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Recipes for you!

At Home in Nature   -   Jan 08, 2012 - By Mary_5

What’s wild in your box? In your box today you’ll notice some delicious wild herbs.  Wintertime is not known for its tremendous variety, but at least the mainstays are easily welcome to the plate again and again.  Pine nuts are delicious wild foods...

Chili Time With Herb'n Renewal!

Good Season'n With Herb'n Renewal   -   Jan 08, 2012 - By Karin_1

We've had three people contact us this week asking for a way to use up their leftover pork after the New Year dinner. Not a problem for us, because we love leftovers! It's a great chance to get creative and try something new without the fear of a...

Let us help you start your garden!

At Home in Nature   -   Jan 08, 2012 - By Mary_5

Gardening is not only enjoyable and easy enough for a child to do, but is an important way to reduce a family's costs of food while improving their nutrition.  We are glad to help you set up your own family's garden!  Give us a call, or email...

Days are starting to lengthen!!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Jan 08, 2012 - By Rowena

The days are slowly starting to lengthen....a few more weeks and I will be putting tomatoes in the ground!!!  Wish me luck with the new greenhouse and early summer crops!! For this week's shopping list just go to www.moonstruckfarmscsa.webs.com...

Le Menu -what's ready already?

At Home in Nature   -   Jan 07, 2012 - By Mary_5

5 Gallon Bucket - $30 member, $40 non-member… 3.5 Gallon Grocery Sack - $20 member, $30 non-member… Fill them with whatever you like! This was an interesting week out at the farm.The winds came and blew away all the water and mud, and now we...

Gourd Workshops and Free Seminars at Midwestern He...

Wilsons Gourds   -   Jan 07, 2012 - By Karen and Paul

Wilsons Gourds will be hosting a Gourd Workshop at 7 p.m. for the public to attend inside the Seminar room at The Midwestern Herb and Garden Show, Times Square Mall, 42nd and Broadway, Mount Vernon, IL 62864.  The public may design their own wren gourd...

Happy New Year!

Pine Needle Farm   -   Jan 07, 2012 - By Ann_2

Happy New year!  2012 is going to be an interesting, fast paced year. We are having a very mild winter so far.  Our road is pretty icy now, a couple of sections you could go ice skating on.  The scariest parts are down to the bare gravel,...

No Longer Blogging on Local Harvest

F.A. Farm   -   Jan 06, 2012 - By Walter_1

I am going to start blogging again since I have time in the winter, but it is just too difficult to post both on Local Harvest and on Blogspot. Therefore, if you want to follow my ramblings, go to  http://fullattention.blogspot.com .

Chickens That Lay Colored Eggs

Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Jan 05, 2012 - By Suzie OConnor

Many people know about Martha Stewart's Araucana chickens, who laid beautiful pastel blue and green eggs. Purebred Araucanas are from Chile, South America and despite Martha’s endorsement, are quite rare in the USA. Martha’s chickens were rumpless, which...

In the Cold of Winter - My Seeds they are a Callin...

Mini Miracles Farm CSA   -   Jan 05, 2012 - By Natalie

Oh, how I shiver with the winter chill in my bones! Lately though I suspect I am shivering with the excitement of the new growing season around the corner (or so I tell myself). Yes, I am addicted. Throughly and totally convicted that one of the winter's...