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Grilled Roast Recipe

Ebersole Cattle Company   -   Mar 08, 2010 - By ShanenEbersole

GRILLED TRI-TIP ROAST 1 beef tri-trip (bottom sirloin roast, approx. 2 lbs.) We used a small Rump Roast & it was still YUMMY! 2 T. minced onion 1 T. packed light brown sugar 2 tsp. bottled hot pepper sauce 1 tsp. chili powder 1/2...

Gentlemen (and women) start your tillers!

Wild Things Farm   -   Mar 08, 2010 - By Terry_5

The first of 6 beds freshly tilled; twigs from sycamore cleaned up and turning to ash NASCAR got started last month, and this month in my area of Tennessee, we farmers get started!  Yesterday was the day that the soil in the "Front Bluff...

In the Belly of the Whale

JustPicked Farms   -   Mar 08, 2010 - By Cheryl_2

March 06 In the Belly of the Whale As I write this week, I'm sitting in an airport on my way to a conference for my "day job".  Although the conference should be interesting, I will miss my family and my "critters"; my...

The excitement is mounting!

Ms Robin's Garden   -   Mar 08, 2010 - By Robin_1

I know, I know....I said I wouldn't be posting for a few days, but I couldn't help it. I couldn't contain myself and I just had to share the news.... It was absolutely b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l today! I weeded the big flower bed around the house and cut...

Egg Shells

The Appalachian Shed   -   Mar 07, 2010 - By Terrie

If you haven’t been doing it all winter, it’s not too late to start collecting egg shells for the garden! Calcium:  Egg shells provide much needed calcium for your plants and since it is a slow release, it’s really hard to over due it.  Calcium...

Spring Sunshine

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Mar 07, 2010 - By Emily

The sun has been shining here for almost a week now.  It's refreshing after all the gloomy and snowy days of February.  The snow is melting and soon Dan will be able to begin plowing for the year.  My goal is to take lots of...

Last of the seeding trays

Ms Robin's Garden   -   Mar 07, 2010 - By Robin_1

Yes, spring is almost here! I saw my first Robin of the year yesterday. The sun is shining, The temperatures are close to the normal average. New growth is peeking out from under the dead foliage of last year's flowers. Won't be much longer... ...

March 10 Raw Milk Bill Hearing, Eau Claire WI

Trautman Family Farm   -   Mar 07, 2010 - By Scott&JulieTraut

I have taken time away from the raw milk movement. We have much on our minds that needs our focus. The survival of our farm. Money. Need it. Working towards getting our milk paid for - into artisan cheese. Got the milk; got the artist, got the tank,...

Farmer or Gardener?

Ms Robin's Garden   -   Mar 07, 2010 - By Robin_1

When I'm talking to people about our CSA, I catch myself sometimes saying we are farmers. I think that is because other people's perception of us, is that we are "farmers". Yes, we own a farm, albeit a very small farm of 15 acres and we do...

maple sap is running, chickens ordered and seeds p...

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Mar 07, 2010 - By Michael_3

   We have had a busy week--our season has began. Maple trees are running(giving sap) and we have been setting new taps while collecting sap from already set trees. Most of the time sap is collected once a day but today we had to go out twice, that...