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Welcome 27 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
This year I have a few welcome guests in the maine garden out back. There’s a beautiful row of sunflowers. They are certainly very welcome, most like deposited there from some seed that I fed to the p...
The Great Potato Harvest 26 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
Earlier this week, the great potato harvest began. If you remember, I planted about 200lbs of seed potatoes. The ‘Red Gold’ and ‘Dark Red Norland’ potatoes were ready to be dug up. Neither of these wi...
Quote of the Day: Robyn Griggs Lawrence 25 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
“I know we’d be nuts to patently give up the machines that permeate our homes and make our lives so much easier. But what if, everyone in a while – especially when the world around us seems crazy and ...
More Pets – Kind of 24 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
This past Wednesday I received 5,000 meal worms from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm. They’re alive of course, and I put them in a container on the back porch filled with wheat mids. I’ll be using them as my s...
Friday Favorite: Family Visits 23 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
For the past week, my parents have been visiting. We’ve seen a few sights, hiked, visited the ocean, chatted, walked around the garden, drank some coffee and of course we’ve eaten a respectable amount...
A Bust 22 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
On Tuesday, we tried to visit a few gardens in the capital city of Augusta with my parents. The list that inspired us, was found in Down East Magazine, clearly it must have been an older article (the...
Take Stock and Learn 21 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
Now that the summer is starting to wind down, it’s time to start looking at your 5×5 Challenge Garden to see what you want to change and what you’ll keep exactly the same. When I look at my garden I ...
Fresh Seeds 20 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
Earlier this summer when I planted my fall carrots I decided to to an experiment. I’ve noticed that fresh seeds often germinate faster and much better. Even though many seeds will technically store fo...
Lobstah for Lunch 19 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
Just in case you didn’t listen to last week’s Cultivate Simple, we’re on a 2 week break. We have visitors here this week and there’s something else going on next weekend as well. We have visitors at t...
Quote of the Day: Manny Howard 18 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
The Farm will remove me from the consumer loop. The locavore’s dilemma is that, for all this thoughtful action, he’s still a consumer. The Farm will put me one step deeper, make me the producer. Once ...
