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Garden Month

May 12, 2010

May is ‘Get in the Garden’ month here. The last frost date used to be Memorial Day, but over the last few years it’s been more like May 15. We’re hoping that last night’s frost was the last, but we’ll be holding the tomatoes and peppers indoors for at least a week to be sure. [...]

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One Down, Many to Go

October 25, 2009

Minx got into the garden last week, mowing the carrot tops and doing a serious number on the onions and leeks. Since I’m still recovering from a fairly nasty cold I finished the harvest rather than play with chainsaws or the sawmill. I also planted the garlic we picked up at Agway the other week. [...]

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Winding Down the Garden

October 4, 2009

The garden is still producing, but we can clearly see the end. We had a freeze a week ago that hit the pigs’ garden harder than the official one. I brought in a basket of squash, gourds and pumpkins from there. We got one pumpkin out of the corn patch. We may get some volunteer [...]

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The End of Summer

September 6, 2009

Labor Day is as late as it can possibly be this year. For most New Englanders that meant an extra stolen week of summer. And a lovely week it was. The farm told us that Labor Day was last week. The nights got chilly, the bug count went down, the last few frogs quit croaking [...]

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Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

May 10, 2009

It’s Spring. The garden should be going in. Instead the critters are sucking time and money: Last weekend, Ella Mae developed a vaginal prolapse. We had the vet out on a Saturday farm call. We were supposed to make an appointment Monday and get her sewn up. He hasn’t called back to confirm the appointment. [...]

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Starting the New Year

March 7, 2009

Until 1752, the new year in England, and thus in New England, started on March 25. This makes a lot of sense, the year really does start in March, with sugaring. Which, by the way, doesn’t mean that the holidays shouldn’t be in December. In March, there’s work that must be done. In December, there’s [...]

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A Picture-free Entry

July 8, 2003

Lisa’s out of town, and the weather continues hot but no longer totally oppressive. I watered the potatoes and mushrooms, then finished replacing the zone 7 sprinklers with dripperline. I got about 50 feet up on the upper center bed as well, but it needs another run. I was getting hungry so I quit at [...]

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