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Buckwheat

F.A. Farm   -   Jul 06, 2009 - By Walter_1

Yesterday I sowed a small plot of Japanese buckwheat. Buckwheat is a very good summer cover crop. It comes up fast, grows fast, suppresses weeds and is easy to till in. Recommended seeding rate is 2-3# per 1000 square feet. Last year I got some from Organic...

Rained on the 4th, beautiful on the 5th...

Sunrise Farm   -   Jul 06, 2009 - By Jetboy

We had a great 4th, despite the rain. It did clear enough to shoot a ton of fireworks! Started harvesting basil, about 6 lbs. If you are looking, email me. Tomatos look great! We should start seeing some ready in next two weeks. I'll keep in touch!

Catching up

Blue Faerie Farm   -   Jul 06, 2009 - By Ray & Jan

Seems we have been so caught up that nearly a month has passed since we last posted an entry. Things have just been going at a breakneck pace and while I had a half dozen or so posts put together in my head my hands never made it to a keyboard to transfer the...

Tuesday, July 7th at the Bluegrass Farmers' Ma...

Bluegrass Farmers Market   -   Jul 06, 2009 - By Kentucky Proud

It's summer and you sure can tell by the variety of items available at our 100% homegrown market! We know that folks have been looking for corn and tomatoes in the last few weeks but we stick with our rules and do not allow any reselling! If you buy it...

Duck Eggs

Blueberry Hill Farm   -   Jul 06, 2009 - By Carmen_1

Because I have laying ducks, I guess I think about duck eggs more than most folks.  Over the past year that I've added duck eggs to our farm's list of offerings, I have observed that a good number of folks I come in contact with locally and at the...

The industrial food complex

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Jul 06, 2009 - By Brian_1

We were selling at a Farmers Market and an elderly farmer’s wife stopped by to look at our offerings.  She looked at our "Organic" sign and said "Honey, we've been growing organic since before you were born," and if you...

Lettuce ends, beets begin, another movie night

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Jul 06, 2009 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders, We will have beautiful head lettuce, kohlrabi, very nice cabbage, both green and red kale, pretty swiss chard, cilantro, stir fry greens, and the first beets this week.  We'll also be picking the last of the first...

We have germinating pumkin plants(seeds)! YeA, and we got over an inch of rain yesterday(Saturday, 4 July 09).

Man oh man what a week! Friday was the culmination of one horror after another. I had been talking to a fellow about hogs for a week (Lobo you know who I mean) and we were both looking forward to seeing what amazing sausages he wuld make from one of our...

Boulder Belt Farm Share Initiative, Week 13

Boulder Belt Eco-Farm   -   Jul 05, 2009 - By Lucy

I's crunch time here. we have a flood of raspberries (and a great special on them if you are inclined to make jam out of them-10 boxes for $30) that must be harvested every day to the tune of 50 to 60 boxes a day. on top of that the first of the beans are...