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Canning Class - Welcome the New Canning Queens!

The Jam and Jelly Lady - Jun 21, 2010 - By Sonya

What a fabulous class yesterday! Thanks to the lovely, intelligent, and articulate women who became newly crowned Canning Queens, and who shared their rich experiences with CSAs, canning, cooking, gardening-in-bikinis, and family lore! We made a VERY...

Not sure what's going to happen this week. Th...

Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Jun 21, 2010 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders, Monday people: I still can't tell you for sure if we will have our regular Monday pickup tomorrow night. The weather people say it IS going to rain tonight, and the question is if it is going to be 1 inch or...

Great Week

Tulsa City Farm - Jun 20, 2010 - By Malcolm

It has been a great week for us and I want to thank each and everyone who stopped by.We started slow,but Saturday was a sell out! We see we are going to need to expand the garden already for next year.This also means Lillian and I are going to...

Fathers Day....

Trautman Family Farm - Jun 20, 2010 - By Scott&JulieTraut

I received my fathers day gift yesterday. It was in the form of time spent with my younger son, Quinn, fixing the round baler. I'd split two belts at their join point, which is where they break apart. Not a big deal; a process to cut the ragged edge off,...

we might have to postpone Monday's pickup. To...

Abbe Hills Farm CSA - Jun 19, 2010 - By Laura_1

Hi Monday shareholders, I can't believe that I'm suggesting this -it's never happened in 13 years - but we might have to delay Monday evening's vegetable pickup until later in the week. The good news this season is that my very...

Colvin Family Farm May 13th-19th--Ninth Week

Colvin Family Farm - Jun 18, 2010 - By Colvin Farm

We had 40 folks out to the farm yesterday for our first CSA shareholder day ever--we did have a list of activities planned, but we spent so much time touring the main field that we didn't have time for the games! Mom did teach interested folks how to do...

Unconventional gardening Series-I. Sprouting.

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Jun 18, 2010 - By Tony_1

The sun is blazing here in the summer of S .Florida .The garden is simmering and the vegetables are being cooked alive outside. Just kidding? Organic gardening in the hot summer offers limited harvests in the outdoors. Eating organic vegetables now costs a...

Purple Passion: Provençal lavender fields in Weste...

Catbird Griddle - Jun 18, 2010 - By Catbird

Gardening is often a mutual accommodation of the crop and the gardener. Our lavender plants, just starting to bloom now, remind me of that truth. The genus Lavandula is native from North Africa and the Mediterranean to southwest Asia and India. If we think of...

CSA Contents Week of June 21, 2010 - Week 2

Maplewood Organics - Jun 18, 2010 - By Hannah and Eric

Rhubarb Strawberries! Strawberries! Garlic scapes Lettuce Dill Chives Oregano Possibly green onions, radishes, baby greens....They might have to wait another week. If you pick up every other week, don't worry about missing things! It's...

2010 Week 1 Newsletter with Recipes