Local Happenings | Laughing Owl Farm

Finished canning 34 qts. and 26 pts. of tomatos. The black krim tomatoes were awesome. Seeing the way they changed colors thru the process 2009/07/24
Dug 400 #'s of Binjte potatoes with Erin, CJ, and Jen this morning, Re -bedded and fed around 6,000 worms in the afternoon. 2009/07/17
local bratwurst boiled in beer with 6 Binjte potatoes. Grilled them with ear of fresh corn and 1st Russian Purple tomato...awesome 2009/07/06
Picked 3 five gal. buckets of Zephyr Squash this evening. http://tinyurl.com/q6244k 2009/07/06

December – Winding Down, Catching Up, and Sauerkraut

We attended our last farmer’s market of the year on Tuesday afternoon, December 22. It was somewhat of an odd market because we normally only attend that market on Saturday mornings. But bad weather last weekend prevented us from going, along with other local growers. We had customers wanting our greens and eggs for Christmas [...]

Vote for a Regional Grant Project

Two of our favorite groups, Friendship Trays and Slow Food Charlotte have joined together to build an urban garden.
Check out these pictures of what they are doing.
The kicker is that this project is a finalist in the Tom’s of Maine’s annual “50 States of Good” grant program where they award 5 projects $20,000 each to [...]

Help Save this Farm

Barbee Farms near Concord is about to be busted up with a NC DOT project linked to I-85 improvements. An alternative plan is available that would cost less and not displace the farm.
Voice your opinion if you are so inclined.

Sorghum Days at Underwood Family Farms

Michael and Christy Underwood have an acre of sorghum they are turning into molasses. They are looking for help with the harvest. If you are interested contact them at UnderWood Family Farms.
More details from Underwood Family Farms:
Have you ever wondered how molasses is made? Well here’s your chance to come see this southern tradition from [...]

Upcoming food and farm events

A tour of some of the local farms you buy from happening this Saturday afternoon! Full details.
September 21, 2009: The Food Historian in the Kitchen;
Lecture by Sandy Oliver, Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Eliot Coleman at Winghaven
Eliot Coleman is sort of the guru of small-scale market farming. Starting out 20 years ago, I got his book, The New [...]

Public Speaking

It terrifies me. People assume since I write a newsletter, I can speak in public. If you have met me at the market, you know I speak in short sentences and grunt…
Wednesday, I had agreed to be part of a panel discussion with two other local growers on Local farms/Local food at the Area 8 [...]

Farm Tour

Wednesday, my neighbor Carl Wagner and I drove to Pittsboro to attend an afternoon/evening farm walk and workshop on winter growing and season extension using row covers and hardy varieties of vegetables.
It was held at the Piedmont Biofarm. The farmer, Doug Jones, has 38 years growing experience. First, in upstate NY and now NC. Doug [...]

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