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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Early May Flooding 2010
Grinning Planet Farm - May 03, 2010 - By Donna
May 1st and May 2nd brought in heavy rains and flooding in the area. Although we had standing water on the property our raised beds drained fairly well. The cherry bushes were beaten down, but they look like they will bounce back. The sun is...
Shearing Day - Part II
Sweet Harmony Farm - May 03, 2010 - By Mona
This past Thursday was our first shearing day here on our little farm. We have agisted our alpacas for about 2 years so we are familiar with the whole shearing process, and our shearer has sheared our alpacas in the past, but everything is different...
Who Dat Nation and Oil Spill
Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana - May 03, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
For those of you interested, there is another Facebook page set up for volunteer opportunities and other information concerning the Gulf Oil Spill. When logged in to your Facebook page you can do a search for "Dirty Cajuns" and it will take you to...
Bluegrass Farmers' Market Now Open on Tuesday ...
Bluegrass Farmers Market - May 03, 2010 - By Kentucky Proud
Yup, that's right...the Bluegrass Farmers' Market is now open on Tuesday too! Hopefully Mother Nature will be a bit kinder than she was last Saturday. Our loyal farmers showed up in the pouring rain and so did our great customers. Thank you so much for...
CSA is almost full
Clause Farms - May 03, 2010 - By Alexis
Amazing our CSA is almost full I never thought we would get this many people. There is actually more space shown in the inventory here on local harvest than we really have because some of our members might want to pay on line. So if you are on the...
Mother's Day Garden Live Herb Garden Gifts STI...
So Succulent Gardens - May 03, 2010 - By Blossomfarm
There is still time to order Mother's day Gift Baskets. Visit my members listing above to see all the great gift ideas I offer at local harvest. Thank you and have a Blessed Day, Gayle At Blossom Farm.com
Instant
North Star Orchard: On Farming and Food - May 02, 2010 - By Lisa_5
It seems like just about everything nowadays is tending towards instant. Online, of course: -Connect to the internet, in an instant -Order a book for your Kindle, in an instant -Download a song (or a whole album) to your iPod, in an instant But...
Turkey Poults & Vinegar Bottles
Pleasant Valley Farm - May 02, 2010 - By Emily
I'll be watching the mail carefully, as we've got some exciting packages scheduled to arrive this week! If all goes according to plan, I'll have my new vinegar bottles and herb jars delivered tomorrow. I've got a new batch of...
“The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn'...
Green Walnuts - Clary Ridge Ranch - May 02, 2010 - By Christie_1
Our farm and family blog with pictures lives here --> Of Walnuts & Wine We are monitoring the orchard for the first appearance of green walnuts in 2010. Here in the El Dorado County foothills, our green walnuts are harvested later than...
The City Lied ?
Tulsa City Farm - May 02, 2010 - By Malcolm
Well, working around the rain,I put my Roma tomatoes out and finished planting okra. I started expanding the garden and my friends plow broke. We found some concrete buried.This is concrete and debris the cities engineer said would not be left on...