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In my travels along the Internet highways, groups, forums, and private messages, I have suggested stinging nettles infusions many times to people suffering from urinary tract infections, kidney infections, seasonal allergies, and even mineral deficiencies....

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Happy Spring

Aliff Acres   -   Mar 21, 2016 - By The Aliffs

It is beautiful here on the farm.  The weather is typical spring, cool one day, warm the next.  Everything is blooming and looking hopeful for a wonderful summer harvesting season.  The Spring boxes are in week six and we are already preparing...

M's Organic Farm is partnering for Organic Chicken and Geese Eggs to sold off the farm in Woodstock.   You pick up Must purchase 2 dozen at a time.  They are fresh and will last months.   Interested?  Please email me. ...

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Earliest season of sprouted seed.

Freshski's   -   Mar 20, 2016 - By Greg_5

Rainy weekend brought these seeds to life - English and snap peas, radishes, turnips, spinach, lettuce, mustards, mizuna, collards, beets, carrots, orach, endive, escarole, tot soi, bok choi and cress.

The other day I made a startling discovery! Malaleuca, which is common in South Florida where I have my hives, and MANUKA are closely related!!! Some folks even felt that they were exactly the same…..my beekeeping partner actually stopped labeling some of our...

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Gunga Galunga CSA Week 14

The Harvest Bee Blog   -   Mar 19, 2016 - By K.T.

Good Mornin' Friends: In college I was always taught the less you say the better. So, I apologize ahead of time for informing that advice today ??. I owe so much to this group for what you have meant to this first year of biodynamic farming for me. When I...

All about the Green. It’s all “Green” this month at the Farmers’ Market without being Irish.  Instead it has to do with being environmentally responsible, growing things, saving money, and more. March can be fickle.  It can offer warm days...

As you can tell by the frequency of our posts we have been a little busy on the farm, and that is good news because we are growing!!  At the present time we are busy getting all the vegetable transplants and flower baskets ready for market and farm sales...

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Gunga Galunga CSA Week 13

The Harvest Bee Blog   -   Mar 12, 2016 - By K.T.

Good Morning, Friends: As the pollen season continues to wreak havoc on those of us with allergies, I couldn't help but think about the yin and yang of the whole thing. What is causing some of us to literally blow the insides out of our noses and mouths (I...

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Just started and ended

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Mar 08, 2016 - By Michael_3

   The sugar season just started and now it is over in our neck of the woods. With the warm weather(days and nights being above freezing) it has brought an end to the 2016 tapping season here.     Surprising enough the number of...

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