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Gunga Galunga, CSA Week 1

The Harvest Bee Blog   -   Dec 07, 2015 - By K.T.

Hello, Friends: One of the beautiful and magical byproducts of farming is the countless lessons that working the soil can teach us. In fact, it is quite uncanny, this relationship between farming and life, whereby a certain reciprocity exists between the two....

Holiday treats with Herb'n Renewal!

Good Season'n With Herb'n Renewal   -   Dec 04, 2015 - By Karin_1

Check out our Herb'n Renewal FaceBook page for some recipes using our Cajun Wing'n Season...available right here at our Local Harvest store! https://www.facebook.com/Herbn-Renewal-43422629475/

Be shure to stop buy and see us at the OSU okc farmers market in December and ask about sighing up for are summer CSA

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The Harvest Bee Blog   -   Nov 30, 2015 - By K.T.

The heat is on! What a hot and humid Fall we have had, indeed! Although the field has started to produce some lovely and tasty food, the abnormally warm weather has definitely slowed the rate of growth we had expected to be at moving into the Holiday season....

Photo by Amity Highland Ranch Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. November is a traditional month of completing the harvest and of giving thanks. Thanks to the soil, to the rains, the plants, the animals, and to each other. It also marks...

Rue is a Good Herb Perennial for Zone 5-9

Home Farm Herbery   -   Nov 26, 2015 - By Arlene

Rue is a Good Herb Perennial for Zone 5-9 Recently we received this email question, “I was wondering if you know anything about the plant Rue and can I plant it here?” Rue is an herb and it is a perennial plant that you can grow in zones 5...

Some Good Reasons to Plant Comfrey

Home Farm Herbery   -   Nov 26, 2015 - By Arlene

Some Good Reasons to Plant Comfrey Many years ago a good friend of mine brought me some Comfrey clippings for my herbery. Comfrey is a large, perennial plant that keeps on coming back every year.  Comfrey (Symphytum officianale) is an...

Lobelia is Good for a Lot of Things

Home Farm Herbery   -   Nov 26, 2015 - By Arlene

 Lobelia is Good for a Lot of Things First off Lobelia is a pretty annual herb. All its parts above ground are used and it is harvested in the fall. It has a pretty white, purple or pink flower in various shades, depending on which seed you...

Olive Leaves (Whole) and it’s Uses

Home Farm Herbery   -   Nov 26, 2015 - By Arlene

Olive Leaves (Whole) and it’s Uses. We all know about olives.  In many parts of the world, including Morocco, Italy, Spain, France, Lebanon and Syria, olives are staple foods found on every table . The trees are at least 100 years old, the olives...

Cider-Braised Spicy Pork Stew

Home Farm Herbery   -   Nov 24, 2015 - By Arlene

This is a great stew for a cold winter’s day or night.  At Home Farm Herbery we serve it with our special crusty homemade bread. It is our fall special because we have fresh onions from the gardens, fresh apples from our orchard and it is a great base...