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		<title>Lotus &amp; Minnie: A Close Shave</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Goats</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Goats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello!  It&#8217;s Lotus and Minnie here, we have something to tell you, but we don&#8217;t have much time before the farmers get back.  Listen closely.  We&#8217;re really worried about the Curbstone Valley farmers.  We love our humans, and they&#8217;ve been so very kind to us, but suddenly something strange is going on.  Are they working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Native Plant Garden</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9662</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 22:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;m almost caught up in the vegetable gardens for spring, I thought I&#8217;d take a moment to update on the progress of the new native garden plan. Part of the delay in updating on the garden is that this project has now turned into revamping three separate garden beds in front of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lotus &amp; Minnie: The Goats are Growing Up</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9612</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerian Dwarf Diary Goats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been over a month since I last posted about the goats!  Where did April go?  We&#8217;ve been so busy, time just seems to be slipping by. When we last updated about the goat&#8217;s progress, we left Minnie standing underneath the stanchion.  This was Minnie the end of March, with plenty of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grafting Heirloom Tomatoes: From Seed to Splicing</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9562</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heirloom tomatoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tomato]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tomatoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tube grafting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With unpredictable summer weather the last couple of years, finally culminating in a dismal tomato harvest last year, after many plants failed to thrive, we decided to try grafting some of our favorite heirloom varieties onto more disease resistant rootstocks this season. Commercial growers often graft heirloom stock, to impart disease and pest resistance, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inside the Hives After the Swarm</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9538</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honeybees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honey bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swarm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week two of the hives in our apiary swarmed.  The Lavender colony swarmed on Sunday afternoon, followed 24 hours later by the Salvia colony.  Both hives had been split this spring prior to the swarms, Lavender was split as recently as two weeks ago, but after inspecting the hives this weekend, it&#8217;s clear we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April Garden Update: Native Garden</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9494</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flora and Fauna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Flora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Plant Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildflowers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walking through the garden, it&#8217;s clear that April is when Spring really arrives here.  I can&#8217;t allow California Native Plant Week to slip by without a brief look at the native plants in our gardens this week. There are of course the usual suspects, like the quintessential California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), which are popping up all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Hear That Buzzing Sound?</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9466</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honeybees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beekeeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honey bees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[swarm prevention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I said that twice this weekend.  Saturday morning we started working on the new native garden in front of the house.  A little after noon, as we were struggling to wrestle the fountain rock into position, I suddenly heard a distinctly loud buzzing sound.  Then I realized the buzz was bees, thousands, and thousands of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beyond the Sink Hole: A New Garden Plan</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9427</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Native Plant Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last October the area immediately in front of the house was excavated to repair a rapidly widening sink hole. There used to be a large deck on the front of the house, which was in violation of county building codes, because the original builder constructed it directly over the top of a septic tank (yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orb Weaver Spiderlings</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9400</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beneficial Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Araneus diadematus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Garden Spider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiderlings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Spider]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As life returns to the gardens this spring, it&#8217;s not just the plants that are stirring. At a turn in our driveway there is a large volcanic rock, no doubt put there by the previous owners, to prevent vehicles from cutting the corner.  Typical of lava rock, it&#8217;s riddled with various sized holes.  This rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierran Treefrog (Pseudacris sierra)</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9358</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flora and Fauna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amphibians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Chorus Frog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pseudacris sierra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Chorus Frog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierran Treefrog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In all the time we&#8217;ve been here, I&#8217;ve only ever seen one frog.  Just one.  We hear them frequently, sometimes down by the creeks, other times up on the slopes above us, but they&#8217;re rather shy, and we have some very dense woodland here, so being able to find our elusive resident frogs hasn&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Splitting the Lavender Hive, and Rechecking Rosemary</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9309</link>
		<comments>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9309#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honeybees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chilled brood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honey bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queen cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[splits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walk away split]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday we spent the afternoon working in the apiary.  At the end of February we had split the Salvia colony into our (then empty) Rosemary hive.  As a month had since passed, we expected we should see evidence of a new Queen by now, so we needed to see how this colony was progressing.  There [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mason Bees, and the Mighty Mizuna</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9275</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beneficial Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mason Bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osmia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osmia lignaria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mason Bees, and Mizuna, sums up a large part of my afternoon in the garden yesterday. We first brought Mason Bees to the farm a couple of years ago. This is their third year hatching in the garden here.  For the first two seasons we mostly saw evidence of Mason Bees, rather than the bees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lotus &amp; Minnie: Just Kidding Around</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9216</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerian Dwarf Diary Goats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now been just over two weeks since we brought the goats to the farm.  Lotus and Minnie have settled into their new home, and we&#8217;ve all quickly adjusted to our new routines. So far it&#8217;s mostly gone smoothly, with the exception of 24 hours where Minnie really wasn&#8217;t feeling well.  We knew something was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>Winter Losses, and the Renewal of Spring</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9166</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flora and Fauna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Flora]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On this first day of spring I decided to walk through the property to see how our woodland native plants are faring so far this season. I&#8217;m taking stock of which plants are thriving at the moment, and where, as I will need to collect seed, or take cuttings from some of these plants, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldback Fern (Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis)</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9123</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flora and Fauna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ferns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldback Fern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldenback Fern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Flora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentagramma triangularis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pityrogramma triangularis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are significantly behind in our rainfall totals for this year, but during the last week the rains have made a valiant effort to catch up before Spring arrives. This winter&#8217;s paucity of rainfall has impacted a number of our native plants, especially our deciduous fern species, including the Goldback Fern. Pentagramma triangularis (syn. Pityrogramma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bright&#8230;and Dark Side of Daffodils</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9083</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orchard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daffodil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dutch Master]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerian Dwarf Diary Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Daffodils are some of the most eagerly anticipated early heralds of spring here on the farm. When our orchard slope was first cleared, the entire area looked depressingly bare. Even with the newly planted fruit trees in place, there was a definite lack of presence in the orchard.  It would take time for the trees to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Additions: Gratuitous Goatie Goodness</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=9046</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lotus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minerva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerian Dwarf Diary Goats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a month of building the new goat shed, in anticipation of the arrival of our spring doelings, we can now finally introduce you to our two newest, and cutest, residents of Curbstone Valley Farm! Drumroll please! Meet our two tiny Nigerian Dwarf dairy doelings&#8230;Castle Rock Farm&#8217;s Lotus &#38; Minerva! We collected these beautiful little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Goat Shed &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=8995</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerian Dwarf Diary Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predator-proof enclosure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has happened since we last posted about our goat shed construction.  We&#8217;ve had word that the first of our reserved doelings was born on Sunday night, and we can&#8217;t wait to meet her.  We&#8217;re also crossing our fingers for a doeling from the next doe we have a reservation on, and that doe is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hive Management: Splitting the Salvia Hive</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=8964</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Honeybees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is difficult to believe that we&#8217;re already embarking on our second year of beekeeping! Despite struggling with Varroa mites last fall, and losing two weaker colonies in our apiary over fall and winter, one to robbers, and the other to a Queen that abdicated, the last few weeks it&#8217;s been apparent that our two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Garden Update</title>
		<link>http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=8910</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our gardens are surely feeling neglected at the moment, so we&#8217;re briefly interrupting our goat shed construction to bring you a peek at our February garden. It&#8217;s interesting to see how this year compares to last.  Some plants are behind this year, and others seem to be ahead.  The daffodils, for example, are blooming noticeably later [...]]]></description>
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