Beekeeping Connections
Friday April 29, 2011
If you haven't ordered bees yet, you might be out of luck for ordering online - last I checked, every online supplier I had found was out of package bees ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Promise
Wednesday April 27, 2011
Help! What Do I Do With These Chicks?
Tuesday April 26, 2011
No, this post isn't about juggling girlfriends! It's about baby chicks - poultry! This is a hot week for getting chickens in many parts of the US. Easter and chicks ... Read More
Get a Grant for a High Tunnel
Friday April 22, 2011
The NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service - has a program in place to provide high tunnels, sometimes called hoop houses, to farmers to extend the growing season. Requirements are ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Chicken Whisperer
Wednesday April 20, 2011
Chickens + children = FUN!
Hybrid vs. Heirloom?
Monday April 18, 2011
Is it even a valid question? The New York Times interviewed seed purveyors and discussed the difference between hybrid and heirloom seeds, but neglected some of the finer points of ... Read More
Poop, Glorious Poop
Friday April 15, 2011
What's a farm without poop, after all? Not much at all. Manure is what closes the loop, completes the cycle. We all need to compost in order to have a ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Chick
Wednesday April 13, 2011
Photo © Lauren Ware
A Little Farm Humor
Tuesday April 12, 2011
I laughed out loud when I read this blog post by Sharon Astyk, blogger at Casaubon's Book, and small farmer. Her Realistic Farm Tour hits home for me, for sure! ... Read More
Eggs For Sale
Sunday April 10, 2011
A new startup called Eggzy looks like a neat tool for farmers and consumers who care about where their eggs come from. They aim to create an interactive database of ... Read More
Where's the Meat?
Friday April 8, 2011
One of the biggest challenges facing any community trying to create a local food system is the bottleneck created by a lack of slaughterhouse facilities. We're facing it here in ... Read More
The Cost of Good Food
Monday April 4, 2011
I found this blog post by Bob Comis at grist.org and it resonated with me. Comis presents a very real and vexing problem facing the small farmer: how to sell ... Read More