Raised beds under construction
When I laid out the garden last year I left room for some upgrades. This year we have expanded the garden plot and are adding 4 new raised beds. These…
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Seedling surprise
Our seedlings are doing amazingly well since transplanting to larger pots. Too well, in fact. In just 12 days they’ve outgrown their pots and are starting to show signs of stress.…
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Experimental gardening
I am a tinkerer by nature. I like to try things out for myself and see how they work. It’s part stereotypical man-who-won’t-ask-for-directions. It’s also how I learn. It’s not…
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Replanting our field
In a previous post I wrote about why we needed to replant our field this year. It was supposed to happen earlier this week, but rain beat the farmer to…
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A new home for the seedlings
It was long overdue, relegated to the bottom of my to-do list for weeks. But this week my seedlings finally got a new home. These larger pots will last until…
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Last of the sap
It’s been many late nights but I finally finished evaporating this year’s Maple sap. We collected 65 gallons this year and it took on average one hour to evaporate five…
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