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Garlic: 'Tis the Seasoning For Holiday Stress

Christopher Ranch   -   Dec 21, 2010 - By Justin_1

My boss always says “garlic just makes people happy”. Well, we have only to look at the Gilroy Garlic Festival for evidence of this because, in a sea of 100,000 people, everybody looks mighty blissful when polishing off all manner of garlic goodies. I’ve also...

Bouncing Baby Bunnies

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Dec 21, 2010 - By Emily

Although they don't get much attention in this blog, we also raise rabbits here at the farm.  I just like them, and I'll have young rabbits for sale periodically.  I can watch them out my kitchen picture window while I'm cooking...

Pastured Polutry & Tamworth Pigs in the Winter

Spring Hill Farms   -   Dec 21, 2010 - By David_8

Are you sure you want to delete this post? This action is permanent. Yes, delete post No, keep post Tamworth Pigs Ever wonder how you keep grass-fed pigs and chickens eating grass in the winter? The main way of course is to feed hay....

Still Raining - Merry Christmas!

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Dec 21, 2010 - By Poly

It has been raining for 3 days continously here in the high, mojave  desert of California, no bother,we need the rains, and in the spring all the native wild grasses, weeds, flowers will pop up making a delicous treat for the livestock. The cows,...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. My husband spends his days teaching science to 150 seventh graders. If you remember your seventh grade science teacher, you know that one of the job requirements is being utterly unflappable. Check: virtually...

We're finally connected to a local produce del...

The Jam and Jelly Lady   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By Sonya

Sweet - we just joined forces with the Cincinnati-based "Locally Harvested for You".   http://www.locallyharvestedforyou.com/   This is a year-round local resource for farm-fresh, in-season produce, meat, dairy, and cottage...

Huguenot-Robious Farmers' Market

Huguenot-Robious Farmers' Market   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By Doug_1

     I'm really looking forward to the indoor market in January.  It's been hard since the market ended in November to try to get my hands on truly free-range eggs, chicken and beef.  I'm almost out of Camp...

"Merry Christmas to all........and to all a Good Night." Soon the seed catalogues will start arriving and we will begin planning the spring 2011 garden. But until then, Enjoy the Christmas season and may God bless you and yours in the coming New...

Brie en Croute with Walnuts and Pears

Wild Things Farm   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By Terry_5

Two posts in one day?  Well, it's COLD outside and a friend just asked me to send her this recipe I prepared a couple of years ago for a Thanksgiving appetizer, so I decided to "blog" it to share with others, because it's a really good...

Henry's Home!

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Dec 20, 2010 - By Mona

Henry has now been thinking it’s a fun thing to jump in and out of Val’s van, and yesterday, he and Cowboy came home.  The ‘meet and greet’ went just fine and all is calm and well here.  The best part of all is that he lets me hug him!