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Urban Hikes and dinner parties

Farm Share West/Organic Now   -   Mar 21, 2010 - By Marika

Another summer-like day in Oakland!  I'm taking my friend, Jen, and her dog, Roxy, on one of my urban hikes.  I first learned about urban hikes from an ex-boyfriend.  He was a big fan of exerting as much energy as possible, and really,...

SNOW

Tulsa City Farm   -   Mar 20, 2010 - By Malcolm

It was 70 degrees yesterday! It is 31 now here in Tulsa, with snow about 4". I was upset that I was behind in the veggie garden.I had so many things to get done this weekend.  I did get my garden tilled partly. This year I'm doing something...

Poverty Acres Started Growing The Worlds Best Swee...

Poverty Acres   -   Mar 20, 2010 - By Sam or MaryAnn

Karl Harper was definetly a Sweet Corn Conisour! /blog/21003/resource/scan0008.jpg Karl shown with fresh picked corn in 1995. He believed in picking it early morning and blanching it in ice cold well water within twenty minutes after picking. ...

Let the gardening season begin!

Ms Robin's Garden   -   Mar 20, 2010 - By Robin_1

I check three weather web sites two or three times a day to see if the forecast is agreeable enough to get some of these plants in the ground. Two of the three sites are usually similar with their predictions, but that's not to say they are...

Top ten tips on Intensive organic urban farming in...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Mar 19, 2010 - By Tony_1

The French were the pioneers in intensive gardening during the WW-I and WW-II.To be honest to history we might summon the Chinese ,Greek,Babylonian and Mayans ancient biointensive farming methods 4000 years ago.Whether you want to call it French fries or...

Clematis ~ Nelly Moser - A beautiful heirloom clim...

Wall Flower Studio Garden   -   Mar 19, 2010 - By Karen_1

This gorgeous climber is well worth a spot in any garden. The bloom size is the up to 6" across, so the flowers on a 'Nelly Moser' clematis are truly magnificent. Each petal is a frosty-pink with a deeper pink bar down the centre, the...

Lots of Excitement!

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Mar 19, 2010 - By Emily

The weather here has been beatuiful, the mud is drying and we have even more beautiful farm babies!  Lambing season continues, we now have a total of 6 healthy little lambs...5 rams (boys) and one ewe.  Last years we fininshed the season with 4 ewes...

Balancing Work...and work

The Orchard at Apolloson Acres   -   Mar 19, 2010 - By Allison

Gosh, I have been snapping the most wonderful pictures on the farm this week; I so wish I could share them with you all, but I just cannot seem to get the picture uploader for this blog to cooperate :( The weather here has been wonderful all week. I find...

Some Obscure History of the Tamworth Pasture Pig

Spring Hill Farms   -   Mar 19, 2010 - By David_8

I came across some old writings recently that stated the Tamworth at one point had some "crosses of pigs having a strong infusion of Neapolitan blood...It is also said that a few breeders used a white pig that had been improved by Bakewell." ...

Spring!!!!

Desert Greens   -   Mar 18, 2010 - By Eric_1

It's spring!!! Green stuff is sprouting, the ground is warming and I got my first rosey sun touched skin.  With so much to do it is always a wonder to at the end of the season that we actually managed to get to it all. Well, somethings get lost in...