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Welcome Blues in Late Winter

Wild Things Farm   -   Feb 07, 2011 - By Terry_5

Here in Tennessee this winter has become one of the nastiest and coldest that I remember and much of the winter has been spent working inside.   Several projects have been completed inside the house, namely flooring and stair railing. Yesterday was a...

Farm Member Harvest Participation

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Feb 07, 2011 - By Poly

TODAY! Good Morning, Today All Farm Members are encourage to come and participate in our poultry harvest. We will begin at 8:00am. We will need a volunteer for the BBQ, the BBQ rotisserie will be in full swing just outside the packaging station. Please...

New tiller!!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Feb 07, 2011 - By Rowena

To say the least I have had greenhouse fever not to mention Spring Fever since this is the beginning of my planting season.All storage was moved out of the greenhouse (my husband gave up more room in the garage), the garage was reorganized, and more planting...

Late Winter Update

Elliott Family Farm   -   Feb 07, 2011 - By Samuel_1

Much has transpired since our last entry. Frost came early and killed the peas. The dry weather returned and cover crops would not germinate. In Texas dry weather is always a factor, even though East Texas receives an average of 32 inches of rainfall a year....

Doin' The Seedling Shuffle

Singer Hill Gardens   -   Feb 06, 2011 - By Jessica

    Well it's that time of year... The greenhouse was damaged last fall in a violent windstorm, and after deciding trying to fix it wasn't worth the trouble we are working on gathering materials for our new and improved wood structure...

New Friend

Debbie's Garden   -   Feb 06, 2011 - By Chickadee1

Thanks to localharvest I now have a new friend! A lady from Vineyard Farm (Anna) contacted me because she noticed I was close by (about 20 minutes), and wondered about my plants. I in turn wondered about her farm! We got to meet Saturday, which was her...

TRIPLETS - Baby Goats, Silver Earned Nubians

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Feb 06, 2011 - By Poly

At 8:00pm Friday Feb. 4th 2011, 3 beautiful baby triplets born, 3 boys. Click On Link To View Photo.  http://www.localharvest.org/blog/9885/resource/Xgoatbabies.jpg 5 baby goats born Since Jan. 1st 2011, and waiting for one more to birth,...

We had 2 calves born overnite both to first time heifers. I like to have the first timers in close just in case there are any problems. Both girls did fine and the calves were up and nursing really quickly. I can only recall having to help on one or two...

Goat In The Kitchen Sink

Dark Water Ranch   -   Feb 05, 2011 - By shepherd

My day got started after breakfast, with a goat in the kitchen sink. We have snow right now, lots and lots of snow. Because we knew the bad weather was coming we made a large kidding area inside the big barn and locked all the girls inside. Smart move...

Farm Pick-Up Today! Sat. Feb. 5th

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Feb 05, 2011 - By Poly

Today marks another pick-up day at the farm. Open to registered farm members. Please bring your large coolers, try to carpool and wear flat shoes. Please, drive up and open and close the gate  behind you, we have livestock running free. The second...