Raising Pastured Poultry
Terms like free range and cage free can be quite confusing. Those terms are generally applied to laying hens, which are different from the meat birds known as broilers. Almost all meat poultry in the US is raised in broiler barns, generally in common configurations of 40 ft wide by 400 ft long, some longer. …
Read MoreWeek 15 – Winter Share 2018/19
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Read MoreThe Bees Have Arrived
This past Saturday Jason and Angie Bosler of Bosler’s Honey dropped off four hives at Wholesome Valley Farm.The hives were placed next to the future vegetable field. The honeybees, along with native pollinators will spend their summer pollinating the zucchini, melons, peppers, and tomatoes. The type of flowers that bees collect nectar from influence the…
Read MoreWeek 14 – Winter Share 2018/19
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Read MoreWeek 13 – Winter Share 2018/19
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Read MoreWeek 12 – Winter Share 2018/19
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Read MoreStarting from Seed
Spring is here and that means it’s time to start seeds for summer. Starting seeds indoors gives farmers and gardeners a head start on the season. In the hothouses right now we have tender spring greens, celery, onions, and cabbage. Soon we’ll have summer crops like tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers as well. Most of the…
Read MoreWeek 11 – Winter Share 2018/19
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Read MoreWeek 10 – Winter Share 2018/19
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Read MoreMaking Maple Syrup
It is Maple Syrup season. When the temperature rises above freezing during the day and drops below freezing at night, sap in trees starts to flow. This sap is made up of sugars, water, and nutrients that the tree stored during the summer. Many trees can be tapped to make syrup. Trees in the Birch,…
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