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Hot Sizzling Summer is Here!

Owens Acres - Lavender, Herbs, and Tea   -   Jun 22, 2011 - By Laura & Mike

It was a long and cold winter for most of the US, but the hot sizzling summer days have finally arrived! Natural Insect Repelling: Along with hot days come annoying insects that drive us crazy while we're trying to enjoy the great outdoors!  Owens...

Sprung Spring

Homestead Pantry   -   Jun 22, 2011 - By Homestead Artisa

It's been awhile since I last visited, since spring sprung with such a vengeance we have been running as fast as we could to keep up. The first round of chicks graduated from the new little brooder house right to the freezer, our happy tummies, and to our...

Whats growing in our garden.

Caliente Acres   -   Jun 21, 2011 - By Fred D

Boy is it hot here in South Texas...We are still making tomatoes, and peppers and the eggplants are in bloom... We really could use the rain to calm the 107 degree temps. We have been canning the tomatoes, and making lots spaghetti sauce, and salsa. All the...

Live Music, Chef and Canning Demos and Fresh, Loca...

Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Jun 21, 2011 - By WFM

Saturday, June 25, 2011 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Shop for everything from raspberries, blueberries and tomatoes to goat cheese, daylilies and lavender at the Williamsburg Farmers Market . The Williamsburg Lodge will be at the Chef Tent at 9:30 a.m. and...

Blue Tuesday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Market!

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Jun 21, 2011 - By Kentucky Proud

That's right, it's a blue Tuesday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Market! Blue as in BLUEBERRIES!!! And, it's also the very first day of summer...officially! That means you'll find all sorts of summertime goodness at the market today. Look...

June already! May 5th it was snowing here, which made planting difficult. Thankfully we were able to put up some small hoops over our boxes, enabling us to plant tomatoes and peppers early. They have now reached mature size and are starting to put up little...

Spreading The Word

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Jun 20, 2011 - By Emily

I've always been an avid reader.  Dan is too, an so we subscribe to a number of magazines.  The latest National Geographic came in the mail on Saturday. I love reading about the exotic places, cultures and animals inside, but in this issue, one...

And then there were eleven .............

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Jun 20, 2011 - By Mona

Yesterday our little alpaca herd grew again, as 2 more alpaca boys joined us here on our farm.  Val came by and dropped off Cavalier and Eragon.  Both are considered modern gray in color, with Cavalier being a dark silver grey and Eragon a dark...

Father's Day at Clayton Fathers Market

Clayton Farmers' Market and Small Farm Animals   -   Jun 20, 2011 - By Janice

June 19 -- Bits of sunshine, bits of light rain on Dad's Day! Spinach, lettuce, rhubarb were popular items at Clayton FM.  Of course, all locally grown .... pesticide free, too.  Temperatures were in the mid 60's today - supposed to reach...

Scapes, greens, kohlrabi, and 4 days without rain!...

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Jun 20, 2011 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders, This week, we'll have kohlrabi, small white onions, garlic scapes, more (hot!) radishes, lettuce from the field, kale, and some assortment of bok choi, small turnips, broccoli raab, and arugula in a stir fry kit.  Not sure...