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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Learn How To Can Your Garden This Summer!
The Jam and Jelly Lady - Feb 25, 2016 - By Sonya
Just a quick reminder that we have an excellent schedule of Canning Boot Camps this spring. We are the only comprehensive water/pressure canning class within several surrounding states, and we enjoy the company of out-of-state students every month! Canning...
Time is a flying...
Family Circle Centennial Farm - Feb 24, 2016 - By Emily_2
I have to say, I am a better farmer than blogger! Ha! Despite the snow and ice working to accumulate on this gorgeous February day, the prospect of spring (especially in the hoop) gets me excited and pumped about the 2016 growing season! Seeds have arrived,...
Farm update
Red Rooster Farm and Produce - Feb 22, 2016 - By Maryann_2
Here we are at the end of February and there are lots of activities going on at Red Rooster Farm and CSA. We are preparing the high tunnel to plant tomatoes, summer squash, peppers, and eggplants. Outside, we will be planting lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower,...
Remembering last Spring!
Walkers Fresh Veggies - Feb 22, 2016 - By Mark & Carolyn
We have Early Girl tomato seedlings ready to transplant into pots to grow on in the greenhouse for extra early tomatoes this year. I am planning on setting the fairly large (by that time) plants into plastic mulch with a low tunnel over each row early in May...
February, 2016 Flower cuttings doing great!
The Jenkins Clan - Feb 20, 2016 - By Elaine
Flowers from cuttings are amazing! The 1-inch tall un-rooted cuttings are now up to 7 inches tall and blossoming like crazy. We started them in 105- or 168-cell trays on January 8, moved them to 48-cell trays 3 weeks later. Now they are in 3...
Maitake Mushrooms Dried
Home Farm Herbery - Feb 20, 2016 - By Arlene
When we learned how to grow Shiitake Mushrooms we went on to others and one of our favorites is the Maitake Mushroom which is also known as Hen-of-the-Woods, Sheep's Head, Ram's Head, Dancing Mushroom, King of Mushrooms, Monkey's Bench or Shelf...
Gunga Galunga CSA Week 10
The Harvest Bee Blog - Feb 20, 2016 - By K.T.
Good Morning, Friends; A revelation came to me in the middle of the night during the most recent uncanny storm of the winter that swooped through early Monday night/Tuesday morning. I laid awake for hours, or thought is seemed, as I could hear the thunder...
Just another day
Richert/Phillips Farms - Feb 19, 2016 - By Michael_3
It is funny to us how people react to farming--each group has about the same reaction with in that group to most things that happen on the land--there is the group that grew up and lived on the farm and then the group that moved to the...
Three Deer Resistant Herbs
Home Farm Herbery - Feb 18, 2016 - By Arlene
One of our customers asked me what herbs will deter damage caused by deer. I empathized with her because we all face the little critters that dine free in our gardens and deer are a nuisance in the garden. I told her she could minimize their damage by planting...
