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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,...

Meanderings: Surgery, canning class, and the West ...

The Jam and Jelly Lady   -   Mar 05, 2011 - By Sonya

Canning in big, heavy pots and carrying boxes and boxes of filled jars is not for the weak!  And certainly a strain for those of us who had foot surgery recently!  You know, you go for years, thinking that your body is indestructible.  Really,...

jabotacaba is ready

Jabotacaba Fruit Nursery   -   Mar 05, 2011 - By george/Jane

 Our jaboticaba is now being picked. Will be available for about 10 days. Great crop right now.  Also have good size  sapodilla ( brown sugar fruit ) 

Everything is coming up green!!!!!!!

Spreading Oaks Farm   -   Mar 05, 2011 - By Ken & Patti

Our early spring seeds are sprouting.  Onions, radishes, fennel, lettuce, spinach, mesculin mix, sugar snap peas, turnips and beets.  We have had such wonderful weather the last few weeks here in Georgia, that we have gotten a great jump on our early...

Sapping and chickens

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Mar 05, 2011 - By Michael_3

The sap is running strong right now. I have taken a load of sap to Leon's nearly every day. For two days straight we had to check our buckets twice, so not to have them over flow. With the new pan the syrup looks much better...a nice golden...

Most Tamworth Sows are Great Mothers

Spring Hill Farms   -   Mar 05, 2011 - By David_8

Tamworth Sow and Piglets Tamworth pigs are the breed I decided to raise for several reasons. One, they have big litters. They also are typically good mothers. We farrow our sows outside in the warm months and many times the sow just goes...

Have you been dreaming of a garden too?

Collins Powder Hill Farm   -   Mar 04, 2011 - By Jack

We are all gearing up for spring and waiting for it to appear.  It has been a hard winter it has been for farmers in the Northeast, and all over the country.  We are ready for warm weather!  We will be opening our renovated compost barn to our...

SPINNING YARNS

Happy Hills Alpaca Farm   -   Mar 04, 2011 - By wawanuky

SPINNING YARNS Its been a while since I blogged. About seven seasons, four baby alpacas ago and in time about a year. Real farmers just don’t have time to blog. I’d love to be on Farmville, I’d love to be on facebook. Good marketing skills but unrealistic in...

Week 9 Availability-Feb 2011

Renaissance Farm   -   Mar 04, 2011 - By Linda_2

Attached is the weekly availability.  We realize that pictures can take so long to load that we are trying something new.  We are posting weekly features to our Renaissance Farm facebook page.  We encourage you to check it out, become a fan,...