Building a Top Bar Hive
We’re trying a new style of beehive this year called a top-bar hive. It’s new to us and most American beekeepers but is actually a very old style. It predates the…
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Rory
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Rory Groves moved his family from the city to the country several years ago to begin the journey towards a more durable way of life. Rory and his wife Becca now reside in southern Minnesota where they farm, raise livestock, host workshops, and homeschool their six children. He is the author of Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time.
Welcome, goats!
We welcomed the newest members of the Grovestead family to the farm this week, a nursing pair of goats! Mother and daughter (properly, nanny and kid) are settling in doing well.…
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Sugar Maple! The Board Game
It seemed fitting that tree-tapping season arrived early this year, as I was working on a new board game concept called “Sugar Maple”, a game about tapping trees and making…
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Spring Ahead
Spring has arrived about 6 weeks early in Minnesota this year. That’s not to say winter won’t stop by again, but today is the 3rd day in a row of…
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It’s Tree Tapping Time!
Reposted from JoyfullyBecca.com: We can hardly believe it is already time. The past two years we haven’t tapped our maple trees until mid March, but here we are, end of…
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Tree Tips Worth Remembering
It’s January and the seed catalogs have started arriving. I haven’t decided if their timing is a welcome respite or a cruel joke. My new favorite catalog is from Fedco, and…
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