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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Marching Toward Spring
Whispering Oaks Vineyard and Winery - Mar 13, 2011 - By Larry
Lots of pruning going on in the vineyard. The Catawba had a lot of frost damage from 2008 to clean up. We are definitely going to fertilize, boron and love these guys back to good health. They should have a much better harvest if the weather...
Questions from a customer on Milk "Cow Shares...
SonRise Ranch - Mar 13, 2011 - By Douglas
Hi there! I love shopping with you at the Vista market! I'm interested in getting some information about your cow shares program (did I use the right terminology?) for milk. Email works, or I could pick up at the market, or whatever works! Thanks! (PS-my...
Who Will Grow My Food?
F.A. Farm - Mar 12, 2011 - By Walter_1
This is the third in a series. The first two were, "What Will I Eat?" and "Where Will I Get My Food." For this installment, the obvious answer is, "I will grow my own food." However, that is not too helpful for those of you in...
More fertilizer than Manual Uribe!
At Home in Nature - Mar 12, 2011 - By Mary_5
Farmers and gardeners do not need to use any fertilizers whatsoever.And the trends of fertilizer use in America is reflecting a growing understanding of this. Background: Basic Soil Science Within the soil lives microorganisms that are glad to...
Our Blog Has Moved!
Happy Pacas - Mar 12, 2011 - By Lisa_3
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How To Opt Out of a Food Shortage
Spring Hill Farms - Mar 12, 2011 - By David_8
I posted back in January What does 2011 Hold and Five Steps You Should Take . Since then fuel prices have continued to go up. Grain prices are up, and food prices continue to rise. Fuel (diesel) has just now reached $4 a gal here in my part of Ohio. ...
WORK SHOP-Chickens, Egg Layers, Growing, Harvestin...
Rainbow Ranch Farms - Mar 12, 2011 - By Poly
"A Day In The Life With Chickens" workshop. Xenia of Rainbow Ranch Farms, Instructor Hosted by: Jordan Stone ...
Market Day
Moonstruck Farms - Mar 12, 2011 - By Rowena
The last few days are a total blur...started Wednesday with a little planting, some bok choy, tatsoi, more spinach and of course a sprinkling of radishes and green onions. A market gardener plants in a completely different pattern than most conventional...
spring?
Shari's Berries & Garden LLC - Mar 12, 2011 - By Shari
Well another typical NE Ohio day. Lots of snow!!! But spring will be here- Forsythia is blooming now and ready for sale. Forsythia can be cut at the end of January for forcing of the flowers in several weeks. The branches flowering now were cut several weeks...
Helping others farm
Richert/Phillips Farms - Mar 12, 2011 - By Michael_3
The other day a boy asked how Daniel and I became vegetable farmers. In 2001 Daniel came up from Arizona to live and work with his grandparents, he is my cousin. On the first day of his arrival I took him to my farm to see the pigs and at the...