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		<title>Midwinter Isn&#8217;t Blah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been having a zone 6 winter this year. I could get into this especially if we get to keep our cool summers. Having mud time for 8 or 9 months of the year is not quite so attractive. We&#8217;ve had a pretty normal amount of snow, but it keeps melting. This is good because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canning Coolness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years we&#8217;ve done a lot of canning, and learned a lot in the process. First, this is not rocket science. I did actual rocket science back in cold war days, so I know. You can nonetheless kill yourself or your family and friends, so take care in what you do. Like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a person, not a page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A common mistake that I see people (especially farmers) make is trying to participate in social media arenas as an entity (a &#8220;page&#8221;) rather than as a person with a page. They register as &#8220;Awesome Farm&#8221; not Jane Farmer who manages a business called Awesome Acres. It slows down the ability of fans to interact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quiet Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a quiet Christmas season this year. Not quite our quietest, since we do have five puppies in the living room. We still have one available, along with many Mack Hill Farm calendars. The maple candy and the last of the syrup sold out for Christmas. Winter weather finally arrived yesterday, despite forecasts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calendars, candies and cuties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for holiday gift giving, we have two items that we have working from our fancy new online store. First, I put together a 2012 calendar of all the cute critters we have around here. I tried to include everyone, and I tried to make the photos somewhat match the seasons. We sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Puppy Channel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What an amazingly warm fall we&#8217;ve been having. (I mean, aside from the few times that we&#8217;ve had snow. At least it all melted. Twice.) The ground isn&#8217;t even frozen yet, which feels late for us. We&#8217;ve had enough rain that it&#8217;s like a whole extra mud season. But it still gives us extra time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do They Know Something We Don&#8217;t?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Thanksgiving week, and for the first time I can remember, there are wild ducks in our beaver swamp, and Canada geese all over the village. Non-migrating &#8216;wild&#8217; geese have of course been a growing problem on the East Coast for thirty years. Ducks have been sticking around too, but being shyer have not been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I remember hearing that any sort of precipitation was on the forecast for today, just wind. We got wind, but we also got snow. Stupid snow. I am so not ready for snow. It&#8217;s not going to stick. That&#8217;s my mantra. Maggie is getting better. She spent all day outside and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picking a puppy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are going to keep a female from this litter. Laura from Solhunder Icelandic Sheepdogs will get the first pick, and my understanding is that she is hoping to find a buyer in the Toronto area. Contact her if you are interested! None of them have opened their eyes yet, but I am starting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changed routines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having Maggie injured and a new pile of puppies has put a couple of changes into the daily routine, but we are all starting to understand how it works. We&#8217;re keeping Maggie inside overnight, despite her very loud protests when she hears something outside. It&#8217;s been clear at night lately and the moon is huge [...]]]></description>
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