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After all of the snow of the past few weeks, I though winter was coming back. Cold, gray, and dreary  have been the watchwords of the day lately. The thought of even being outside much was not very entertaining, at least to me. Yesterday we woke up to...

Spring Plants and Vegetables at Williamsburg Farme...

Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Apr 12, 2011 - By WFM

April 16, 2011 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Come early to the Williamsburg Farmers Market for fresh greens, asparagus and potted plants. Pasta, crabmeat, pork, mushrooms and Greek pastries are among the many other products offered. Appalachian Music Ensemble...

Canning Classes

The Jam and Jelly Lady   -   Apr 12, 2011 - By Sonya

Announcing our May and June Canning Boot Camps!  On May 14 and June 12, in Lebanon, Ohio, students will roll up their sleeves, don clean aprons (however little time THAT lasts!), and immerse themselves in water bath and pressure canning! Our classes...

What to do with Turnips?

Blosser Urban Garden/Tkp Farms   -   Apr 12, 2011 - By Alejandra & Jerry

Today was the first day of our CSA and all I could think of was what am I going to do with these purple top, red stem, and white turnips?  I'm not a turnip fan and I have to find a way to make them palatable for our members.  Last night I...

Fog in the greenhouse!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Apr 12, 2011 - By Rowena

I love working outside in the evening.  Everything begins to quiet, the temperature this evening was perfect after what had become quite a warm afternoon.  It is the perfect time for transplanting.  I am moving all the "cold weather"...

Antelope seen! (Or were they?)

At Home in Nature   -   Apr 12, 2011 - By Mary_5

Another exciting day today in Elbert County!I saw pronghorn today ambling across an open field.Pronhorn have been clocked traveling as fast as 86 miles per hour, and are the fastest animals in North America (who don’t drive cars) but today, while pausing to...

Le Menu (what's cookin'?)

At Home in Nature   -   Apr 12, 2011 - By Mary_5

NEWS FROM THE FARM AND RECIPES The cold weather continues with freezing temperatures at night.  Luckily, the plants popping up are hardy!  Next week or the week after we look forward to sprouts of many kinds, and the first garden greens. ...

Beautiful Weather

Debbie's Garden   -   Apr 12, 2011 - By Chickadee1

Today was another glorious warm, sunny spring day! I was able to plant some moonvine, hyacinth bean, squash, nasturtiums and pumpkin seed.  Also transplanting more succulents and potting them up for the plant sale.  I have a lot more plants than...

Thank you to the people that have contacted me for information. Would you please include a name and number on your requests. I send most of them on to the girls in the office or return calls in the evenings. I don't answer emails with no contact...

Here it is April 11th, and my shares are all sold out. Now for the easy part, growing the stuff. While I am not sure how easy that will be this year, I do know that many more people called me than I could accommodate. Kind of a sign of the times I guess....