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Spring Sign Up!

Iverson Family Farm   -   Feb 20, 2011 - By Bret

We are taking new customers and members may join from now until early summer.  Please let us serve you and become part of the Good Food Revolution!

February Farm Update

Colvin Family Farm   -   Feb 19, 2011 - By Colvin Farm

February Update from Colvin Family Farm! Hello Folks! I can't believe how quickly time is flying by! Signs of Spring are all over the place, and we're enjoying a few days in the high sixties and low seventies. Robins showed up by the...

Video on Maine's Own Organic Milk

F.A. Farm   -   Feb 19, 2011 - By Walter_1

I just watched a video on the problems of small-scale organic milk production in Maine. Here is the weblink:  http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/02/18/us/1248069613774/moomilk.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 The video focuses on small-scale...

Edible Flowers - How To Choose + Chart

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Feb 19, 2011 - By Poly

Edible Flowers How To Choose Edible Flowers - Edible Flower Chart   To read the original article and to view the chart, please visit the authors post: http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm Edible flowers are the new...

Anyone seen Toto!!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Feb 19, 2011 - By Rowena

Well last night I could have sworn I was turning into Dorothy!!  We had microbursts at "I don't want to know mph" and I swore I saw a water spout and definitely heard one!!  It started as soon as night fall happened, and continued...

CONTAINER GARDENING

Penzance Farm & Garden   -   Feb 19, 2011 - By Gwenyth

Don't have room for a garden in your back yard? Don't want to plant in your front yard? or maybe you are in an apartment with just a balcony for outdoor private activities?  Well, you CAN grow fresh vegetables no matter where you are --- even on a...

Spring planting time

Spreading Oaks Farm   -   Feb 19, 2011 - By Ken & Patti

Old man winter is giving us a taste of spring here in Georgia.  What a wonderful week to do some early plantings.  We started our greenhouse plantings with 7 varieties of tomatoes, 5 varieties of peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage,...

On the farm

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Feb 19, 2011 - By Michael_3

Most of the winter was spent running around to seminars, trade shows, and auctions. But now that the snows are melting we are really hitting the work hard. Maple sap will start running soon and we got a woods were the sap has to be pumped out every day...this...

We're lambing in the rain here and all of the jugs are full. Since babies can't regulate their body temperature it is important to keep them relatively warm and dry. So we built lambing "huts" using straw bales and tarps! We took 8 bales and...

How long does it take a chicken egg to hatch?

Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Feb 18, 2011 - By Suzie OConnor

How long does it take a chicken egg to hatch? If you're new to keeping chickens, or if you're thinking about starting a flock, then you'll no doubt want to find out everything you can about these amazing creatures. Not only will a flock of...