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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Boulder Belt Farm Share Inititiative vol 2 issue 1...
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm - Aug 04, 2010 - By Lucy
Welcome to week 12, the season is rushing by. This is a light week for us as several members will not get their shares this week either because of vacation or the fact they signed up for a 4 week membership and June has 5 Wednesdays in it so this one is a bye...
Rip van Winkle
Auntie Annie's Fields, LLC - Aug 04, 2010 - By Elizabeth
I came back from a short trip to Iowa yesterday and found that things had changed here. Ian had come back a couple days early to take the big chickens to the processor, so they were gone, and in their place out in the field were the little chicks from the...
Work Begins On Our Newest Pasture
Hurricane Farm - Aug 03, 2010 - By Chris
We've finally started work on our newest pasture. This particular pasture is about 2/3 of a mile down the road...not far at all. We've finally "tamed" the pasture that we acquired laste year--meaning all of the invasive trees have...
History repeating itself.Small Farmers back in the...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Aug 03, 2010 - By Tony_1
Depression and recession farming is not a joke.The time has come for small farmers to get their rights established and farms and work protected . I want to share with you a story of a farmer back from the Great Depression period as narrated in the famous and...
THE DEED HAS BEEN DONE
Miolea Organic Farm - Aug 03, 2010 - By Brian_1
It is Monday night at 7:30 pm we are to take our spent layers to be processed Tuesday morning. We will take the processed chicken to the soup kitchen with a big sign informing them that these birds need to be stewed in order to tenderize the...
makin' lemonaide from hot hot lemons
Hippychick's Gardens - Aug 03, 2010 - By hippychick
ooh mama it is feeling like texas. today will be day two of triple digit heat. so far the creatures have been doing well. a good great number of the chickenychicas are moulting. bunbun is placed in the shade and comforted by his...
ooh this could be cool... 2o1o honey harvest two!
Hippychick's Gardens - Aug 03, 2010 - By hippychick
future fullterbys feeding on a gone to seed parsnip plant an interesting day so far... a profitable day so far... a sweet sweet day so far... i had been a bit concerned for the out back honeybee hive the past few days. i was not...
summer days n' chickenyways
Hippychick's Gardens - Aug 03, 2010 - By hippychick
chickenychica's relaxing in the big run time for a bit to eat in a shaded space rooroo with his adorable chickenychicas scratching about
Foggy morning on our farm
Sweet Harmony Farm - Aug 03, 2010 - By Mona
It’s August, and those lazy, hazy days of summer are upon us. Humidity and afternoon showers and thundershowers are here. Considering the past few years, I feel a bit odd saying this ..........we could use some rain! Not a lot, but the gentle...
The Lack
Pleasant Valley Farm - Aug 03, 2010 - By Emily
Saturday at the stand, we had beets, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow zucchini, pattypan and crookneck squash, bell peppers, jalapeños, sweet banana & inferno banana peppers, Swiss chard, heirloom lettuce, red & white new potatoes and plum tomatoes....