The Blog Barn

August 2009

Shoving Leopard Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Marina

News from the garden Rokeby appears to have been transported to the Pacific Northwest.  The consistent and heavy rains are taking a toll on the heat-loving crops, particularly the tomatoes, some of which are affected by late blight.  Some crops...

Local Foods at a Local Restaurant

Hurricane Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Chris

A local Connecticut restaurant, Zest, has some wonderful dishes on the way prepared with local ingredients including ribs grass-fed, dry aged beef.  If you are in Northeastern CT, stop by their 1750's farmhouse restaurant and try the taste and...

June 2009

Shoving Leopard Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Marina

News from the garden Shoving Leopard Farm is about to enter its second CSA pick-up season, and the garden is right on track.  The head lettuces are bulking up; the chard, collards, and kale are ready for the first harvest; radishes, beets, and turnips...

May 2009

Shoving Leopard Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Marina

News form theh garden So much can happen to a garden in a month, and what an unusual month this April has been.  We went from having to cover the seedlings at night to protect them from the frost to having to cover the transplants during the day to...

April 2009

Shoving Leopard Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Marina

News from the garden  Spring has sprung in the Hudson Valley!  Meg’s baby Susanna was born on March 13th, the first spring peepers were heard on the 16th; a carpet of those yellow flowers (small whorled pogonia?) bloomed on the 18th, the first...

Feb 2009

Shoving Leopard Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Marina

News from the garden The syrup days are here!  Our taps are in, and when the sun shines, the sap flows into cans, buckets, and water jugs, soon to be poured onto pancakes as warm syrup. The seeds have arrived and the greenhouse and crop plans are...

Do you want to hear my story?

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Emily

Before I met my husband, I never really though about the value of eating locally or organically.  I guess I had heard of those terms, but it wasn't until I became involved with the farm and started reading books about the "food movement"...

The House

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Brian_1

The farm house we live in was built in 1837 by David and Richard Specht.  David was the original owner.  He bought the land from Charles Caroll a signer of the Declartion of Independance.  They built the house with clay bricks they made by...

Gourd Crafting

Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Sep 16, 2009 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

After a long battle with family health matters, we are getting back to our Gourd Business!!!  This is an exciting time of year.  The crop is almost through, at least what the deer didn't have for dinner!!  It is harvest time!!  For...

I'd been noticing some odd behavior from our pullets this past week. They kept darting in front of me, stopping, squatting down, making an odd noise, and letting me pet them. It seemed rather bizarre and it started all of a sudden. It just dawned on me...