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Chicken and Turkey Season has begun!

Moonstruck Farms   -   Mar 16, 2016 - By Rowena

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...

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...

Just started and ended

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Mar 09, 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...

Spring Update 2016

Freshski's   -   Mar 07, 2016 - By Greg_5

Expecting a lot of rain this week. Good thing we planted on all of the good days over the past three weekends. So far in the ground we have four 50 yard rows of assorted greens including lettuces, spinach, collards, mustards, mizunas, arugulas, and endive. ...

It's Maple Season -The trees are tapped!

Swiss'er Sweet Maple   -   Mar 05, 2016 - By Barbara_2

Swiss'er Sweet Maple's trees are tapped and we are waiting for our first run of maple sap! Did you know that it takes about 40 gallons of maple sap to make 1 Gallon of maple syrup?  It is true!  Sap only has about 2% sugar and could be...

Last of the CSAs

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Mar 05, 2016 - By Michael_3

Tomorrow we will be at the Palatine indoor farmers market at the train station 7 a.m.. till noon.    Unfortunately we only have seven CSAs left for the Palatine farmers market, this morning we had ten.     We have been surprised...

Gunga Galunga CSA Week 12

The Harvest Bee Blog   -   Mar 04, 2016 - By K.T.

Good Morning, Friends: Often times, this season, and in seasons past when I was involved with another farm, people would sometimes make comments at the farmers market that suggested or assumed that we were in competition with other local organic farms....

February's Contest Winner

Home Farm Herbery   -   Mar 01, 2016 - By Arlene

Congratulations John L. Johnson! You just won February's Art Contest. Your gift is on the way. Home Farm Herbery, Arlene Wright-Correll 

An easy way to join our csa

Plum Creek Farm News   -   Mar 01, 2016 - By Chicken Wrangler

We are really excited about our new website! Check it out at: http://www.plumcreekfarmohio.com And let us know what you think. It makes joining our CSA very easy! You can now sign up and pay online!

CSA Shares

Morganic Farm   -   Mar 01, 2016 - By Stuart & Genevieve

Please visit our website to learn more: http://morganicfarm.com What is a CSA? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), is a sustainable way for farmers to produce products for their local customers. When you sign up for a CSA share, you become a member of our...