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The Tex Mex Challenge

Conroe Saturday AM market   -   Jul 08, 2011 - By Fred

Yesterday I spoke with an acquatance and I was challenged to create a Tex Mex Taco. Never really new what Tex Mex meant . I learned their is California Tex Mex and Tex Mex. So I needed to refine my search and stick to information that has its origins in Texas....

BIG TURKEYS!!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Jul 08, 2011 - By Rowena

All the moonstruck farms csa farms are working hard, and plants and animals are growing by leaps and bounds including the turkeys!!The toms were 20-24 pounds….missed the mark, but the animals obviously have a mind of their own and beat all records this time...

Fresh Cut Lavender

The Lavender Lane   -   Jul 07, 2011 - By Dawn_1

Lavender Grosso and Hidcot Giant Lavender is fresh cut and bundled.  You can pick some up at the farm store or at Rome City, IN Farm Market Friday July 8 from 4-7pm

Funding for Gardening Education

Grow And Share   -   Jul 07, 2011 - By Kay

RTI International Supports Local Non-Profit Grow And Share Zebulon, NC, July 7, 2011 - Grow And Share, a non-profit fighting hunger at the local level, recently received a corporate contribution from RTI International of Research Triangle Park, North...

Super Saturday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Marke...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Jul 07, 2011 - By Kentucky Proud

I was walking through the Richmond Rd. market last week and I had to smile to myself. I kept thinking about the years when I shopped at a grocery store and purchased onions, potatoes, squash, etc. I had no idea what variety they were and I'll almost...

Start CSA

Tangle Tree Ranch   -   Jul 07, 2011 - By Marte Holen

We will start our CSA on July 18th, at 5pm in TSC parking lot in Devils Lake.

Based on popular demand, we repeat "Canning w...

The Jam and Jelly Lady   -   Jul 07, 2011 - By Sonya

Just finished teaching a packed house of canners tonight how to can tomatoes three ways - boy the cannery smells good!  We canned Bruschetta, Italian tomatoes, and Creole Sauce.  While waiting for the pressure canners to finish, I made little garlic...

Celebrate the first treasures of the garden

Stoney Ridge Farm   -   Jul 07, 2011 - By Mark

I had been away for the last week and couldn’t wait to check the garden to see how it had been doing in my absence.  As is always a concern when I am away: did we have enough rain, deer browsing and other critters sampling my work?   I was...

Hi everyone...... Hope you had a wonderful 4th. Our family did the traditional picnic, friends and fireworks. It was a great day! This week the new addition is Broccoli.. Share contents: Broccoli onions, lettuce, kale, swiss chard radishes ...

Grain Harvest

White Frost Farm   -   Jul 06, 2011 - By Kit and Cathy

July 6, 2011 We will be harvesting our rye and wheat within the next two weeks.  That means rye and wheat flour along with wheat berries and rye berries. We need dry weather for the grain harvest but rain on the vegetables.  Do you think that...