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May 2014

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Planting a strawberry patch

  • May 31, 2014
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  • Rory
I finished and filled two more raised beds last week and planted 24 strawberry starts. In one bed there is a June-bearing variety called Sparkle which is our favorite tasting…
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Seed starting lessons learned

  • May 27, 2014
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  • Rory
This year was my first serious attempt at starting seeds indoors. Oh, I’ve made half-hearted attempts before, trying to get through a long Winter, planting random herbs in peat pods in the…
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Planting an apple orchard

  • May 25, 2014
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  • Rory
Our apple trees were delivered yesterday morning, and we spent the next 12 hours digging, planting, mulching, watering and fencing our new orchard. We worked until after sun went down, and we loved…
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Tulip bloom

  • May 21, 2014
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  • Rory
There’s nothing more beautiful than a dense bed of tulips, so last Fall I planted a couple hundred tulip bulbs in our four raised beds and then waited out a…
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Black Gold: Profiting from the community compost site

  • May 15, 2014
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  • Rory
Good dirt is hard to find. Last year I filled four raised beds one shovelful at a time with dirt from our recently plowed field. It was possibly the most…
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Maple syrup and more

  • May 8, 2014
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  • Rory
Been a busy week here at the Grovestead. We finished bottling the last of our maple syrup on Wednesday. We collected a little over 2 gallons of syrup this year…
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