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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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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