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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Raising Funds to Recovery From our Big Fire
Recovery from our Huge Fire - Mar 07, 2011 - By Wendy_1
Hello Everyone, We just experienced a huge fire 2 days ago and have lost our main building in which we use for generating our income. We lost all tools of our trade and many personal items that can never be replaced along with all supplies needed to start...
Weekly Availability (Week 10)
Renaissance Farm - Mar 07, 2011 - By Linda_2
Week 10 (Mar 6, 2011) Renaissance Farm--860.675.3666/860.673.3550 Unit Est. Unit Quantity Crop Description Avail. Price Ordered Rosemary Multi Use herb with unique flavor ...
Will It Ever End?
Fitzgerald's Family Farm, LLC - Mar 07, 2011 - By Sharon_1
Schnee, neve, nieve, sneeuw, niege ... in any language, they all mean the same thing... SNOW! And I think I can speak for most folks around here when I say, I think we've had enough !
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food - Gov't GRANT...
Rainbow Ranch Farms - Mar 07, 2011 - By Poly
You can get a government grant to grow food. Grants, Loans & Support. Earlier this year, in response to President Obama's challenge to reinvigorate local food systems, each of USDA's 26 agencies was asked to come forward with programs that can...
Gifts from Nature
Moonstruck Farms - Mar 07, 2011 - By Rowena
Not sure where the last week went, but it went. Started the week out with NRCS coming out to certify the high tunnel (greenhouse) and signed the paper for the cost of share. I completed all our costs, which will give NRCS a better idea of the true...
Where Will I Get My Food?
F.A. Farm - Mar 06, 2011 - By Walter_1
This is the second part of a series. The first part was "What Will I Eat?" and focused on food available locally and in-season, even at the end of winter. The idea is there are plentiful resources right in front of you that you may not have...
Almost There...
Pleasant Valley Farm - Mar 06, 2011 - By Emily
March always makes me feel like we've made it through winter's worst. Although I know we'll still get some snowstorms, ice, sleet and all that wintry mix, on other days the snow begins melting and, for the first time in months, we can see the...
2011 Chicken Order
Fitzgerald's Family Farm, LLC - Mar 06, 2011 - By Sharon_1
Yesterday I ordered my chickens for June delivery. We've always had them sent earlier, but then it would be too cold to put them under the lights out in the chicken coop. They would have to be put down in the basement until the weather eased up...
We Needed It!
Debbie's Garden - Mar 06, 2011 - By Chickadee1
We sure needed the rain we are getting this weekend in Marietta! Making things poke up out of the ground further and green up! My small patch of kale, collards and arugula are looking good! Fig tree has buds....and the blueberry bushes, too!...
Goundhog Dodges the BBQ!
Homestead Pantry - Mar 05, 2011 - By Homestead Artisa
We were very cross with Phil and all his relative groundhogs here at the homestead, and vowed to team up with our predator control partner, Gazelle, to wreak vengeance upon Puxatawny Phil and all his kin. We just did not like the weather that hit us,...