August Garden Report
The weather in August has tried to make up for the earlier part of the year. In Wisconsin, the wettest months are usually April, May, and...
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Ed
Aug 2, 20212 min read
July Garden Report
As we flip the calendar from July to August, we move into the final month of summer. Rain has been scare, but has come at opportune times...
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Ed
Jul 18, 20212 min read
Allium Harvest
Our garden is entering a bit of a pause in production. The greens have bolted and the peas are nearly spent, and the cucumbers, tomatoes,...
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Ed
Jul 11, 20212 min read
First Solar Project
One of our side projects this summer has been figuring out a better way to get water out of our rain barrel. We have a 30-gallon poly...
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Ed
Jun 26, 20212 min read
June Garden Update
As we wind down the first month of summer in our Year of the Garden, it is amazing how far our garden has come, and what it has overcome....
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Ed
May 23, 20212 min read
Shiitake Harvest
Experiments with land and growing things can take time. Our shiitake mushroom experiment started over a year ago. In November 2019, part...
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Ed
May 16, 20212 min read
Plumbing Fittings
I really like hardware stores. As Maggie can attest, I can spend an hour or more in a hardware store when I am working on a project and...
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Ed
May 1, 20212 min read
Planting our Orchard...on the Hottest Day of the Year
I traveled to Grandview Orchard on Friday to pick up our order of fruit trees, raspberries, and honeyberries. The last thing I did Friday...
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Ed
Apr 25, 20212 min read
In Need of April Showers
Checking the National Weather Service website, the Madison area's average rainfall for April is 3.40 inches. The April 2021 rainfall...
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Maggie
Apr 18, 20212 min read
First Baking of Sour Dough Bread in Sun Oven
I bought my All American Sun Oven last fall; however, it's taken me until now to use it. I've been making sour dough bread all winter...
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Ed
Apr 4, 20212 min read
Seed Starting...Started
Rushing from task to task, it is sometimes difficult to stop and enjoy something. The end of March marked the time to start our first...
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Ed
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Sugar Season Recap
The spiles are pulled and the buckets are washed and put away. With this week's warm temperatures came the end of our maple syrup season....
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Ed
Mar 7, 20213 min read
First Sap Boil of 2021
The weather has not been conducive for our maple trees to produce sap. I think it has been an odd combination of deep frost and an...
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Ed
Feb 28, 20212 min read
Maple Syrup Season Kickoff
Constant checks of the Weather Channel app in late February can only mean one thing - the start of maple syrup season is upon us. Maple...
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Ed
Feb 5, 20212 min read
Seeds of Spring
Today is the coldest day of the year to date. What better day, then, to have an order of garden seeds arrive? Now that we have a bigger...
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Ed
Jan 14, 20212 min read
Dreaming of Sap
Although we are starting to enter the depths of winter, March is just around the corner. Drivers through the Driftless Area will start to...
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Ed
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Year Three Preview
As the first day of winter approaches, typing this as I sip a homebrewed hard apple cider, it is nearing the time when I like to reflect...
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Ed
Dec 2, 20204 min read
Pressure Canning Turkey Stock - Practice
With the pandemic still raging, our immediate family took a chance and gathered for Thanksgiving dinner. This is one of my favorite...
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Ed
Nov 15, 20202 min read
A Toast to the 'Year of the Land'
Way back in March, we laid out a handful of things we wanted to do with our land this year. This weekend, we were able to enjoy the last...
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Ed
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Prepping for Maple Syrup Season
This year we managed to make a gallon of maple syrup, tapping only six trees and boiling down the sap over a firepit. While it was...
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