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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Back to Eden No-Till Garden, Revisited
Last year I experimented with a no-till garden plot based on Paul Gautschi’s “Back to Eden” gardening method. This year I decided to go back to the conventional method of tilling, largely…
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Saving heirloom tomato seeds, step-by-step
One of the joys of hobby farming is discovering trends that develop over many seasons. A homegrown tomato plant originally inspired me to start my own garden. Five years later I’m still…
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A farm needs a barn, part 2
Construction is complete! Today we had our final inspection and we are so pleased with how everything turned out and so grateful for a competent team of builders who were…
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Garden Update
With the new barn construction taking most of our attention this summer, we didn’t have as much time to devote to the garden. But we still managed to get our…
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