Small Farms December 2010 Archive

A shiny new year - a great time to assess where you are, where you want to go, and if you're not living it yet - time to plan your ... Read More

Canning Across America is a great resource for canning and preserving food. According to their website, the group "is a nationwide, ad hoc collective of cooks, gardeners and food lovers ... Read More

Yum? Ever thought your living Christmas or Yule tree could become part of a delicious meal? If the thought never occurred to you, check out The Giving Tree, a delightfully ... Read More

Photo © Lauren Ware

Sterling College, near in location and dear to my heart as a center of sustainable farming, local food and educational goodness, is offering a new curricular initiative next summer. Called ... Read More

Are you cabin-bound, stuck inside, only going out to gather eggs, feed and water and milk animals? Yep. Sounds like late December. In these darkest days, before even the seed ... Read More

Stumped as to what to get the farmer on your list? A baby animal is always a great idea - well, maybe not! Be careful with gifting livestock unless you ... Read More

It is so cold and dismal outside here! The days are almost at the shortest point, the Winter Solstice. Everything is white. It was 2 below zero this morning here ... Read More

Do you have a root cellar? I found this interview with Chris Chaisson fascinating. Building a proper root cellar, either in our basement or standalone, has been on our to-do ... Read More

January is traditionally the time to order honey bees for spring hives, but many bee suppliers are taking orders now! Some are already sold out of certain types. So you ... Read More

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