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A DIY Brooder Box Guide for your Precious Chicks

Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Aug 18, 2011 - By Suzie OConnor

Expecting healthy and fluffy chicks is always exciting and the best way to get started is to prepare a brooder box right away. This brooder box will be essential in making sure all of your chicks stay dry and keep warm. A typical brooder box has walls so your...

It's Salsa Season!

The Jam and Jelly Lady   -   Aug 18, 2011 - By Sonya

Our cannery smells great all the time: blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, pickling spices, peaches, etc.  But to my mind, nothing beats salsa season! The other salsa vendors at our local farmers' markets use diced, canned tomatoes and pre-cut...

Baby Dill or Sliced infused salsa pickle

Conroe Saturday AM market   -   Aug 17, 2011 - By Fred

And now for the results: I apologize, I posted this one a day early. Tomorrow , Thursday Aug. 18 is the night when I open my mason jar to see how the Sliced infused salsa pickles came out . Pat from Peas Farm said I had to flip my pickles for 5 days. ...

A small town embraces experimenting with idea of r...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Aug 17, 2011 - By Tony_1

Here is a new bail out to save a struggling chicken industry. $40 MILLION  to be spent by the USDA in the times of DEBT DEFAULT  and the downgrading of the economy.LEARN More : http://business.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=28147497995131...

Peak Season at the Williamsburg Farmers Market

Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Aug 17, 2011 - By WFM

Saturday, August 20 8:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. Peak Season at the Williamsburg Farmers Market It's the peak season for produce, fruit, cheese, bread, honey, seafood, and pies at the Williamsburg Farmers Market .  Ball Canning demo by Two Girls...

Good afternoon to each of you, It has been beautiful in the garden today..no rain for a couple weeks and I have been weeding and watering! There's something peaceful about pulling weeds, or maybe it's being able to put some area in order, that I need...

Buy Local

Growing Clean Food   -   Aug 16, 2011 - By Paul_2

For the context of this post, read the story found here .  I recently read an article on CNN Money about the USDA's recent $40 million purchase of surplus chicken from the national poultry supply. First of all, I wasn't aware that there was so...

Tasty Tuesday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Market...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Aug 16, 2011 - By Kentucky Proud

Welcome to a beautiful Tuesday in Lexington, Kentucky. :) That can only mean one thing...a trip to the largest 100% homegrown/produced farmers market in town! That would be the Bluegrass Farmers' Market located at 3450 Richmond Rd. Don't be fooled...

Come To Our Labor Day Cookout Event at The Farm!

Cherry Grove Farm   -   Aug 15, 2011 - By CGF

Cherry Grove Farm’s Labor Day Cookout Sale Event Sunday August 28th 12-5 PM Join us on Sunday August 28th from 12-5 pm at Cherry Grove Farm for our last Cookout Sale Event of the year featuring our Whey Fed Pork Sausages! We will have Live Music, Cooking...

New farmers Market in Homestead

TeenasprideCSA   -   Aug 15, 2011 - By Teenaspridecsa

Our farm team is busy planting new herbs and veggies for our csa families to enjoy in Nov.It takes more time than most people realize to grow that tasty heirloom tomato to put in your weekly Csa share.  This year,due to many requests, we...