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Farming woes

  • May 5, 2014
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  • Rory
I was reluctant to tell this story, having just blogged about our bad luck with getting our field planted. But then I thought no, the embarrassing mishaps are all part…
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Replanting our field

  • April 26, 2014
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  • Rory
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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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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