Great Depression stories<\/a><\/p>\nAnd a big welcome to my neighbors and new friends who’ve found us through this blog, Twitter, Facebook, etc….Frog Bottom Farms in Pamplin City (population 199! what a city as they said to me in their email), Lec and family in Catalonia, Spain, at the Catalan Gardens (good luck on your olive crop), the Herzlers at Meadowlands farm also in Pamplin, and Patty and Ron over at Shady Acres Farms in Prospect. Welcome and enjoy the spring madness! Good luck with your spring planting and here’s to a productive growing season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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