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Carrots

Sunshine for Dinner   -   Jun 13, 2009 - By Georgiaberry

Cecily eating fresh from the garden Carrots Our son, Max (not pictured . . .), is five years old, and at the age when kids say a lot of funny things.  He has cracked me up a couple of times lately with his comments about carrots. When we...

Lettuce Celebrate!

Jandy's   -   Jun 12, 2009 - By Jan_3

What a day for harvesting for the Farmers' Market tomorrow! We have a beautiful crop of lettuce coming on and I fear some will bolt before we can get it to Market. But right now it is perfection! That lettuce you see me holding is ONE HEAD of Sunset...

CSA contents week of June 15th

Maplewood Organics   -   Jun 12, 2009 - By Hannah and Eric

Gourmet lettuce mix Baby Swiss chard Baby mixed kale rhubarb 1 heaping pint strawberries chives oregano small side of spinach (for use on grilled cheese and in salads) Trades will include: extra lettuce mix

Chicks...Extra Small

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Jun 12, 2009 - By Emily

Today was a first.  Although we've hatched hundreds of chicks this spring and a good number of ducklings and geese, we've never hatched quail before.  This morning I had 2 in the hatching tray of the incubator.  They are so small! ...

Ordered Tractor

Whispering Pines   -   Jun 12, 2009 - By Roni

Ordered our tractor today!  We will be able to do so much more with our farm now.  Just have to find a tiller next. Weeded among the sweet potatoes today.  The grean beans I just picked yesterday look like they are ready to pick again! ...

Round Up at the Ranch

M Triangle Ranch   -   Jun 12, 2009 - By Mark & Shelley

We have just finished our spring round-up and boy did the calves look good! Our Bourbon Red Heritage turkeys are doing well and we are so excited about our baby rabbits. We finally have most of our hatchlings out of doors!  That makes chore time so...

You're going to Harvest That?

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Jun 12, 2009 - By Brian_1

Spring is coming to a fast end and the spring crops are starting to show their wear.  Strawberries came in and we started picking, they are big, sweet and very juicy.  From what we've read you can only harvest strawberries after...

Happy organics

Sparta Farm   -   Jun 11, 2009 - By Rebecca_2

Here we are in June, and enjoying the fruits of our labor in the "Early Garden" - lettuce and kale are doing splendidly this year; we put on floating row covers at the very beginning of planting time and they have more than paid for themselves: no...

Fish Tacos with Creamy Cilantro Sauce

Cookus Interruptus   -   Jun 11, 2009 - By Cynthia

This week on Cookus Interruptus: Fish Tacos with Creamy Cilantro Sauce (Ward barks up the wrong tree).  Utilizes carrots, cabbage, red onion, romaine and wild-caught Alaskan halibut.  

Ducklings ... or not

Anonymous Farm   -   Jun 11, 2009 - By Risha

We let the ducks brood this year, free range... and have 5 still setting. One hatched 6 ducklings who followed their momma everywhere. The waddled to the waterway and to the corn field, to the garden and to the barn... but the wildlife showed no mercy and in...