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Happy New Year!

Pine Needle Farm   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Ann_2

Well, it's hard to believe 2011 is here already.  2010 went by in the blink of an eye, it seems.  Lots of things happened last year.  Not the least, me getting my dream come true, a cashmere dehairing machine!   I am out there almost...

DIY – Grow your own fish for food at home

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Poly

DIY – Grow your own fish for food at home by Marshall Brain |  Looking for something to do with that extra space in your basement, garage or backyard? Aquaculture is one option. You raise fist to eat in tanks. Here’s a small tank in the...

Catfish and tilapia: Healthy or harmful?

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Poly

§ Catfish and tilapia: Healthy or harmful? By Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D. There's an interesting discussion in this month's "Journal of the American Dietetic Association." What it boils down to is...

How to grow an Organic Community Garden?Where to s...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jan 03, 2011 - By Tony_1

Here in S.Florida Sandy soil is king.Challenges are plenty to mention the least:Finding a home for a community garden.That's where you need to start . From my horticultural  education and hands on farming experience, more than twenty years ,of...

After 2 weeks of mud and yuck I got one heck of a chuckle. Oscars little Game Hens laid their first eggs! He was so proud of those 2 little eggs. As everyone who knows me will tell you, I am NOT a bird person. It's worth putting up with them to see the...

Snow!!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Jan 03, 2011 - By Rowena

Believe it or not I prefer snow around here...especially since we rarely get more than a foot or so.  I think we are at about 8 inches now at most, but it is still slowly falling!! It becomes so quiet that you feel like you are wrapped up in a big blanket...

Happy New Year

SlowMoneyFarm   -   Jan 03, 2011 - By Jan

It is only a slow season in comparison - but very busy in planning! 2011 holds some expansions, as highlighted in our other blog . Our poultry flock will have more Dominiques added and some Rhode Island Reds. We're looking forward to having ducks and...

A True Egg Hunt

Our City Farm   -   Jan 03, 2011 - By Jeri

We just added 3 new blue egg layers! They lay a beautiful turquoise blue eggs. So beautiful that I'd like to post a photo of them...if I could find them! That's right, the hunt is on for these eggs. I checked the nest several times yesterday, to no...

Walnut Hill Egg CSA Accepting Applications

Walnut Hill Farm at Elm Springs, LLC   -   Jan 03, 2011 - By Jeff_1

Walnut Hill Farm Egg 2011 CSA For the 2011 Farm Market season, Walnut Hill Farm is offering an egg CSA. CSA commonly stands for Community Supported Agriculture, where the farmer and consumer share the risk while providing the farmer some much needed start...

And Happy New Year 2011

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Jan 02, 2011 - By Mona

I had a wonderful end to last year / start to the New Year on Friday morning ~ I went to Sallie’s Fen Fibers to pick up another batch of my yarn!   I had this yarn done in a twist.  There’s a ply of white yarn, courtesy of Bo Jangles, and...