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Local Pastured Lamb, Fresh and Tender Lamb

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Feb 25, 2011 - By Poly

Lambs on pasture.   100% grazed and pastured sheep and lamb, they pasture, graze, eat and live naturally, as nature intended. Spring is just around the corner.             &n...

Cold!!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Feb 25, 2011 - By Rowena

Thanks again for those loyal customers who are braving the cold....the wind went right through you!!  But it was not too cold for kids to come for a pony ride...I don't think it is ever too cold for a pony ride!!  Giddupponies.com was there...new...

Miso Happy Broth

Cookus Interruptus   -   Feb 24, 2011 - By Cynthia

(Cynthia answers the call) Taking the time to allow land and sea vegetables to infuse a soup stock with their nutrients creates a powerful soup.  The probiotics in the miso make it easy to digest too.  For printable recipe or to watch the video, ...

The Purple Bunny Palace

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Feb 24, 2011 - By Emily

  We had a couple days of spring thaw here last week. The snow all but melted (so much so that the creek in the barnyard overflowed its banks with nothing falling from the sky!) and the temperatures were in the 50's to near 60. Something about...

Sap!

Fitzgerald's Family Farm, LLC   -   Feb 24, 2011 - By Sharon_1

THE SAP IS RUNNING! After I got off work yesterday, I thought I would take a ride and look at my sap lines.  What a pleasant surprise! In the top photo you can clearly see...

Watching your food grow - Feb. 2011

Sunshine for Dinner   -   Feb 24, 2011 - By Georgiaberry

This grassy looking stuff is newborn baby spinach. After Christmas is over, we set about starting garden plants.  Our indoor lighted plant racks are filled with flats, and soon we can enjoy watching the seedlings emerge and grow.  Above...

Piglets Born Yesterday - 12

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Feb 24, 2011 - By Poly

12 piglets born to first time mommy, Cheetoe. She was very protective of her piglets while we were moving them to a secure area, while she followed. 2 at a time, being moved into a warm area for the cold winter night and mommy cuddled with...

A bite out of every radish!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Feb 24, 2011 - By Rowena

Well after all the winds and the snow this weekend I am ready for a little rest...but nonetheless things are always hopping around here and there is more snow on the way...time to figure out a better way to pull the snow off.  Some market gardeners are...

Starting to seed.

Tangle Tree Ranch   -   Feb 24, 2011 - By Marte Holen

Well, it is a bit early to start outside, but we are getting closer to the time when we start our first seeds in the house. We have in floor heat in the basement, so we have about 500sqft of heat mat. Not bad, but require some extra work. We use extra light...

I have been talking with an old friend over the last week or so about some legal stuff and learned that he is a nutritionist and a naturopath. As we were catching up it dawned on both of us that his work meshes perfectly with ours! So now in addition to grass...