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Week 21 Availability (May 22, 2011)

Renaissance Farm   -   May 23, 2011 - By Linda_2

Hello Short and sweet tonight, very tired.  All is well, getting ready for another week of rainy weather..YUCK. The march of the slugs will be underway very soon if the sun does not appear soon.   Have a great week just the same. Thank you...

Gift Baskets ........

Sweet Pumpkins Farm   -   May 23, 2011 - By Donna_4

Well I guess the basket thing has been resolved. Somethings just weren't  meant to be. Like sending fresh produce all the way to Georgia, from Masschusetts. Well at least people around here can benefit from this mistake. I'm just happy this family...

Tuesday at the Bluegrass Farmers' Market

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   May 23, 2011 - By Kentucky Proud

It's Tuesday market time! The farmer participation is still a bit small but it will be growing each week as the growing season picks up. If you are looking for wonderful homegrown, local strawberries then the Bluegrass Farmers' Market is the place to...

We're really making progress....

Kelvin Grove Farm   -   May 23, 2011 - By Smiokey Joe

I was looking at our farm description and realized how far we've come in the last 3 years.  Now when we sit down to a meal, the majority of our food is either grown by us or by neighboring farmers.  Consider our usual breakfast - bacon or ham...

Hemet Grapefruit

Bautista Creek Local Produce   -   May 22, 2011 - By Susan_6

Our farm was recently visited by David Karp, a researcher at University of California Riverside and "Market Watch columnist for the L.A. Times.  The article came out on line on Friday, May 20th and will be in the paper the following Friday. ...

Le Menu (what's cookin'?)

At Home in Nature   -   May 22, 2011 - By Mary_5

NEWS FROM THE FARM AND RECIPES This week, the pines put out new buds and the cool weather has made them extra sweet this year.  The willow, aspen and poplars are also enjoying the weather, and are very strong medicines! On the farm, potato leaves...

Last stand of the unmechanized American small farm

At Home in Nature   -   May 22, 2011 - By Mary_5

At our farm stand it occured to us that the american small farm is a dying breed, and the USDA agreed.  Very small vegetable and fruit farms focus on the labor-intensive non-mechanized crops while larger farms undertake mechanized agriculture,...

Archeology of the chicken

At Home in Nature   -   May 22, 2011 - By Mary_5

Archeology is lending its support to understanding the domestication of the chicken, science which may improve the continued development of the important species in the future by farmers worldwide.In their new study, La domestication du poulet : de...

Counting sheep not just for dreamers

At Home in Nature   -   May 22, 2011 - By Mary_5

Denver is on the verge of allowing you to raise a four legged friend not named fido.  Raising sheep can be very profitable, whether you are raising them for wool, meat, milk, or to sell lambs.The best way to maximize profits is to keep your flock...

Wild brassicas blooming on the palmer divide

At Home in Nature   -   May 22, 2011 - By Mary_5

The wild brassicas are flowering on the Palmer divide, which indicates with extreme certainty one of the two following possibilities: either the last frost has happened, or the plants are senseless.Certainly this has been something of a crazy year throughout...