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Farmer's Market

Homegrown Harvest   -   May 28, 2011 - By HomegrownHarvest

It finally dried out enough so we could plant. We have our lettuce blend, sweet edible pod peas, swiss chard, herbs, and flowers ready right now. Come see us Saturday mornings 8am - Noon at the Danville, Indiana Farmer's Market!

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Rain sweet rain

J&J Produce   -   May 27, 2011 - By Diamond

The title says it all. We finally received some rain yesterday evening and some more today. What a relief from all the hot weather we have ben experiencing. Don't get me wrong I love the hot weather of summer , but enough is enough . It's not even June...

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On the menu - May 23, 2011

Sunshine for Dinner   -   May 27, 2011 - By Georgiaberry

Spring Onions Chard ‘Sunshine Mix’ Carrots Bok Choy Radishes New Potatoes Spring Garlic Herb Bouquet Farm fresh eggs Spring garlic: Spring garlic is like the soft-shell crab stage of garlic.  The papery layers haven’t...

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On the menu - May 16, 2011

Sunshine for Dinner   -   May 27, 2011 - By Georgiaberry

Spring Onions Yellow Summer Squash Red Russian Kale Beets and Beet Greens Radishes Baby Romaine Lettuce Parsley Chives Rosemary Farm fresh eggs

How does climate change affect agriculture ? Simply speaking , I can relate to you what is happening from my observations as an urban farmer here in S.Florida. The coconut palm trees stopped producing as much  coconuts for the last three years .As a...

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On the menu - May 9, 2011

Sunshine for Dinner   -   May 27, 2011 - By Georgiaberry

Spring onions New potatoes – ‘Red La Sota’ Red Russian Kale Beets and Beet Greens Radishes Baby Romaine Lettuce Parsley Chives Rosemary Farm fresh eggs

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The Joy of Getting Started

Kelvin Grove Farm   -   May 27, 2011 - By Smiokey Joe

It's been a busy and cooler than normal spring.  We've been slow in starting, but now we're off and running.  Thanks to the help from all the family!  We've planted 100 tomato plants, 60 hot pepper plants, 32 sweet pepper plants,...

It looks like Mother Nature is going to be nice to us during this holiday weekend! That will make for some wonderful Memorial Day cookouts and picnics. And, the Bluegrass Farmers' Market will have all sorts of homegrown goodies to get you started! Look...

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Salad season

Tulsa City Farm   -   May 27, 2011 - By Malcolm

Just delivered fresh spring salad mix, mustard & turnip greens, turnips, and spinach, to the “Blue Jackalope Grocery Store” at Phoenix and Charles Page Blvd.. This might be the last week coming up, with the warm weather.   Soon the summer crops will...

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New vegetables off the vine today

J&J Produce   -   May 27, 2011 - By Diamond

Well so much for the blogging everyday. I started this entry earlier and was almost ready to post it when our adorable set of four kittens decided they just had to be all over the keyboard and mouse at the same time I was using it. So much for that entry....

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