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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
How to Raise Chickens – Tips on Raising Chickens
Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators - Jan 01, 2012 - By Suzie OConnor
Raising a coop full of chickens can be a fun and educating experience. Chickens can be hatched or bought from local farmers. They can also be ordered through a number of different hatcheries. If you are learning how to raise chickens then it is best to buy...
Rhode Island Red Chickens
Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators - Jan 01, 2012 - By Suzie OConnor
Rhode Island Reds are one of the most popular breeds of chicken, and for good reason! These hardy, easy keepers do well in almost any climate, are great layers of brown eggs, and come in both standard size and a much smaller bantam size. Developed in the...
2012 prices
Anonymous Farm - Jan 01, 2012 - By Risha
Our family of 8 live on the farm with a conservation reserve outside our door. Berkshire cross heritage pigs; jersy, holstein, and now highland cattle plus miscellaneous poultry free range on our pastures and enjoy organic exempt corn and other feeds grown on...
New Year's Eve - 2011
Sweet Harmony Farm - Dec 31, 2011 - By Mona
It’s New Year’s Eve! Well 2011 isn’t ending so wonderfully. Julio’s jaw abscess has returned, thankfully not too badly, and this week I’ve had a sore throat/earache thing going on which is leaving me totally exhausted. Perhaps Julio and I are...
2011 Season Review and Plans for 2012
Good Fortune Farm - Dec 31, 2011 - By Farmer Mike
Dear CSA Members, This season was particularly challenging due to the climatic extremes experienced during just a few weeks that impacted a large portion of the season.A relatively hot dry spring and very wet August impacted many crops that were planted and...
Le Menu! What's available at the farm?
At Home in Nature - Dec 31, 2011 - By Mary_5
It is the season when every young man’s fancy turns to mud.A man grows tall in the country in the winter, about 5 inches taller, to be precise.Spring showers bring may flowers, December snows bring January mud.Wow it’s mucky! This week we have some...
Largest Egg Yet
Copper Hill Farm Eggs - Dec 30, 2011 - By Pat_1
Today we received an egg from our chickens that weighed 98 grams or 3.45 ounces. This is HUGE by normal standards which are between 63-73 grams for large eggs. Ouch!
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Richert/Phillips Farms - Dec 29, 2011 - By Michael_3
A young man asked if he could help sell CSA membership for us, we worked out a deal and said yes. The deal is working out well, he is a real go getter--if there were other works like him around here I could take rest easier knowing that things and...
Christmas Lights, Flashlights and the Emu Round-Up
4 D Acres - Dec 27, 2011 - By Mike_6
Christmas always brings back memories of a day in the life of an Emu Farmer. It was an early, early Sunday morning, about a week before Christmas. Temperatures were in the mid 20’s as I woke at 2:00 am and headed into the other room to wake one of my sons. It...
Reflections of 2011
Pleasant Valley Farm - Dec 27, 2011 - By Emily
A gentle snow is falling here at the farm. The animals take it all in stride. We tried to bring the horses into the barn last night for a warm bed & a manger full of hay, but they preferred to stay outside. Even now, with more than a dusting of snow on...