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April 2014

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Burn pile before-and-after

  • April 19, 2014
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  • Rory
We lit our first burn pile yesterday. We’ve been waiting for the right weather conditions: not too windy, not too wet, not too cold (because we’d be outside a lot…
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First tulip peeking through
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Tulip Sighting

  • April 13, 2014
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  • Rory
Pulled the straw cover off our raised beds this week. It was exciting to see the first tulip stems peeking through. Last fall we packed all four raised beds full…
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Boiling maple sap over home-built evaporator
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How to Build an Evaporator (from stuff laying around)

  • April 12, 2014
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  • Rory
Through a good amount of trial and error last year I figured out how to construct an evaporator to boil down our maple sap on the cheap. Then I forgot…
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Under the grow lights

  • April 3, 2014
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  • Rory
Our tomato seedlings are close to graduation into tomato starts. They’ve done well as our first experiment under the grow lights. Almost full germination and despite some missed waterings, they…
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Orchard Planning

  • April 2, 2014
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  • Rory
One of our top priorities since moving here was getting an apple orchard planted. With orchards, it can take several years before we see the fruit of our labor so we…
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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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