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It was a muddy and cold week

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Apr 07, 2017 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders and friends of Abbe Hills Farm, Market tomorrow morning, 10:00 until noon at the Community Center in Mt. Vernon.  We’re staying home again – too few hours of sunshine in the week to get all our work done if we keep going...

OPENED EASTER SAT 1 to 4 LOT'S OF EASTER PRODU...

Florida Pure Produce   -   Apr 06, 2017 - By Tom & Mikki

Lots of Easter Specials Sat 15th 1 to 4 Buy Cukes 1.00 each receive 3rd one FREE (lime-onion and cuke salad for Easter) 4 Carrots for $3.00  ( to make local Honey candied carrots YUM!) Local eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt $4.00 BIG Sweet...

Papaya Leaves _ "Good for what ails you"

Back2theBeginning Farm   -   Apr 04, 2017 - By J

The good news...  Papaya Leaves Check out "15 Uses for Papaya Leaves - A Powerful Cure for Cancer" on OMTimes Writer's Community To view this article, visit: http://community.omtimes.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3288748%3ABlogPost%3...

More Cooking with Chervil©

Home Farm Herbery   -   Apr 01, 2017 - By Arlene

More Cooking with Chervil© By Arlene Wright-Correll We love cooking with our dried chervil and we love sharing our recipes.  Here are two of our long time favorite recipes.  The first one is very simple and the second one...

March Art Contest Winner..

Home Farm Herbery   -   Apr 01, 2017 - By Arlene

This is no April Fool Joke Marlin Woosley.. Your name was pulled for the winner of the March 2017 Art contest and you are winning a $499.00 painting. It goes out Monday...Congratulations ... Home Farm Herbery

RAMP up your CSA at Sat. April 1 Market!

Salamander Springs Farm/Permaculture Organics   -   Apr 01, 2017 - By Susana

Hello CSAers! Our first outdoor market is Saturday April 1 and ramp season has begun!  This wonderful spring ephemeral "wild leek" of the forest only lasts until early May so  if you'd like to "ramp up" your 2017...

Winter of 2017

Jandy's   -   Mar 31, 2017 - By Jan_3

The Winter of 2017 has been an interesting one, as I'm sure you'll all agree. Here in Ohio, it's been extremely mild. Even with an occasional spell of bitter cold, all in all we had little snow and higher than normal temperatures. Unfortunately...

Sure is rainy and cold

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Mar 31, 2017 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders and friends of Abbe Hills Farm, Market tomorrow morning, 10:00 until noon at the Community Center in Mt. Vernon.  We’re going to stay home, but I expect there will be coffee, bakery, meat, and eggs from the other...

Seeds for Spring Planting...

Green Journey Seeds   -   Mar 30, 2017 - By Aline

Heirloom Fragrant Bi-colored Sweet Peas As the rain clouds disperse and soil saturation lessens, we prepare the garden for not so early plantings of our favorite flowers, edibles and medicinal herbs. Heirloom Sweet Peas sown in pots in the greenhouse in...

Hollyhock seeds are fine for chooks

Greenleaf Farms   -   Mar 29, 2017 - By Suki

Found this old article from 1920 in the New York Times archives about using hollyhock seeds (rose of sharon) for poultry.  Hollyhocks put out alot of seeds during the bloom, shake those stamens, and you can safely give it to the chickens.  Of course...