http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:08 -0700 Wed, 13 May 2009 10:06:51 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m5d13-Massive-rainfall-delays-planting?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner While cabbage is doing well with all the recent rainfall, other plants are just now going in the ground. Some CSAs may delay their start days by a week or so if the late transplanting affects crops.Why is this happening?Weather.com has local tot... CSA country in the city Wed, 13 May 2009 10:06:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m5d13-Massive-rainfall-delays-planting?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d27-Food-Safety-Modernizatiion-Act-of-2009-with-Reason?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner Unraveling the Internet "facts and fiction" debate over the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (HR875), is a challenge on the Web.Reason Online's recent article on HR875 deconstructs the online chatter with a piece centered on how o... organic Fed Reg Watch Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:30:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d27-Food-Safety-Modernizatiion-Act-of-2009-with-Reason?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d12-Cheap-Tricks-Homemade-Easter-basket-grass?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner Easter baskets for little kids are a hallmark of today’s celebrations around the region and while stores everywhere have slashed prices on materials, they can still add up. One way to save is to make your own Easter basket grass. It is free and... cheap tricks Country crafts Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:16:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d12-Cheap-Tricks-Homemade-Easter-basket-grass?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d5-Cheap-Tricks-Save-seeds?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner This year, an estimated 43 million households will grow vegetables, up from 36 million in 2008. Many tout the sluggish economy for the increase, which spurned this week’s Cheap Tricks tip: Save seeds.Step one: Plant heirloom varieties.Many comm... vegetables growing cheap tricks Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:07:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d5-Cheap-Tricks-Save-seeds?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Teaching-baby-chicks-to-eat-and-drink?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner Photo by Nicole SauceIn the wild, the mother hen teaches her babies to eat and drink. Thus, it is up to the human caretaker to teach these important skills in captivity.Baby chicks absorb the yoke into their bodies before hatching. The yoke has enoug... chickens Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:49:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Teaching-baby-chicks-to-eat-and-drink?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d22-Cheap-Tricks-hang-dry-clothing-before-tossing-them-in-the-dryer?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner According to a USDA fact sheet, jobs outside of urban areas in Tennessee pay about 1/3 less than those in the city, so penny pinching is important if you want to "keep the farm."One easy way to save is to hang-dry clothing, but they en... cheap tricks Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:08:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d22-Cheap-Tricks-hang-dry-clothing-before-tossing-them-in-the-dryer?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Nows-the-time-to-find-chicks-in-Nashville?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner Baby chick at Nicole Sauce's farm in spring 2008.With the first day of spring come fluffy baby chicks to co-ops around the region. Chickens provide excellent nourishment both for the soil and for families.Many cities and towns allow residents to... chickens Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:19:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Nows-the-time-to-find-chicks-in-Nashville?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d19-Big-New-Federal-Regulations-Proposed-for-Small-Farms?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner A big new federal food-safety bureaucracy being proposed in Congress could impact how small and independent American farmers do business, and not in ways that promote viability and growth, worries the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.Last mon... CSA Fed Reg Watch Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:22:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d19-Big-New-Federal-Regulations-Proposed-for-Small-Farms?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d15-Cheap-trick-free-seed-starter-pots?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner Money spent on seed starter pots often gets buried.Starter containers can run from $.10 each to $15 for a large mini greenhouse. Transferring seed starts without destroying the starter pot can also be tough on the root systems on soil move-in day.One... vegetables growing cheap tricks Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:25:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d15-Cheap-trick-free-seed-starter-pots?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Country-livin-in-the-city-with-CSAs?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner With Nashville-based Plumb Good Food out of business, and for those who do not live near the Green Hills' vegetable buying mecca, getting a taste of farm fresh country produce can be a challenge.CSAs can link city dwellers with country fresh foods. S... CSA organic vegetables country in the city Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:00:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5574-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Country-livin-in-the-city-with-CSAs?cid=exrss-Nashville-Country-Living-Examiner