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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members

  It's week 5, we have all full and half share members getting shares, the strawberries are ripening and it is the 48th anniversary of my birth today. The weather has gotten a lot better and that has brightened our moods and also is making us...

Another beautiful 'sunshiny' (June 12th) day at Clayton Farmers Market - We are thankful!  One of our vendors - 4 year old Ty walked up to me so friendly holding a 3/4 eaten fresh radish ....'want a bite'? he asked.  Of course I...

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Busy Bees

What's the Buzz?   -   Jun 15, 2011 - By Marcie

The girls are settling in nicely! I love sitting and drinking my tea, looking at the far reaches of the backyard, filled with towering colonies of bees. The four hives that were already here are full... I need to schedule a day to go into those hives and...

This morning we harvest more chickens. Fresh poultry deliveries are being made to Los Angeles. The winter pasture grasses are now dried, and the spring and summer pasture grasses, flowers, native weeds and vegetation are taking over. The crops are...

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Chchchchchanges!

Honeysuckle Haven Homespun   -   Jun 15, 2011 - By Lorrie_2

Hi, Everyone!  It has been an awesome year thus far!!!  I married Brad in February, went to Clown Convention 2 weeks later and have been serving and working alongside him since then.  We are very in-love newlyweds and may it always be...

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What's ready

Windy Hill Berry Farm & Vineyard   -   Jun 14, 2011 - By Martin

We have suspended PYO for strawberries for this year. The weather has taken its toll on the patch. We do have berries available to purchase at the farm. Blueberries are now turning, it might take a week before they are ready. Black raspberries are looking...

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Tour Time!

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Jun 14, 2011 - By Emily

If you live on a small farm, it's pretty much guaranteed that you'll be asked to do tours from time to time. People don't have personal connections to how their food is grown anymore, and lots of people don't have connections to animals either,...

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Nine New Beehives!

What's the Buzz?   -   Jun 14, 2011 - By Marcie

Early this morning I heard the familiar rumble of Steve's truck as it idled outside of my bedroom window while he unlocked the gate, getting ready for some bee-time. I scrambled into my clothes and hightailed it into the yard, sandals still unbuckled. I...

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BBQ Pizza

At Home in Nature   -   Jun 14, 2011 - By Mary_5

The Elbert County Fire Chiefs Association decided to reduce the Elbert County burn restriction to “Stage 2.” The Elbert County Board of Commissioners made Ordinance 06-01 to approve this because conditions have improved with recent moisture levels. The...

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Oxen alternative to beef

At Home in Nature   -   Jun 14, 2011 - By Mary_5

The use of cattle for beef and dairy is not unusual in Colorado, but the training of oxen for draft and pleasure is.Oxen are typically employed on the Eastern seaboard, while mules have been popular a long time in the South.Here in the west and on the Pacific...

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