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Welcome to the new LH blog! We've been wanting to be more dedicated bloggers for a while now, but quite honestly have just been too darned busy to get around to it. Finally, finally, it made it to the top of the list.

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Recent Entries from LH Members' Blogs

Too cold even for cats

Blog: Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries)   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Christine

Wow~It's really cold outside! We awoke to the thermometer reading -6 that was before the windchill was figured in. I am not really fond of winter, but after living in other parts of the United States  I've learned that a cold winter is what gives the...

7 Reasons to Garden

Blog: St. Fairsted Farm   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Ang

   “ Why do I farm ?” It’s a popular question, I’ve been asked on more than one occasion. My pat answer has always been “ you are asking me why I breathe ?” Yes, a glib response to a question which sets numerous thoughts racing through my mind in...

Cold Hands

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Chris

So we started out our farm life several years ago with a rabbit.  Then we had two rabbits.  Then, well, you know how that works.  We progressed to a small chicken coop with funky little diamond-shaped windows.  We had two...

Illegal Pesticides On Imported Produce

Blog: Reeder Farms LLC   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Naydene

This is a reason to know your famers name and buy local   http://growingproduce.com/news/?storyid=1097 Illegal Pesticides On Imported Produce January 12, 2009 Two business owners of a South Florida produce firm pleaded...

We're Heading To The Inauguration!

Blog: Good Season'n With Herb'n Renewal   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Karin

Well, at least our Chili Season'n is! We were lucky enough to have one of our seasoning blends chosen to be included in the gift bags that the attendees at the BlueGrass Ball will receive on inauguration eve. Karin was busy designing and printing...

About Gladstone's Under The Sun

Blog: Gladstone's Under The Sun   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Craig

  Gladstone's Under The Sun is a Maine company committed to producing and promoting healthy foods as well as reducing our "carbon footprint".  After years of hard work, our company is proud to be drying Maine grown blueberries in...

Looking for New Vendors

Blog: Avalon Park Farmers Market   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Stephanie

Downtown Avalon Park in East Orlando is looking to grow its market to include additional vendors.  We are looking to ad the following: Fresh Eggs Baked Goods Dried/Fresh Herbs Tea Canned Goods Jellies and Sauces ...

To plant a garden.....

Blog: Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries)   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Christine

We finally received our first real snowfall of the season. It's probably a good thing since I have been working outside up until a few days ago. The ground had not yet frozen so I took the opportunity to move a huge heirloom rose to a spot where it could grow...

A Visitor

Blog: Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Thursday January 15, 2009   -   By Teresa

I spend most of my time indoors during the winter -- especially this week, as it has been at or near zero degrees during the day for the past couple of days.  There's nothing I love more than being outside during the spring, summer and fall, but...

I wish I could do this

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Wednesday January 14, 2009   -   By Chris

Since we were moving in and setting up the farm this past summer, I did not have as much time to ready my woodpile as I have in past years.  Installing fencing, building stalls, and the numerous other tasks involved in setting up a new farm consumed my...

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Out in the Cold and Loving It

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Wednesday January 14, 2009   -   By Chris

Here is one of our hogs.  She is especially fond of dumping over her freshly poured water.  It's a game with her, I suspect.  I don't like playing THAT game, so I gave her and her sisters a couple of soccer balls to toss around. ...

Shifting Cultivation vs. Intensive Cultivation

Blog: F.A. Farm   -   Wednesday January 14, 2009   -   By Walter

I got a new world atlas recently and I took a look at agricultural patterns around the world. I was especially struck by the shifting cultivation mode in the equatorial areas of South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The complementary mode of production...

Farm Pride Works!

Blog: White Dove Passion Fruit Farm   -   Wednesday January 14, 2009   -   By Patti

We just want to thank all of our customers who have help support this farm and its goals for a clean environment.  Because of our work with UC Davis and our own research and development, we were able to purchase and plant about one acre with 6 varieties...

Cold Outside--Warm Inside with Seed Catalogs

Blog: Neighborhood Gardener-King Gardens   -   Tuesday January 13, 2009   -   By Christy

It may be 30 below here in northern Minnesota, but it's always summer when we are making up seed lists. We"ll be starting seeds soon,and we are also thinking ahead to the two new high tunnels/hoops we will have up this spring.  That will make a total...

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The first year......

Blog: Greenjeans Farm   -   Tuesday January 13, 2009   -   By Jeff & Toni

One thing farmers know how to do like nobody else, is reach out to each other.   I remember the first year we lived here in Potter, during the fall and winter we made the house livable, we had our first greenhouse (a growhouse sent from heaven...

Goats are Ready to Pop

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Tuesday January 13, 2009   -   By Wes

 Well the Boer goats are getting ready to have their kids. They are due between Feb & March. Got them moved to their new area where they are not going to be bugged by the buck and the other goats not ready to give birth. We usually move them about a...

New England Pastoral

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Tuesday January 13, 2009   -   By Chris

Any American pastoral (sorry Mr. Roth) wouldn't be complete without a reflection on the ability of large ruminants to turn grass into one of the best all-natural fertilizers available.  Having spent the last hour moving just under 1/2 ton of the...

Winter at the farm

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Tuesday January 13, 2009   -   By Chris

People have been after us to start writing about our farm, so here goes.... As the cold season makes its presence known across Southern New England, here at our farm we embrace all the weather has to offer.  Our kids, Violet and Liev, have found a...

Winters heavy blanket

Blog: Eaters' Guild   -   Tuesday January 13, 2009   -   By Laurie

Hello~ It's a snowshoe winter. We're planning to be on schedule today (tuesday), no changes here. Post-holiday, we're finding the reprieve willed upon us by the season nice--outright quiet at times.  This last week we added another sprout to offer some...

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