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	<title>The Farmers' Almanac Blog</title>
	
	<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog</link>
	<description>Farmers' Almanac: the original guide to resourceful living.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Break Out the Beach Chairs</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/07/06/break-out-the-beach-chairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Geiger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Full Buck Moon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[July Fourth Holiday]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/?p=937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope your July 4th Holiday weekend was safe and comfortable. It has been interesting to watch the US weather map. Torrid heat in the south and west, wild weather in the Midwest  and bone chilling cold in parts of the Northeast. I spent a few days at my cottage last week. Since we had 24 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Goodness Scapes</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/07/01/for-goodness-scapes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Sampaio</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[basil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[garlic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[garlic scapes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scapes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/?p=932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All of a sudden, everyone is talking about garlic scapes. A recent issue of a: NEW YORK newspaper  featured an article entitled “The Freshest Tastes of Summer.&#8221; Top on their list was the gourmand’s new favorite: the garlic scape. (And at a whopping $6 a bunch!) Apparently garlic scapes are showing up in all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard Chickens Demystified!</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/26/backyard-chickens-demystified/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/26/backyard-chickens-demystified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chicken Whisperer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chicken Whisperer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[backyard chickens]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[poultry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sustainable]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/?p=927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time and time again I hear people complaining about the problems they think backyard chickens will bring if allowed into the backyards of their city. Some of the more common complaints that I hear are noise, smell, rodents, disease, and property values. I would like to address each and every one of these complaints one by one.]]></description>
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		<title>Fancy Salads and Sneaking Zucchinis</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/24/fancy-salads-and-sneaking-zucchinis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/24/fancy-salads-and-sneaking-zucchinis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Sampaio</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harvests]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lettuce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[spinach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/?p=924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does one family do with several heads of lettuce a week? There’s no way to save lettuce for the winter months (while I suppose I could try to dehydrate it I don’t think the results would be edible). Luckily I eat a lot of salad. I’m trying to get my kids to enjoy it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beets Again?</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/18/beets-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/18/beets-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Sampaio</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[community supported agriculture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gardens]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jam]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[summer harvest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/?p=921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;When I told my friends I’d be blogging about my CSA experience, one of them suggested a future blogging subject…”Beets Again?” When I told some neighbors about the farm, one warned me that at the end of the season it’s just “potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes.”
It’s true that Mother Nature didn’t take our desire for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Guide To Surviving Mosquitoes</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/15/my-guide-to-surviving-mosquitoes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/15/my-guide-to-surviving-mosquitoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Geiger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Special Reports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mosquitoes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pests]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Survival Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We joke that the mosquito is the  official &#8220;Maine State Bird&#8221;. With June comes an invasion, a new generation of insects. And, with all the rain this spring, they will be in record numbers throughout the US. In fact there are over 3,000 species of mosquitoes.  While they feast on  humans, I have read that 1 in 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flag Flying Trivia</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/12/flag-flying-trivia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2009/06/12/flag-flying-trivia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandi Duncan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flag day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flags]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trivia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What are you doing this Sunday? Why not show your patriotism and fly a flag! This Sunday, June 14, 2009,  is flag day, a day when everyone is encouraged to fly a flag outside their homes and businesses.
In honor of Flag Day here are a few more interesting pieces of trivia about our great Red, [...]]]></description>
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