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Planting a No-Till Garden, Step-by-Step

  • January 27, 2015
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  • Rory
A few years ago I watched the documentary Back to Eden, which describes how master gardener Paul Gautschi uses a revolutionary but forgotten method to suppress weeds and rebuild soil fertility. If you…
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Colors & Shapes

  • January 23, 2015
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  • Rory
Creating board games has become something of a pastime for me the last couple of years. Having grown up addicted to video games, I became a board game enthusiast later…
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Oops!

  • January 19, 2015
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  • Rory
A few days ago one of Becca’s friends was visiting and asking a lot of questions about getting a new garden going this summer. Becca told her she would undoubtedly make…
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2014 year in review

  • January 7, 2015
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  • Rory
Becca picks a forward-looking word for each year on her blog. If I had to pick a word for 2014, it would be “ambitious”.  I was driven mostly by the long-range…
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Homemade Chicken Food

  • December 13, 2014
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  • Rory
We ran into a small dilemma on the homestead this week: we ran out of chicken feed. The supply store is about 30 minutes away and I’ve been out of…
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Hearth and home

  • November 24, 2014
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  • Rory
Among the most sought-after but always elusive features of the homes we have lived in is a fireplace. One of my favorite childhood memories was warming up feet-first next to…
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