The Blog Barn

Salad Season

Rocking A Sustainable Farm   -   Mar 02, 2011 - By Harlan and Lori

Salad season is here in full swing! We mix lots of different lettuces, along with michihli leaves and florets, baby beet tops, baby carrots, shogoin turnip roots, radishes, and pea shoots for the most delicious and fresh salad ever! Try some with a strawberry...

Wandering Hens

3 Acre Farm   -   Mar 02, 2011 - By Janelle

I have about 6 dozen hens and some roosters.  You can see their photos at www.3acrefarm.com on the blog page.    The white hen with some black on her neck feathers in the foreground is a Delaware, the black and white in the center is a...

Pig Plow

Dark Water Ranch   -   Mar 01, 2011 - By shepherd

We are saving some fuel,  hard work and time by having a couple of the medium size pigs plow up part of the garden area. Sounds good huh? Well, for the most part it works just fine, they do a good job on grass and weeds, including roots. They hate onion...

Williamsburg Farmers Market in Merchants Square Sa...

Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Mar 01, 2011 - By WFM

Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:30am-12:30pm Shop with 25 local watermen, bakers and producers of baked goods, including St. Patrick's themed breads and desserts, meats, oysters, hydroponically grown vegetables, ethnic foods, cheeses, forced bulbs and...

AP IMPACT: Past medical testing on humans revealed

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Mar 01, 2011 - By Poly

AP – FILE - In this June 25, 1945 picture, army doctors expose patients to malaria-carrying mosquitoes... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110227/ap_on_he_me/us_med_experiments_on_humans By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe, Ap...

Spring Clean Your Body!

The Rawfully Organic Co-op   -   Mar 01, 2011 - By Kristina

Hello Everyone!! I hope that you have had a relaxing and joyous weekend, filled with lots of love and local strawberries! I have already devoured almost all of my strawberries, and I even bought a case of them! I am dreaming in red rubies with vibram...

We have our dates for shearing day! Please visit the website for more information and our farm blog is up so you will find more in depth musings and information there. http:// www.mmlivestockco.com  

What The Heck Is Chicory Coffee Anyway?

Morgan Botanicals   -   Feb 28, 2011 - By Jessica_7

Believe it or not, I have heard this question many times. And believe it or not, chicory coffee really is good....I promise.  How can you go wrong, you get the coffee flavor without the caffeine, the coffee flavor without the dreaded acidity and the...

Here is an excerpt from Colleen Vanderlinden's article on Treehugger. Feb. 22, 2011 "Researchers claim Roundup Ready GE crops contain a previously unknown organism that has been shown to cause abortion in farm animals. The organism was detected only...

New veggie varieties this year

Wild Things Farm   -   Feb 28, 2011 - By Terry_5

Each year I like to try new varieties of the crop menagerie at the farm, and this year is no exception.  It is so hard to resist buying one of everything in the seed catalogs when it is stark, naked, winter, but better judgement must take over because...