The Blog Barn

Get to know your veggies--Potatoes

Wild Things Farm   -   Mar 02, 2010 - By Terry_5

Yes, I said potatoes.  I bet you're thinking to yourself...potatoes, EVERYBODY knows about potatoes.  Do you?  Do you you really? I checked out the website www.healthypotato.com and found gobs of useful information and recipes for the...

New Year

The Wild Way Out   -   Mar 02, 2010 - By wild way

It is a brave new year with me in charge of the farm and my life completely.  Scary and exciting!

Wedding Flowers

Blaithin Blair (pronounced Blah-heen Blare)   -   Mar 02, 2010 - By Beka

Are you planning your wedding for this summer?  Consider using fresh, local carefully grown blooms.  There is nothing like the look of a flower that was cut yesterday.  By using local flowers you will save hundreds in avoiding the shipping costs...

Heirloom Amaryllis - 100 plus years old! Seeds Ava...

Wall Flower Studio Garden   -   Mar 02, 2010 - By Karen_1

This amaryllis was originally my great-grandmother's plant. It was passed down to my great Uncle Allan, (whom I miss dreadfully) , and, now of course, to me. It's well over 100 years old, and for the past few years I've been collecting and...

Building a Temporary Brooder

Spring Hill Farms   -   Mar 02, 2010 - By David_8

Randy and I will building a temporary brooder today. The barn we had a brooder set up in burned down last Spring. We have a batch of Freedom Ranger chicks coming in eight days so I though we better find somewhere to put them! I didn't want to get birds...

It's Greenhouse Time!

Wild Goose Farm LLC   -   Mar 01, 2010 - By Meg

Today was the first day in the greenhouse. It took a while to get back into the rhythm of seeding. First, I had to search for the watering wand and the tub I use for filling trays with soil. Funny how things never seem to stay where you put them. Once I had my...

Grass-Fed Ground Beef

Ebersole Cattle Company   -   Mar 01, 2010 - By ShanenEbersole

Wow, these couple of weeks have been crazy!!  But, this past Friday was Beef Pickup Day!  I have just tried out a new locker & went to pick up our Grass-Fed Ground Beef.  The new part is that I also had them make some of their AWARD WINNING...

Baseball Radio Network Aims to Grow More Than Rati...

Grow And Share   -   Mar 01, 2010 - By Kay

Baseball Radio Network Aims to Grow More Than Ratings! Play-by-Play Sports Properties To Team Up With Local Non-Profit on Mudcats Broadcasts Zebulon, NC, March 1, 2010-- Grow and Share is a unique Zebulon based non-profit organization dedicated to...

March 1, 2010

Rolling Acres Farm   -   Mar 01, 2010 - By Denise_1

Dear All, Today is the first day of March and it looks to be coming in like a lamb. Sun with temperature in the 30s. Yea!! Last week we planted tomatoes that are now being warmed by the warming mat and under the grow lights. These will be planted in...

No Nitrates, No Nitrite, No MSG in our Smoked Saus...

Prairie Pride Farm of Minnesota   -   Mar 01, 2010 - By Dawn, past 4-H member

During these cold Minnesota days we have lots of time to be creative and find solutions to the delima of poor tasting uncured smoked products out there in the market place.  Everyday we try really hard to create the perfect "pork chop" by...