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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Paleo Diet: Smart eating or latest fad? by YahooGr...
Rainbow Ranch Farms - Jul 25, 2011 - By Poly
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/paleo-diet-smart-eating-or-latest-fad-2514781/ by Yahoo!Green , on Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:25am PDT By Michael d'Estries, Mother Nature Network In the quest for optimum health and weight, should humans...
rain just in time. Look at the prairie flowers in...
Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Jul 25, 2011 - By Laura_1
Greetings shareholders, This week, we'll have potatoes, onions, garlic, beans, cabbage, kale, collards, dill, basil, and cilantro. The Monday people will get the last of the broccoli. The Thursday people will get the first of the sweet...
As the 2011 County Fair Draws to a Close.....
Rockgate Farm - Jul 24, 2011 - By Angela_6
Well, I WON! I WON! I WON!!! Another County Fair has drawn to a close. The day to pick up my entries, ribbons and premiums....if I have any, and lick my wounds and mutter a few chosen words under my breath if I haven't. ...
Guinness and the Alpaca Dance
Sweet Harmony Farm - Jul 24, 2011 - By Mona
Guinness scared the daylights out of me the other day. It has been sooooooooo hot! I realize it’s July, and that we’d had a very long winter, but temps hovering around 100 are just a bit much! We’ve been hosing down the alpacas every day in an...
Blueberry Meadows/5th Meadow.
Blueberry Meadows / 5th Meadow - Jul 24, 2011 - By Ed and Lucy
Blueberry Meadows/5th Meadow s We will be posting picking times on our Blog, and on Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blueberry-Meadows/119913568027370 Please Call or...
Killings in Norway
Tangle Tree Ranch - Jul 24, 2011 - By Marte Holen
For those of you that know, I am from Norway, lived there most of my life. No body in my family as fare as we know, as I am writing this, is hurt. This tragedy that happened on Friday, is beyond understanding. This man who did this, well, it is hard to...
The Buzzzzz at market
Conroe Saturday AM market - Jul 24, 2011 - By Fred
What a sweet deal at the Conroe Market today, Pat /Elvis with Peas Farm brought a live observation bee hive . They explained how the hive worked complete with a Queen Bee that had a blue dot painted on it.I learned that 95% of the veggies, fruit, and...
Thank goodness for heirloom beans
Wild Things Farm - Jul 23, 2011 - By Terry_5
You know what? The best planning sometimes just goes to pot. I spent a good amount of time planning the green bean harvest so as to not be overwhelmed by beans ready to pick. Checking seed labels for days to harvest, staggering plantings,...
M - I - C - K - E - Y
Wild Things Farm - Jul 22, 2011 - By Terry_5
T - o - m - a - to Well, what else am I supposed to do in the sweltering heat while picking produce?
How small farmers markets are going to dodge the ...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Jul 22, 2011 - By Tony_1
There are so many speculations and hypothesis now bidding for a financial collapse if the US dollar falls.The Farmers financial market is showing a distress signal as the heat and draught harvest the crops and more of the grain goes to produce the green...