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Back at it!!! 2021

Square Foot Gardening for the Red River Valley   -   May 07, 2021 - By Brian_3

SFGRRV is back this season to offer a limited number of CSA shares. Our CSA shares help to support and offset costs incurred in providing quality produce to organizations like Heart and Soul Cafe. Our shares offer interesting, unique and expected offerings...

Spring is here and summer is just around the corne...

Spreading Oaks Farm   -   Apr 11, 2021 - By Ken & Patti

We are working our way through our spring greens, and we have plenty of kale, collards, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower growing nicely for your enjoyment over the next month to 6 weeks.  We also have our early tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash and...

First chicks have hatched and first crops harveste...

Rocking A Sustainable Farm   -   Mar 29, 2021 - By Harlan and Lori

dDJ1FJRLSReeDN4kO5SirA.jpg  Today I picked the first baby. greens and radishes. I was actually thinning them, but luckily they are large enough to eat! iv5CVhrzTeeAsNXply4Sqg.jpg Of the 7 eggs in the incubator, only 4 have hatched, but they are...

Royal Nectar Immune Booster & Other Stories!

What's the Buzz?   -   Mar 20, 2021 - By Marcie

So last weekend  Bee My Honey's resident chef,  Chef Rolf got inspired (and busy!).... When he gets moving, watch out! In this case, grab a spoon.... We'd noticed recently  that our customers (like the rest of the world) have...

Raw Cow Milk for Sale

Rocking A Sustainable Farm   -   Mar 08, 2021 - By Harlan and Lori

Hello! I am so excited to announce that I have received a license to sell raw cow milk (as Pet Food) in the state of Georgia. My first customer came by on Saturday to pick up a gallon and visit our animals. Her daughter enjoyed gathering chicken eggs, too. ...

Homemade Cream Cheese from Fresh Jersey Milk

Rocking A Sustainable Farm   -   Mar 01, 2021 - By Harlan and Lori

VZd%86FHTKO9Kjn7Yue7Fg.jpg   Today I needed to use about 4 gallons of fresh Jersey milk, so I chose to make cream cheese, mozzarella, butter and ricotta. The pictures are from the cream cheese batch, which uses whole milk, heavy cream, yogurt, rennet...

Fresh on the Farm

B&M Farms   -   Feb 27, 2021 - By Thomas_3

We are working on planting more produce this year for you.

Spring is just around the corner

Spreading Oaks Farm   -   Feb 07, 2021 - By Ken & Patti

Spring is just around the corner. I love this time of year. We are busy starting seeds, ordering plants, and getting ready for this year's produce season.  During February we put out our onion sets, order our sweet potato slips, start tomatoes in the...

It's almost time to plant our first crops...!

Rocking A Sustainable Farm   -   Feb 05, 2021 - By Harlan and Lori

Hello! It is fast approaching Valentine's Day, which is our first date of planting at Rocking A Farm, LLC. Red potatoes, white potatoes, greens, peas and lots of root vegetables will be planted that day. If there is a vegetable that you would like us to...

A New Birth of the New Year

Spyglass Gardens   -   Jan 03, 2021 - By Steve or Wendy

The ground lays in slumber as the bare trees sway, chilled in the breeze. Nuthatch birds peck at seams in tree bark searching for tiny bugs. Doves flock together grooming the soil finding left over seeds as squirrels scurry through piles of leaves in search of...