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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Member Harvest - Fresh Pork WINNERS!!! LOL-LOL - ...
Rainbow Ranch Farms - Apr 13, 2011 - By Poly
THE WINNERS ARE: Alison D., Katy B., Eric N., Jeff C., Kerri N., Stephan G., Chris D., and Beth H. S. THE PRIZE: EACH WON 5.0lbs of fresh pork for pick-up at the farm on May 7th. Saturday 10:00am - Monday we harvested one of our Grande English...
Baby Goats
DayLus Farm - Apr 13, 2011 - By Earl
Two of our mamas have given us three boys and three girls this season so far with one more kidding happening soon. All registered nigerian goats representing all colors one tri color boy with lots of white, two brown with a little white on their crowns boys....
Daffodils
Lilies and lavender - Apr 13, 2011 - By kate_3
Those daffy daffodils have finally decided to bloom. I picked over 1,000 last week and sold most at the Rittenhouse farmers' market in Philly. When I move to this property 15 years ago there was one long row of struggling daffodils along the...
Spring, Spring, Spring!
Fitzgerald's Family Farm, LLC - Apr 13, 2011 - By Sharon_1
The crocuses are up! "Spring, spring, spring!" sang the frog. "Spring!" said the groundhog. So reads the early lines of one of my daughter's favorite children's books from her...
What a day!!!
Moonstruck Farms - Apr 13, 2011 - By Rowena
This was one of those days that just leaves your head spinning. Phelan Chamber of Commerce called and asked if the other farms I work with and I would come to Phelan Phun Days in September...well can we? So I called Ca. Dept of...
Breaking "boiled eggs" news!
Wild Things Farm - Apr 13, 2011 - By Terry_5
Everyone knows (well maybe everyone) that fresh eggs don't peel really well when boiled. Well, I just collected eggs from the Happy Hens, boiled a few of them for 10 minutes, then put them in water with ice cubes, and voila! They peeled like a...
Fer Coadee
Miolea Organic Farm - Apr 12, 2011 - By Brian_1
Part of our plan all along was to get a working dog when we went to farming full-time. My wife, being a dog person, did the research to find the right breed and personality for chickens. The reason for waiting is that dogs, especially working...
More Land - More Grain
Spring Hill Farms - Apr 12, 2011 - By David_8
More Acres Source: Congressman Devin Nunes Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) and 25 of his House colleagues called on President Barack Obama to release willing farmers from their Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts in order to produce additional...
Egg A Palooza!
Fitzgerald's Family Farm, LLC - Apr 12, 2011 - By Sharon_1
There has been so much going on that I haven't had time to post my blogs. I'm happy to be back! My chickens have taken off running in the egg laying marathon. We're getting 19 to 22 eggs each day with a record...
Poults & Plastic
Pleasant Valley Farm - Apr 12, 2011 - By Emily
April sure has been a roller coaster, weather-wise, so far! We're not even 2 weeks into the month and we've had everything from snow to thunderstorms to 80+ degree temps! We're hoping things will even out and dry up a bit soon so we can...