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How do you tell Daffodils to turn around?

Moonstruck Farms   -   Mar 31, 2011 - By Rowena

One of our major projects this year was building a raised bed for all the herbs in front of our above ground pool.  I needed to move all the herbs out of the old field and so now they have a new home.  I added some Daffodil bulbs for some early...

April Showers bring May.....Vegetables!!!!!!!

Spreading Oaks Farm   -   Mar 30, 2011 - By Ken & Patti

As we close out the month of March, we are blessed with several inches of rain, which is soaking into our tilled garden, in preparation for our spring planting.  Since April 15th is our last date for frost, we hope to have dry soil to plant some of the...

I have never grown leeks before. To be right up front, I was not even sure what you would do with them until a few weeks ago. One of my share holders from last year asked if I would grow them. After a bit of research I decided to give it a try. On March...

Slow Roasters, Stew, Coq Au Vin & Soup Birds! Game...

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Mar 30, 2011 - By Poly

 C.S.A’s, Protein Baskets, Wholesale Packs “POULTRY” will consist of Slow Roasters, Stew, Coq Au Vin & Soup Birds! Game Birds too. This is quite a treat, we harvest the big boys once/twice per year! Concerned about how to cook them or have recipes for...

Ant watching season!

At Home in Nature   -   Mar 30, 2011 - By Mary_5

Today I saw that the ants decided that summertime had finally come again.They are out looking about for food (and ants are rarely hungry, they are not picky eaters), and doing some repairs to their home.Pretty soon, once their home is in good order again and...

Free land?

At Home in Nature   -   Mar 30, 2011 - By Mary_5

Saw an interesting article on free land in the AARP Bullitin: http://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-02-2011/save_a_buck_free_land.html Small farmers ought to work together, no matter where they are!

Building a better dam

At Home in Nature   -   Mar 30, 2011 - By Mary_5

Water is so important to the wellbeing of an ecology, and while sometimes it is doubtful whether dams improve an ecology or not, they remain a fundamental tool of at several species to improve a local environment. Learning from beavers, water rats and...

Coyotes play hockey and eat pizza

At Home in Nature   -   Mar 30, 2011 - By Mary_5

At dusk the coyotes were singing so loud I could hear them inside.I went out and listened to their songs.I guessed they were having dinner, but I am still not sure what kind of pizza they were sharing. Coyotes are very picky eaters.Contrary to popular...

What is in common between farmers and the Roman Em...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Mar 30, 2011 - By Tony_1

The Roman Empire  did good things, excluding  conquerring other countries and trading and using slaves ,  to remember like for example: Introducing canals  systems for irrigation. One other thing that most of us do not know was that...

That is one of the questions that I ask potential new clients/customers. Most do not seem to know, or care. So I take a few minutes to point out that the food we buy in the grocery store comes from around the globe. Think of all the hands that have touched it...