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WHOA! Sweet corn is in!

Sunrise Farm   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Jetboy

Hello world! It's Friday afternoon and we haven't had rain in a week. Weird weather, very cool too. Tomatoes hate it! Sweet corn is coming in now. Peaches and Cream(bi-color) now, Ambrosia to follow. Picked 30 lbs. of beans this week, several lbs of...

House Passes FOOD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT HR 2749.....

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Tony_1

Here are the latest news about HR 2749...IT PASSED THE HOUSE YESTERDAY...ARE YOU A SMALL SCALE FARMER?ARE YOU AFFECTED? ALSO.LEARN MORE ABOUT :Dr Maniotis Vaccine Pandemic Historic Timeline @: www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=3198

We have Fertile Chicken Eggs Rhode Island Reds mix...

Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Suzie OConnor

We have on sale the fertile chicken eggs at $19.97 per dozen. The hens that are laying right now are the Rhode Island Reds mixed with the New Hamphsire Reds which are large brown egg layers.  It's not to late to put your eggs to hatch and start...

Winter Wheat Video

F.A. Farm   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Walter_1

Yesterday, one of my friends made a video of me harvesting, threshing and winnowing winter wheat. The exciting part for me is that I can do the threshing with an electric chipper/shredder that I bought used for $50. This is one of those simple, but elegant,...

Boulder Belt Farm Share Initiative, Week 17

Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Lucy

It's week 17 of the farm share initiative and things are going along pretty well here. So far (knock wood) we have had a great growing season. Despite being way down on rain for this year things are growing, likely because the cool temps and many cloudy...

Boulder Belt Farm Share Initiative, Week 16

Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Lucy

It's week 16 of the farm Share initiative for many of you. Many CSA type programs go for less time than that. And here we do our Farm Share Initiative virtually year round. And that brings me to the question, are any of you interested in a winter farm...

Garlic is in!

The Community Exchange   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Dee Berry

Wow!  The garden certainly liked the thunder storms we've had for the past two weeks... Garlic is in, cleaned and sorted. The sunflowers are humungeous! Lots of pickle cucumbers. Almost time for fried green tomatoes! Hope you're having a...

Westminster Farmer's Market Report for 07-31-0...

Westminster Farmers' Market   -   Jul 31, 2009 - By Dean

Westminster Farmers’ Market Report from Maple Heights Farm Cast your vote for your favorite farmers’ market at Local Harvest !Next week I’d like to report to our Ag Commission that we are in the top 100!So help me out and vote today! Orders...

Rooibos Raspberry Soda

Cookus Interruptus   -   Jul 30, 2009 - By Cynthia

Keep the calories down and the flavor up by combining rooibos tea, raspberry blend fruit juice and sparkling water.   Refreshing!  This week on Cookus Interruptus.  

Gilroy Garlic Festival, Round 2-May The Stink Be W...

Christopher Ranch   -   Jul 30, 2009 - By Justin_1

As promised, a few more garlic highlights and miscellaneous thoughts from the 31st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival this past weekend… A scrumptious pasta, beef tenderloin, tomato succotash and watermelon tomato salad was the winning combination of the...