pat & Elvis

We had a wonderful time this week having folks out to the farm. Please keep watching this site and our FaceBook site for days and times. We are trying to become regular, but veggies and strawberries are not regular yet.

Papaya and the seeds

Conroe Saturday AM market   -   Mar 18, 2012 - By Fred

Papaya has been researched this evening. 331% of the RDA for vitamin C. And countless health benefits. I saw them at a one man Market on my way home from work in a Shell gas station lot. I invited the gentleman to come visit in Conroe and speak to Chef Michael...

Plant early, plant often

At Home in Nature   -   Mar 17, 2012 - By Mary_5

Soil temperature and air temperature are very important for your planting decision.Here are guidelines from the Alabama Cooperative Extension… http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1061/ANR-1061.pdf The general relationship between days until seedling...

Meditative Om-lete

At Home in Nature   -   Mar 17, 2012 - By Mary_5

Cooking an egg is one of the easiest things to do, but one of the hardest things to do perfectly; it requires attention and practice, and is a meditative experience. To prepare an omelet is the best practice, and, even if done poorly, still produces a great...

NCAA Texas Female diver breaks 400

Conroe Saturday AM market   -   Mar 17, 2012 - By Fred

I just witnessed an amazing Division 1 NCAA Women's dive meet where a Texas A & M Aggies won the 3 meter Championships with a score that exceeded 410. NCAA men have higher degree of difficulties and only the top 2 or 3 reach the 400's. Olympians...

Happy St. Patrick's Day

L'Ecuyer Gardens   -   Mar 16, 2012 - By Twilya

St. Patrick’s Day Tomorrow will be dedicated to planting a new bed of leeks and onions.If there is time I will likely add a few more rows of peas.Today has been spent potting flowers and hanging baskets.I love flowers and we have a beautiful assortment of...