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Baxter Barn is your farm!

Baxter Barn   -   Jan 25, 2011 - By Cory

  Baxter Barn is your farm! Each year, there are fewer farms in King County. Our remaining farmers still spend their time farming, working hard to provide local food and make a living; but for every piece of farmland that disappears, so do...

When visiting a Certified Farmers Market consumers need to realize that the only items capable of being certified by county and or state officials are Produce, tree crops, and eggs. I think honey is covered too but I'm not sure, Meats, Bread, popcorn,...

Winter Wonder Land

Susie's Climax Creations LLC   -   Jan 25, 2011 - By Susie

Winter Wonder Land The Geese still hog the water cooler (heated water) but every now and then they wander off allowing the other birds a chance at it. There are 4 other water stations but every one always wants the same one! No sooner did the...

Pumpkin and Clucky

Susie's Climax Creations LLC   -   Jan 25, 2011 - By Susie

The other morning Pumpkin, our orange, young, beagle - shar pei mix picked up a new friend out in the barn yard. Most of you know Pumpkin, she is energetic, friendly, talkative, bossy and orange from the tip of her nose to the end of her tail. If there is...

Coco

Susie's Climax Creations LLC   -   Jan 25, 2011 - By Susie

Coco is in the house!As usual this is a long story but as most of you do not know, I have been home for 3 weeks now with a broken ankle. So here it goes.Tuesday evening , Dec. 21st, the Geese ambushed me in the back yard. I know it was them, they spend the day...

photo by Maplewood Organics Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. I spent the weekend thinking about what motivates people to join CSAs. 'Tis the sign-up season, after all, and tens of thousands of you are coming to LocalHarvest to look...

The Cause and Cure for Depression

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 24, 2011 - By Poly

The Cause and Cure for Depression A great prospective from our friend Jason Christoff A lot, if not all, the wonderful, organic and natural foods can be found right here on www.LocalHarvest.org  Browse the online stores to change your eating habits...

Aliens From Inner Space

Susie's Climax Creations LLC   -   Jan 24, 2011 - By Susie

Aliens From Inner Space Our yard has been invaded, by creatures from Tim Burton's mind. What is spotted, has a humped back, red tea cup flaps of skin hanging off its face, a white faces, pointy heads and screeched continuously? Those darn Guinea’s...

Life at Mennagerie Farm

Mennagerie Farm   -   Jan 24, 2011 - By Caitlyn

Once known as 'Life at Mennagerie Farm', my public blog is now called 'To Sing with Goats'. A popular, engaging read, 'To Sing With Goats' is daily updated and journals the ups and downs of a single girl working towards her own farm....

Today my friend and I are going to get the beef shares for our members. We keep our beef flash frozen after dry aging, cutting and wrapping to ensure freshness. And the heath department wants it frozen for the farmers markets as well. We use 3 different...