The Blog Barn

Bread & Butter Pickles

Hoosierfarm   -   Jul 18, 2010 - By Shirley

I made 14 pints of bread & butter pickles yesterday. Having so many cucumbers from just one vine, I had to do something with them besides eating them straight from the garden, giving them away. Bountiful harvest of cucumbers.

A Community Garden gets an Involuntary pesticide ...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jul 17, 2010 - By Tony_1

A local community garden that does not allow its members to use synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers , gets an INVOLANTARY pesticide spray and is asked to remove  fruits and vegetables from the garden. Thus,raising questions about...

Local Harvest and Ball Canning Jar

Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Jul 17, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

Goodmorning, I wanted to share with you the Ball Canning Jar Company has put a link to Local Harvest and to Farmers Markets nation wide. If you go to the Ball Canning Jar Company website you may sign up for their email updates, they have some wonderful...

Bees, Woodpeckers and Figs in my garden!!

Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Jul 17, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

Well, this morning there is an addition to my fig picking friends!!  Up until today I have been enjoying my fig picking time being shared with the Woodpeckers.  This morning I learned I will have to get up really early to try and beat the bees, honey...

Tabouli or not tabouli; that is the question

Wild Things Farm   -   Jul 17, 2010 - By Terry_5

Tabouli or not Tabouli, that is the question 16 July 2010, 9:43 pm I’ll admit when I was looking for recipes for tabouli I didn’t even know how to spell it.  I started with “taboulah”, then “tabouleh”, “taboula”, and I’ve seen tabboulah...

CSA Contents Week of July 19, 2010

Maplewood Organics   -   Jul 16, 2010 - By Hannah and Eric

Carrots Beets New potatoes Fresh garlic Lettuce Bok Choy Swiss chard Basil some raspberries - not a great berry year.   :-( Possibly a small amount of yellow and green beans (They're right on the edge of booming!) If you...

2010 Week 5 Newsletter with Recipes

Maplewood Organics   -   Jul 16, 2010 - By Hannah and Eric

CSA Newsletter Only four Winter Shares left! Volume 6 Issue 5- Farm and High Street July 15, 2010 Find us now on Facebook! Week 5 We are happy to offer new potatoes, fresh garlic, summer savory, and raspberries this week! We...

Fundraiser

Debbie's Garden   -   Jul 16, 2010 - By Chickadee1

Well tomorrow is the fundraiser for MUST Ministries.....come on out to West Cobb Chiropractic on Dallas Highway from 10am until 2pm, lots of great barbecue, stuff for the kids to do! Face painting, sand art, jumpy things....and even dunk the docs!! Set up a...

There's a Reason for Bugs

Mott Family Farm   -   Jul 16, 2010 - By Shelley_1

Weeds and pests in organic farming have been more than simple foes--they have also shown us a complexity to the symbiotic nature of growing things that we did not know existed. Take weeds, for instance. In California, we had less weed pressure in the summer...

The Rain Came Down and the Crops Came Up

Elliott Family Farm   -   Jul 16, 2010 - By Samuel_1

The rain came down and the crops came up. God is good. We are going to have a bumper crop of southern peas. These pinkeye purple hulls are wonderful. We think they are far better than BVR or Quick Pick and certainly yield better. Harvest date should be July 28...