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 Here is chef Michael Fleshner's post to Facebook this afternoon:  Strawberries ! Strawberries !! Strawberries !!! for those of you who came to Market today. Everybody was excited about the early berries. Especially our visitors from...

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Need Something For That Cough Honey?

Morgan Botanicals   -   Feb 18, 2012 - By Jessica_7

My boys kept me super warm last night with their perfectly running fevers and kept me up with their irritating coughs. So I'm off to give hugs and make soups, and syrups, and herbal pastilles and sleepy teas and probably some kinda cookies, maybe big soft...

Ingredients: 2 T butter 2 large shallots, sliced thinly ¾ t salt ¼ t fresh black pepper 1 t cayenne 1 C dry red wine 1/3 C maple syrup 2 lb carrots, cut into 3 inch slices 2 t cider vinegar 2 T fresh dill, chopped ...

Ingredients: 1 loaf rustic French bread 8 eggs 2 C milk 1 C heavy cream 4-inches of scraped Vanilla Bean or 1 tsp Vanilla Extract ¼ t Cinnamon ¼ t Nutmeg 1/8 t salt Topping: 2 T Maple Syrup ½ t Cinnamon...

Ingredients: ¼ C butter ½ C brown sugar 2 T maple syrup ¾ C heavy cream 1/8 t kosher salt (use less for finely ground salt) Directions: Melt butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Whisk in sugar, stirring until sugar...

Crust Ingredients: 1 C flour ¼ C ground nuts 2 T sugar ½ t baking powder ¼ t salt 1 egg ½ C butter, cold and cut into bits Topping Ingredients: ½ C raw honey ¼ C brown sugar, packed Dash of salt 3 T butter, cold and cut...

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We're almost there

Skywatcher Farms   -   Feb 17, 2012 - By Matthew_3

Wow!!  It's been a year trying to get back to where we were before the move!!!  Ran in to some minor problems, but there is light!!  We have about 1500 starts of vegetable and herbs in the greenhouse.  We are trying a few new plants...

Ingredients: ¼ C high quality extra-virgin olive oil 2 T rice vinegar 1 T maple syrup ½ t kosher salt ¼ t freshly ground black pepper 1 small shallot 15 oz mixed salad greens 1 C slivered almonds, toasted ½ C dried...

Welcome to The Florida Tropical SizzlingEnvironment.Now learn how to eat to ward off the heat ,using “COOLANT “locally grown fruits and vegetables. Talking about locally grown lends us to mention growing your own Tropical food at your back-front yard or even...

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Valentine's Day

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

Valentine's Day at L'Ecuyer Gardens was spent planting AND reaping.  I started an additional tray of tomatoes.  This week we started Rouge D'Irak, the Great White and Beefsteak.  Also planted are some additional petunias...

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