Monthly Archives: April 2015

First Planting Day At The Ness Farm

Packed up the car.  Perhaps a bit more ambitious than was reasonable, being we did not get out there until after noon, and I brought over 120 potato sets, 800+ onions, two kinds of corn, lutz beets, and rutabagas. That … Continue reading

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Some Extras

I did a joint onion plant order to get costs down to a few cents per plant with a friend.  Met up with him the other night since he had taken delivery, and he had some extra things for me.  … Continue reading

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Chickens & Baskets

So, the weekend previous to this one, I potted up about 1500 tomatoes, peppers, and basil Well, you cannot see it really well in this pic, but above Phoebe’s head, and a bit to the left side (our left, not … Continue reading

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An Evening With Violet In The Home Garden

Puttered about in the garden, cleaning things up, planting peas, reburying garlic the cats or squirrels dug up, and just enjoying an evening after work with Violet.  Nanking Cherry trees are blooming.  Not seeing any pollinators to speak of, but … Continue reading

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And Something Completely Different

When you cannot hear a 3 year old, that is when you should worry about what they are up to.

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Potting Up & Planting

The Adickes allowed me to use one of their greenhouses to pot up my plants.  I started a lot of them.  A silly amount perhaps, but being that physically I am getting back to where I used to be, I … Continue reading

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Spring Break, Gape Vines, And Things

So, just this last week, myself and the older girls headed down to Red Wing. Just before, Claire and I emptied the sap buckets.  We are going to finish with close to 2 gallons of finished syrup, which will mean … Continue reading

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