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Mid-winter (Shares) notes

Eaters' Guild - Jan 21, 2010 - By Laurie_2

Greetings-- So not to confuse, this is an off delivery week. My intention is to coordinate notes with delivery, but just now, there is little time when two hands are available, and when the two hands come together, the computer isn't always the...

Life as a "Farmher"

Wild Things Farm - Jan 21, 2010 - By Terry_5

There have been lots of new words and phrases "coined" in the last decade, mostly due to the internet and cyberspace, twitter, facebook, etc., but also in the gardening and food communities. "Locavore", "Evoo",...

ADOPT A PIG---ADOPT A COW---$25 CONTEST

Duran's Farm Fresh Products - Jan 21, 2010 - By Blaine & Karen

Only a few days left to enter our $25 give away for January. To enter, you must be on our EMAIL mailing list. If you are already on our list, you will get entered again for each person you refer to be on our mailing list. We only have a few pigs left...

Manufactured Jams versus Hand Made Jams

The Jam and Jelly Lady - Jan 21, 2010 - By Sonya

Making a nice batch of Strawberry Jam today. The kitchen smells like heavenly summer, despite the steel-gray skies and ice all over the trees and grass! A hot cup of coffee and I'm set... Our jam is called SoftSet (c). That's a name...

Grass Fed Beef

Spring Hill Farms - Jan 20, 2010 - By David_8

I just got spoke to my processor on the phone. I was thrilled to hear him say he was "impressed" with the way our beef looked on the rail. He said it was not what he expected for grass fed beef. A really special compliment coming from a guy who has...

Do These Pants Make My Rosehips Look Big?

Morgan Botanicals - Jan 20, 2010 - By Jessica_7

Rose hips are a wonderful food and vitamin source. Historically, Native Americans used rose hips in their stews and soups after using them for tea . I enjoy using them to make jams, jellies, marmalade's and wine, as well as...

Time To Start Onions, Leeks and Shallots

F.A. Farm - Jan 20, 2010 - By Walter_1

The frogs are out. It is time to start onions, leeks and shallots . A sunny window facing south is just fine. If you also have a cable bed, so much the better. I have good luck with small pots that fit into a tin can (like a 28 oz. tomato can). The pot fits...

Spring Fever on Golden Farm

Golden Farm - Jan 20, 2010 - By Farmer Sue

We have spring fever on Golden Farm. The big snow in December had Farmer Sue snowed in for days, wading through four foot drifts to feed and water all of the critters. We slept and fed, and slept and fed. The dogs and cats loved it! The...

58 Days Till Spring!!!!!!

For Dragonflies And Me - Jan 20, 2010 - By Neil & Jean

Hello from the winter wonderland! We've had some beautiful, I say that loosely, weather here. We had a hore frost that lasted 3 days. There wasn't any direct sunshine to melt it all away. It was simply stunning. The ...

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