Garden update: fruit blooms
May has been a busy month around here. Starting from scratch just a few weeks ago, we’ve tilled, planted, mulched, watered, weeded, then repeated. Seems like something has gone into 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.
Planting a strawberry patch
I finished and filled two more raised beds last week and planted 24 strawberry starts. In one bed there is a June-bearing variety called Sparkle which is our favorite tasting…
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Seed starting lessons learned
This year was my first serious attempt at starting seeds indoors. Oh, I’ve made half-hearted attempts before, trying to get through a long Winter, planting random herbs in peat pods in the…
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Planting an apple orchard
Our apple trees were delivered yesterday morning, and we spent the next 12 hours digging, planting, mulching, watering and fencing our new orchard. We worked until after sun went down, and we loved…
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Tulip bloom
There’s nothing more beautiful than a dense bed of tulips, so last Fall I planted a couple hundred tulip bulbs in our four raised beds and then waited out a…
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Black Gold: Profiting from the community compost site
Good dirt is hard to find. Last year I filled four raised beds one shovelful at a time with dirt from our recently plowed field. It was possibly the most…
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