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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
There's nothing like home grown veggies, and w...
Wild Things Farm - May 10, 2010 - By Terry_5
Happy Mother's Day! I went to visit my mom and dad, sisters, brother in laws, nephews, etc., today and we had a wonderful picnic on an absolutely gorgeous spring day. There is a bumper crop of bibb lettuce at the farm this year, so I picked a...
Dandelion Blossom Syrup AND! Cream of Dandelion So...
At Home in Nature - May 10, 2010 - By Mary_5
Dandelion Blossom Syrup Recipe from Prodigal Garden. http://www.prodigalgardens.info Makes just over 1 pint (2 cups) Ingredients 1 quart (4 cups) dandelion flowers 1 quart (4 cups) water 4 cups sugar 1/2 lemon or orange, entire...
Raw Cattail Soup
At Home in Nature - May 10, 2010 - By Mary_5
Raw Cattail Soup Recipe modified from Steve Brill. http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com Serves 6 Ingredients 2 1/2 cups almonds 10 cups water, or as needed 2 cups thinly sliced cattail shoots (about 30 shoots) 1/4 cup fresh spearmint...
Something's new under the sun! Classics are s...
At Home in Nature - May 10, 2010 - By Mary_5
This week, we have some great stuff - something for everyone! Like classics? While Dandelions are now becoming common even in standard farms, they're still better when they're harvested in a natural environment. Want to try something...
Are you ready for THIS?
At Home in Nature - May 09, 2010 - By Mary_5
Louis Pasteur said that fortune only favors the prepared mind and some of the foods and medicines and other useful things that we harvest and grow might take some preparation. Not only in the kitchen, but in your mind. It may seem strange at first...
Are you ready for THIS?
At Home in Nature - May 09, 2010 - By Mary_5
Louis Pasteur said that fortune only favors the prepared mind and some of the foods and medicines and other useful things that we harvest and grow might take some preparation. Not only in the kitchen, but in your mind. It may seem strange at first...
What Dad Thinks is fun
Tulsa City Farm - May 09, 2010 - By Malcolm
This week was busy with day to day functions of every family and work.My daughter is learning, sometimes life is hard work.She had, home work, to do every day, to do and then go to work with me, after dinner.Working until dusk each night....
Butchering Season Begins Again
Pleasant Valley Farm - May 09, 2010 - By Emily
The trailer from our local meat processor just left with some of our pigs on board. By law, we're required to send them to a USDA-inspected slaughtering facility. We are able to process the sides of meat here at the farm, which means a busy...
Challenges Of Spring
Ms Robin's Garden - May 09, 2010 - By Robin_1
Gardening in spring is always a challenge, but this year has been especially so. A friend commented I've been working like a rented mule. She's right, at least some days I have been. Other days, I've been cursing the weather and doing other...
Spring at our place and outfoxing Foxy!
Golden Acres Ranch Florida - May 09, 2010 - By Bobbie
Foxy is really brazen this time of year. She must have kits in her den. Every spring she comes stalking the pasture raised hens and any chicks running around. She'll come right up to the house in the middle of the day trying to...