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How to lose money farming

  • April 1, 2014
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  • Rory
When we moved to The Grovestead, half the property was being rented to a neighboring farm. I usually don’t turn down free money. But in this case, 8-foot tall cornstalks made…
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Tractor Hunt

  • March 30, 2014
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  • Rory
My friend Ben manages a landscaping business and let me borrow his Kubota sub-compact tractor. I fell in love. What used to take me 4 hours of back-breaking manual labor…
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Garden Layout 2014

  • March 29, 2014
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  • Rory
After much deliberation, consideration, and consultation, we’ve settled on the following plans for our 2014 vegetable garden. For now. In the big plot (25-foot E-W rows, in order from north…
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