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Listening to the sounds

Double Check Ranch   -   Apr 12, 2010 - By Sarah

It's official, summer has begun once again, with the bugs out in earnest.   Going to bed, I listen to the sounds of horses nickering at each other in the dark, cows gobbling up the grass in my yard (they avoid the weeds amazingly well!) crickets...

Dottie's kids finally arrived

Pine Needle Farm   -   Apr 12, 2010 - By Ann_2

  Well, Dottie's kids finally arrived on Friday the 9th, at 11 am and 11:40 am.  Two huge boys!  Rusty throws some big stout kids!  Mom and kids are doing fine.  Now the boy/girl ratio is skewed towards the boys again.  Out of...

Sore Muscles and Determination

JustPicked Farms   -   Apr 12, 2010 - By Cheryl_2

April 11 Sore muscles and determination The weather this weekend was absolutely gorgeous, and perfect for working in the garden.  Japheth came over to help, and was setting out my lettuce and broccoli seedlings and planting cauliflower in the...

Potting Season Again ... Yeah !!!

Osma Acres Farm   -   Apr 11, 2010 - By Billy

   Yeahhhh!    When March 15 passes again…We will have completed our Potting and Seeding for 2011. I pot my pumpkins, Winter Squash varieties, and gourds. The plastic boxes keep the moisture in and act like small green houses. ...

DIY Chicken-Coop Video

Westminster Farmers' Market   -   Apr 11, 2010 - By Dean

    There is a time-lapse video, on YouTube, of a blonde princess (self described) building a backyard chicken-coop. She is very proficient in carpentry skills, and in using power tools. She does a great job on the coop. Her choice of...

Raw Milk?! How about natural milk, the other stuf...

Double Check Ranch   -   Apr 11, 2010 - By Sarah

It's 9:35 p.m. and Paul is reminding me of the early morning we have tomorrow for market, but I really want to get a few thoughts down on 'paper' as such.   Raw milk Food regulation by the local, state and federal government The...

Tomatoes in our garden

Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Apr 11, 2010 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

I am so excited!! Our Seedless Tomato Plants have finally arrived. I have started seedlings in the greenhouse, but they are not growing as fast as I would like!! The Seedless Tomatoes will be such a blessing to my husband this year. When he over indulges,...

Spring Progress on the Farm! (Sidewalk Project)

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Apr 10, 2010 - By Teresa_2

So far, our spring is off to a pretty productive start!  After a couple weekends of vigorous yard cleanup (I still don't fully understand how ALL that driveway rock made it into the yard during snow removal!) we started on our first "pumpkin...

April At Colvin Family Farm

Colvin Family Farm   -   Apr 10, 2010 - By Colvin Farm

Over the past month we've just about got all of our tillable land worked over for the first time! It is necessary to work in your cover crop well enough in advance of putting in your main crop so that it will compost and add all of the nutrients that give...

Ploughing ,planting and dreaming! And yet another ...

Zina's Produce   -   Apr 10, 2010 - By Zina

My husband Gary has been busy ploughing the garden for his beautiful flowers and vegetables. Nine years of working this soil and it is finally perfect for what we grow. The girls (hens) had their hand at it after he was done. We have clay soil so it has been a...