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Can You Say "Alice Advocates Alluring Alliums...

Morgan Botanicals   -   Jan 26, 2010 - By Jessica_7

Alice advocates alluring alliums, and so do I! Well, it's that time year; time to start planting those Alliums, like onions, chives, garlic, shallots and leeks. Did you know Allium, the onion genus, has over 700 species, making it one of the largest...

Hello from CinemaPacas

CinemaPacas   -   Jan 26, 2010 - By Todd, & SueAnne

Hey guys, I know, I have been horrible at keeping up, but, that's how it goes with me :) I get distracted easily. Not hard to do with a lot of animals, and things to do. All of you guys should see our little cria, Smoke. He is the most precious thing...

snows melted

Richert/Phillips Farms   -   Jan 25, 2010 - By Michael_3

   The weather warmed up for a day and the rains fell then to melting the snow. Know we are hoping freezing weather will follow for at least 10 days to freeze the ground. Snow acts like an insulater and if the ground is not frozen when it is covered...

Rain Rain Go Away.....

Kyle Farms All Natural Lamb   -   Jan 25, 2010 - By Anne

Its raining, its pouring, the old man is snoring......  Our ewes are definitely not snoring, thats for sure.  This change in the weather (ie. downpour) has brought on lambing hardcore.  At lamb check last night there were 15 new lambs and 6...

Winter Is For The Birds! :: Home Made Suet Balls

Wall Flower Studio Garden   -   Jan 25, 2010 - By Karen_1

Feeding Feathered Friends in Winter - Fun - Easy - Economical! Ingredients: -1 pound lard or fat - 3/4 cup peanut butter -1/2 cup flour - 1/2 cup cornmeal - 1 cup sugar - approximately half a loaf of bread crumbs -...

Well this afternoon I assembled some tools and things to protect trees from rabbits put it on my sled and set off into the orchard.  Found that most of my trees had minor damage.  However, there was rabbit poop around the trees so those that where...

Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Jan 24, 2010 - By Teresa_2

I've been spending lots of time in the office lately, both looking back over the past twelve months and looking ahead to the next eight months or so until pumpkin patch time rolls around again. As I prepare to mail the sales tax we collected to...

Stained Glass Jello Or BROKEN GLASS JELLO

So Succulent Gardens   -   Jan 24, 2010 - By Blossomfarm

I recently made STAINED GLASS JELLO for a church coffee hour and thought the kids would love them.  AND THEY DID!  Extremely easy and very good. Click on the link for instructions, it will take you to a great blog called the food...

Yestarday I went to inspect my fruit trees after a brutal couple of weeks of winter weather.  We have had three blizzards and I lost count on the ice storms.   We received 40 inches of snow I now that other place get more.  We live on the...

Plantation Progress

Shoaf Plantation   -   Jan 24, 2010 - By L.W.

Welcome to the Petruzzi family of Lexington as shareholders in our CSA. It's great to have a nice young family to participate. And I'm looking forward to providing fresh, healthy produce to them to enjoy this year. LW Shoaf