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Colorful Blooms in Winter

West Brookfield Farmers Market   -   Nov 10, 2010 - By Amy_1

Colorful Blooms in Winter Although it is already November and some folks start forcing bulbs in mid-October, I still think its worth it to try and create beautiful displays for late February, early March by forcing bulbs right now.  I know here in...

This Thanksgiving , let us bring balance to our t...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Nov 10, 2010 - By Tony_1

"It is time to smell the roses" this Thanksgiving and pardon the turkey. Last Sunday I gave a class,at a retreat , to a group of health enthusiasts who came just to do nothing other than RETREAT from their routine daily doings. I noticed...

Tamworth Pig Taste Test

Spring Hill Farms   -   Nov 10, 2010 - By David_8

  Did you know? The Tamworth is one of the great ‘dual purpose’ pigs producing stunningly good pork as well as equally tremendous bacon. In the mid 1990’s the Tamworth came top in a taste test carried out by Bristol University using both commercial...

Thanksgiving is more than just dinner.

Great Expectations   -   Nov 10, 2010 - By Candace

I looked out at the garden tonight when I got home from work.  The hoop house over the peas was fluttering in the breeze, some straggler tomato plants had flopped over, brown and soggy, rattling raspberry canes... It certainly doesn't resemble the...

Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow

Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries)   -   Nov 09, 2010 - By Christine_2

Confused? I sure am. The tomorrow that I put off a few yesterdays ago is now here. That means the to-do list I didn't tend to is still there as well. I couldn't sleep last night as thoughts of chores whirled in my mind. I fought them back...

November on Kauai

Kolo Kai Organic Farm   -   Nov 09, 2010 - By Ben and Colette

November on Kauai is one of our favourite times of the year. We are finally getting a much needed rain after drought conditions for months. For the most part the rain comes at night and early morning leaving us with sunny days and rainbows. The air is cooler...

What's the Deal With the Eggs?

Rockgate Farm   -   Nov 09, 2010 - By Angela_6

I just don't get it!   With all the money and regulations and this and that, big business still can't produce a simple edible egg.  You know, that thing that we small farmers take for granted.    I find it absolutely hysterical,...

The Gestapo - Coming to a Farm Near You - Farmaged...

Spring Hill Farms   -   Nov 09, 2010 - By David_8

Farmageddon Trailer 1410 from Kristin Canty on Vimeo . Click the text link above to watch. 

Boulder Belt Farm Share Inititiative vol 2 issue 2...

Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Nov 09, 2010 - By Lucy

  This is it, the last share of the 2010 FSI season. We all made it through and we should be proud of our locavore accomplishment. It is not easy to be in a CSA as an American eater as we American eaters are all about convenience and price and CSA tend...

Boulder Belt Farm Share Inititiative vol 2 issue 2...

Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Nov 09, 2010 - By Lucy

  Greenings and Saladations, We have just two weeks left in the season which makes me happy and sad (I guess one could call that bittersweet). I am happy to be through what turned out to be one of the hardest seasons we have ever had. But not the...