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Let it snow!

Good Season'n With Herb'n Renewal   -   Jan 07, 2010 - By Karin_1

It's been snowing all day and now the wind is really starting to pick up.  Darn glad we're inside where it is warm, sort of!  But, to help take the chill off of these old bones I decided to bake some bread.  Somehow that led to a kettle...

The State of Community Gardens : Failures and LAC...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jan 07, 2010 - By Tony_1

Most people think that community gardens are supported by government  and local city halls.Not so as I know of.Carver Park Community garden in Delray Beach ceased to exist last summer.Now it is the site of land fills !Chief Sitting Bull Organic Community...

Bee Warm!

What's the Buzz?   -   Jan 07, 2010 - By Marcie

It's an unusually chilly day here in South Florida. We're all huddled up trying to keep warm! And our bees do the same. When the temperature drops, the bees ball up inside the hives and keep each other warm. They are especially focused on keeping the...

Wind is blowing...again!

Cottonwood Farm   -   Jan 07, 2010 - By Kathy & Lynn

Yes, the wind is blowing, again.  Today was actually rather quiet, and I think the warmest day of the week.  It's downhill from here; with temps below 10 degrees, and windchills worse.  The wind has really come up, although I don't know...

Crops damaged as RECORD LOW CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERA...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jan 06, 2010 - By Tony_1

We are witnessing the fallouts of climate change here in Florida as never before during the last decade.temperatures have reached the low twenties coupled with a double digit unemployment rate. Farmers are rushing to insulate their crops to protect against...

Understanding the CONCEPT of COMMUNITY ORGANIC GAR...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jan 06, 2010 - By Tony_1

Welcome to the TROPICS.Now start TO LEARN SPANISH-CREOLE-CARIBEAN and HOW TO ADAPT to the TROPICAL HEAT!Are you kidding me?Most people who want to start a garden think about HIRING a MIGRANT FARMER to do the DONKEY DIRT work while they only want to eat...

Winter Continues

Sweet Harmony Farm   -   Jan 06, 2010 - By Mona

We have had gentle snowfall for 6 days now.  We’ve probably picked up close to another foot of snow.  At least it’s come in small increments so it makes it easier for us to clear the driveway and pathways around the house and down to the barn and...

I know that I will look back at this post a few years from now and laugh at myself. I am currently engaged in a wrestling match with my enthusiasm for our new CSA and am struggling to balance practicality and business sense with the overwhelming desire to do...

Nebraska, or Alaska??

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Jan 06, 2010 - By Teresa_2

We had a really unusal Christmas here on the farm.  It was white, and beautiful, and peaceful...  But we were all alone.  Snowed in from Christmas Eve (when we did manage to get one family Christmas in before the roads drifted too bad) until...

Advice from an old farmer

Wild Things Farm   -   Jan 06, 2010 - By Terry_5

I get lots of neat e-mails from friends and family, and most of them are just enjoyed for the moment then deleted to the Recycle Bin.  Once in a while there's one I simply have to share..........stay warm and keep those pets warm too! Old...