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Hokey Smoke!

Greenjeans Farm   -   Mar 11, 2011 - By Jeff & Toni

We’re busting out of the greenhouses this year!I’ve run out of trays, thanks to my dear friend across the valley Barbara who keeps giving me her saved seeds!We have more heirloom vegetables than ever and I’m busy trying to figure out how to mark them in the...

It is exhausting and thrilling all in the same breath when a a calf is born....this was a first birth for this momma heffer and she did a great job.  We belive she gave birth, got back on her feet and was nursing all within an hour! 

Heritage Breed Tamworth When I first started raising Tamworth pigs they were listed with The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy as "critical." Since then they have been moved to the "threatened" list. While there are many ways to...

Our Farm Fresh Eggs from Hardworking Hens are for sale in Texarkana.  They are available at Sunnyside Natural Food Market ,  4032 Summerhill Square, 903-792-4385, and at Granary St. Discount Health Food Store , 3425 New Boston Road, 903-831-5940. ...

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More Mouse Tales

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Mar 11, 2011 - By Mona

It was foggy and drizzly when we walked down to the barn last night.  No stars were out.  The path to the barn is mud and large puddles.  The snow banks are really going down but there’s still plenty of snow.  The paddock is mud, mud, and...

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The Stock Report

Irv and Shelly's Fresh Picks   -   Mar 11, 2011 - By Shelly_2

It happens to all of us at some point. You open your fridge and see that the veggies are stockpiling up faster than you can get to them. And you know that you’ve got a certain amount of time before you must “use ‘em or lose ‘em.” Don’t fret and don’t toss...

It is time we involve the small farmers in the debate about Food politics like :/Regulations/Stimulus Aid /Shortages/Safety/Speculations/Monompoly/Price Fixing/ etc,, They compete with the Big Agri-Business in producing our food .The Big...

3/11/11 update

Jacobson's Ranch   -   Mar 11, 2011 - By Michelle_1

We have a total of 20 goat kids on the ground. The seeds we started are doing well. Everything is updated & ready for market. Looks like we will have a beef cow ready next week to go to butcher. So we should have all beef products back in stock by...

Colloidal Silver: Healing Ear Infections the Safe, Easy Way http://colloidalsilversecrets.blogspot.com/2009/04/colloidal-silver-healing-ear-infections.html Colloidal Silver: Healing Ear Infections the Safe, Easy Way by Angela M. Kaelin Almost...

       Hi, my name is Sarah. I am 12 years old. I live in Northern California. I live on a farm with my brothers Spencer and Luke, and my Mom and Dad. We have 65 chickens and 2 goats. I play Softball and my coach Jube raises...

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