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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Fall Update
Whispering Oaks Vineyard and Winery - Oct 05, 2011 - By Larry
It was a great harvest this year. It wasn't our best, but better than last year. The hot weather really concentrated the sugars, so it should be a good vintage. The yeast is almost done doing it's magic to convert sugar to alcohol....
Bluegrass Farmers' Market open for 4 more week...
Bluegrass Farmers Market - Oct 05, 2011 - By Kentucky Proud
~*~*~The countdown has begun~*~*~ Only 4 more weeks of the 2011 Bluegrass Farmers' Market season left! Wow, where did the summer go? It feels like I was just harvesting lettuce and then the seasons first tomato. I have to admit that I...
Moonstruck Shopping List
Moonstruck Farms - Oct 05, 2011 - By Rowena
MOONSTRUCK FARMS CSA SHOPPING LIST 10/05-10/08/2011 Moonstruck Farms Carnival winter squash $1.50/pound (beautiful green and yellow speckled Cinderella style. Picture on facebook) Arugula $1.00/small bag. Cherry belle radishes $0.50...
I have Okra, Yes! I have Okra
Conroe Saturday AM market - Oct 05, 2011 - By Fred
Well it is National Night Out. And I met my neighbors at one of the local Walmarts. It was not my intention to do so.The Wife kept us out shopping and we drove past the Clubhouse in our neighborhood at exactly 8pm. National Night Out ran from 6-8pm. I wonder...
This Weekend at the Williamsburg Farmers Market
Williamsburg Farmers Market - Oct 04, 2011 - By WFM
Saturday, October 8 8:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sentara Regional Medical Center’s Chef Patrick Day will be at the Chefs Tent, Orion will play Celtic music and Riverside Health System will exhibit their cancer and purse project. Shop for pumpkins, kale,...
First Blog and new SamM salsa
Conroe Saturday AM market - Oct 04, 2011 - By Fred
Today was a day where we had enough leftovers in the fridge to eat all day and not have to prepare anything new. As I reviewed the first blog I wrote two months ago I noticed the recipe for SamM salsa has one changed ingredient. A month ago I found Rice...
Kittens, and no Mamma Cat.
Tangle Tree Ranch - Oct 04, 2011 - By Marte Holen
Well, Snow White, our latest momma cat, left her kittens. So we have been feeding 4 small kittens in the house. Not a extra job I ever would have thought of, but here we are. One was dead as we came home from work, the other 3 needed baths. So I gave them one....
Judge Says You Do Not Have the Right to Consume Fo...
Spring Hill Farms - Oct 03, 2011 - By David_8
A Wisconsin judge has ruled that owners of cows do not have the right to consume milk from their own cow. The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund reported on this in detail and you can find the link at the end of this blog. Among other things, Dane county...
A New Idea
Pleasant Valley Farm - Oct 03, 2011 - By Emily
On a farm, like any other business, you have to make sure you have the right tools to get your work done. Sometimes, that means replacing something that is worn out or otherwise not useful anymore. (i was going to say outdated, but then again, we...
Is Gumbo ? Gumbo without Okra.
Conroe Saturday AM market - Oct 03, 2011 - By Fred
On the way home from my Parents tonight I asked The Wife."Would you like Gumbo" Her response, " What will you be putting in it" I tried to explain all the ingredients until I said Okra. Chicken...Sausage...Rice...saute Onion...diced...