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Creating Web Profiles

Emma's Family Farm in Maine   -   Dec 16, 2009 - By Rose and Steve

I've just finished creating my Linked In profile and realized, once again, how time consuming these profiles can be. At the same time, they can be important marketing tools so; what to do? I started my profile on Linked In about a year ago but never...

Great Bulls, Even better cows!

Ebersole Cattle Company   -   Dec 16, 2009 - By ShanenEbersole

Wow! What a day! Yesterday, we pregnancy checked our cows.  What this means is that we worked them through the chute and our veterinarian checked if they were pregnant, and thier estimated due date. WELL, the news was great!  We checked 65 of our...

Weeding is a four letter word

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Dec 16, 2009 - By Brian_1

We seemed to always take pictures of our vegetable gardens in the spring when they looked clean and weed free.  I find very few pictures of established gardens in late July or August.  This took me all of one second to figure out why.  One...

Different types of HERB INFUSIONS

So Succulent Gardens   -   Dec 16, 2009 - By Blossomfarm

Infusions Infusions, or tisanes as they are frequently called, are made by pouring boiling water over the herbs and allowing the mixture to steep for 10-30 minutes depending on the strength you prefer. Infusions are used for extracting the...

Greenhouse Status

Grow And Share   -   Dec 16, 2009 - By Kay

We will be pulling the greenhouse poles out of the ground tomorrow and then moving them to the new site to put back in. Hard work but worth it! We can still use volunteers to assist with moving the greenhouse (Zebulon in Wake County) and re-assembly...

A Visit to the Winter Farmer's Market

Hurricane Farm   -   Dec 15, 2009 - By Chris

We'll be at the Coventry Winterfresh Farmer's Market in Coventry, CT this coming Sunday, December 20.  The market has been running for a couple of weeks, and we will be making our first appearance on the first Sunday of Winter!  The market...

Can't Keep Lena Out of the Herbal Pantry!

Morgan Botanicals   -   Dec 15, 2009 - By Jessica_7

My budding herbalist Lena loves hanging out with me in the herb shop. She comes in, grabs this jar and that jar and say's, "can I smell"? It's really rather cute, and it gives us the opportunity to discuss the aroma, remind her of their names...

Snow Ponies

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Dec 15, 2009 - By Teresa_2

Our snowstorm last week brought around 12-14 inches of snow, followed by bitter cold temperatures and single-digit highs.  While the cows, cats, dog and humans around here have been staying inside being lazy, the horses are having a ball. Here...

NEW: Chicken Sponsorship!

Jacob's Reward Farm   -   Dec 15, 2009 - By Cindy

One of our fiber CSA shareholders inspired the Chicken Sponsorship Program:  Here's how it works: We buy a ready-to-lay pullet and feed her for a year. You get a Sponsor Certificate (suitable for framing!) and a card with ten punch spaces on it....

Dinner at Beck Grove Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. A few years ago, my husband taught at a school for teenagers who didn't fit in any of the other schools in town. One day he asked his students how many of them regularly ate a meal...