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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Heirloom Beets - Two Great Favorites!
Wall Flower Studio Garden - Apr 18, 2010 - By Karen_1
You can't beat Beets! Beet " Chioggia " , also called the "Bulls Eye beet" for obvious reasons is an Italian heirloom dating back to the 1840's. The Chioggia Beet has a mild flavour and it's solid green tops have a...
Spring is finally here!
Kiss My Grass Farm - Apr 18, 2010 - By Dot and Brian
Spring is here! After what has been a hard winter at our place it is a relief to see the grass greening up and hear the peepers calling. Spring has brought quite a few new additions to the farm. We have four 1/2 Dexter calves (one set of twins) romping...
Babies on the farm
Wild Things Farm - Apr 17, 2010 - By Terry_5
Lots of farmers will be saying this over the next few weeks "Look at the cute little chicks"! And are they cute....little balls of fluff that make lots of noise. I've been waking up in the middle of the night worried about them...
Welcome to the Sub-tropical Florida:Now start SPEA...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Apr 17, 2010 - By Tony_1
Why it is ESSENTIAL to eat tropical fruits and grow Fruit Trees in S.FLORIDA ?Check out why they are sooo goood for you! By ORGANIC Master Gardener: Tony Dagher http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M20618 Most of us get confused when asked why...
FILLET MINON SVP...OUI?Before you order while celb...
Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL - Apr 17, 2010 - By Tony_1
FOODS INC...is the name of the movie that is showing this EARTH DAY at PBS.Check it out This wednesday ...more details at : http://www.pbs.com/foodsinc or go directly to: http://www.foodsincmovie.com I met today a thirteen years old girl who was...
They're here!
Auntie Annie's Fields, LLC - Apr 17, 2010 - By Elizabeth
The chicks have arrived! We spent the last week cleaning and renovating their coop and then getting it all ready for them. On Wednesday, the day they were to leave the hatchery in Iowa, we turned the heat lamps on in their coop, and it waited for them,...
Pasture at Last
Pleasant Valley Farm - Apr 17, 2010 - By Emily
For weeks now, the temperatures have been summer-like and the entire landscape has been turning green. So although it may seem strange that we haven't been letting all the critters out to bask in the spring sun, until this week only the sheep were...
Rain, Rain, don't go Away...
Rose-Hip Farm - Apr 16, 2010 - By Karen_2
Once upon a time, I couldn't have guessed rain would become so exciting. But oh yes it is. All week the planting has been plodding along, looking forward to the promised rain today. Such a wet winter followed by such a dry spring. No sooner had the...
I'm Back!
Breeze Hill Farm - Apr 16, 2010 - By MaLinda
Sorry I've been off the Blog seen for a while. For those who read my farm Blog http:/www.breezehillfarm.net you know that things have been very crazy here at the farm because of an illness with my Mother. Hopefully, I will start being able to make...
Environment
Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana - Apr 16, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount
Oh, here they come again with the helicopters to spray the wooded areas at Rocky Mount. And, the frogs have just returned this past year after a very long absence!! It was probably ten years ago that a helicopter was out spraying the defoliants...