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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Been Busy
Tulsa City Farm - Jun 02, 2011 - By Malcolm
Spent the day pruning 400 tomatoes plants and weeding! It is amazing how many things there are to do each day. Trying to end the spring crops as the summer ones come in. We have been cutting and selling our salad mix, turnips, beets, turnip,...
Mojave Green??
Moonstruck Farms - Jun 02, 2011 - By Rowena
Strange year everywhere...we have not seen a Rattler in years. We had to kill off Southern Pacifics for the first few years we lived here, but the good guys eventually took over the property until today. Paul almost stepped on a Mojave Green and...
SAT. June 4th, Farm Pick-Up
Rainbow Ranch Farms - Jun 01, 2011 - By Poly
Farm Pick-Up Is Scheduled for Sat. June 4th 10-11am. If you have any questions, please call me 1-760-868-6206 Yes, you are welcome to bring your dog: please keep on leash and protect your pet from the larger livestock, and prevent your dog from...
Vacation
JustPicked Farms - Jun 01, 2011 - By Cheryl_2
We won’t be at the market for the next 3 weekends. Instead, we’ll be on vacation, checking out farmer’s markets in other places. It will be strange, trusting someone else to let the chickens out every morning and lock them up at night, feed the...
Spring???????
Tangle Tree Ranch - Jun 01, 2011 - By Marte Holen
I am so happy I am late with some tasks in the garden, like planting, seeding and so on. The weather is down right nasty. I have both wood stoves going, several roads are closed, and I can not take the horse trailer out of here. Our gravel road is just muss,...
European cucumber contaminated with E-Coli
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Jun 01, 2011 - By Tony_1
If you are going to Europe or you came back or you eat European cucumber..Have this information read first before doing so.This is a BBC.com report qouted as below to bring the awareness about the outbreak to consumers,qoute": "E.coli cucumber...
Another GMO Finding.
Miolea Organic Farm - May 31, 2011 - By Brian_1
I read in the Chicago Tribune that there was a study on the existence of GMO's in the human body .It was about an article written in "Reproductive Toxicology" by Canadian researchers. The researches simply looked...
The new agricultural paradigm: New hardy zones to...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - May 31, 2011 - By Tony_1
The supreme court UPHOLDS an Arizona 2007 law to hire only legal status employees.Check oput the New York Times front page headlines of today.Fourteen restaurants were raided and the owner fined 10 million for hiring illegal immigrants.Learn more...
Fertile Chicken Eggs Black Copper Maran
Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators - May 31, 2011 - By Suzie OConnor
Black Copper Maran Fertile Chicken Eggs are not only gorgeous but they are considered an exceptional eating egg and highly prized by chefs the world over. Maran Chickens are a gentle breed generally quiet and docile. They are also...
Week 22 Availability (May 29, 2011)
Renaissance Farm - May 31, 2011 - By Linda_2
This week the availability list has some new additions. The peas sell out very, very quickly, so if you are in the market for fresh peas, do not hesitate, or you will be disappointed. The mustard greens are strong in flavor and can be sautéed, eaten...