http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ Five Rivers MetroParks staff members share helpful advice for creating a sustainable food supply as well as stories from local farmers and news from the front lines of the local food movement. en-us rick.musselman@metroparks.org 2012-05-23T11:10:48-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/05/23/white_tomatoes.html As the weather is getting warmer each day, we can start to look at putting in some of our favorite plants, tomatoes and peppers. Most people put in a nice variety of tomatoes ranging from big boys to old fashioned... 17408948@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-05-23T11:10:48-05:00 rick.musselman@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/05/21/accessible_garden_beds_20seaso.html Last week on Friday and again on Saturday, volunteers at Garden Station built about 10 wheelchair accessible beds. The project was sponsored by the AARP, who also sent loads of volunteers. Each raised bed costs $20 to rent for the... 17408840@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-05-21T09:33:34-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/05/15/heirloom_corn_paints_picture_o.html In the 19th century, corn was the staple of most farmers living in the Miami Valley. Corn production in the state was extremely good and wheat was the only other crop to rival it. Due to the success of corn... 17408613@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-05-15T12:54:10-05:00 rick.musselman@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/05/08/pay_what_you_can_miamisburg_re.html This afternoon, I visited with Mike Schulz at the Mission of Mary Farm site on Nassau Street. (See the map of all the community gardens on MetroParks’ website, www.metroparks.org/communitygardens.) For the second year, Mission of Mary will offer several subsidized... 17408329@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-05-08T18:28:19-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/05/04/how_tart_it_is.html Rhubarb! Most people either love it or hate it, there is no in between. I actually fall in the former category and have grown to like it as an adult. Rhubarb is a great early season item to pick and... 17408190@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-05-04T15:57:17-05:00 rick.musselman@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/04/20/vendors_growers_check_out_gard.html Garden Station Sunday Market is having three PRE-Season dates on Earth Day April 22 and May 6 and 20. Here’s your chance to come try it out - whether you’re considering becoming a vendor or if you just want to... 17407543@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-04-20T09:03:08-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/04/16/plant_sales_natives_notsonativ.html Go forth and buy plants! Annuals go in the ground around Mother’s Day - and cool weather crops and some hardy perennials can go in the ground now. (Ask about appropriate planting dates wherever you get the plant - some... 17407354@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-04-16T16:31:04-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/04/10/from_sheep_to_shawls.html Carriage Hill MetroPark will be hosting its Sheep to Shawls program this Saturday and Sunday, April 14 + 15, from 10:00-5:00pm on Saturday and 12:00-5:00pm on Sunday. The role that sheep played on the farm will be discussed for this... 17407129@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-04-10T15:27:13-05:00 rick.musselman@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/04/04/dyeing_easter_eggs_the_natural.html Easter Sunday is almost here and so is the age-old tradition of dyeing Easter eggs. The egg has been regarded since ancient times as a symbol of birth. For this reason, it was at times decorated and given as a... 17406901@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-04-04T10:26:32-05:00 rick.musselman@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/03/16/endangered_animals_on_the_farm.html When one thinks of endangered animals, the image of the Black Rhinoceros or the Blue Whale come to mind. However, one doesn’t tend to think about a chicken or a cow. There were a wide variety of breeds of farm... 17406206@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-03-16T10:53:00-05:00 rick.musselman@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/03/10/start_your_vegetable_seeds.html Don’t panic, you are right on time. I’m posting this a little early so we all have a little time to get whatever we might not already have at home. What you will need: 1. Containers or small zip-lock bags... 17405828@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-03-10T11:59:21-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/02/25/food_corps_the_americorps_for.html FoodCorps, a branch of AmeriCorps, officially began in August of 2011, though the FoodCorps group started in 2009. The group saw opportunity in the Kennedy Serve America Act Obama signed into law to, “engage AmeriCorps in building a more sustainable,... 17405078@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-02-25T08:45:16-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/02/20/future_of_food_cold_evil_plus.html 17404831@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-02-20T11:09:13-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/02/20/maple_syrup_redux.html Want to know about maple syrup production? Join us at Possum Creek MetroPark Farm on Saturday, February 25 from 10 am to 3:30 pm to observe the sap boiling process and get your questions answered. Link here for the Ohio... 17403704@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-02-20T09:00:00-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/entries/2012/02/11/big_news_in_school_gardening.html Schoolyard gardening isn’t new, but it is bearing quite a sensational re-emergence. One of the best, and largest documented cases of schoolyard gardening took place in New York City in the early 1900’s. Fannie Griscom Parsons started the Children’s School... 17404483@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/farmlife/ 2012-02-11T10:04:28-05:00 lbeachdell@metroparks.org