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Weeks 48 & 49 at Farm 96: Spending Money
My work commitments start to taper off as summer approaches, and the days stretch seemingly forever after I’ve gotten home from work. I often start the evening with…
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Weeks 46 & 47 at Farm 96: Little Projects Everywhere
If we’re being honest, I’m treading water. My heart is on the homestead, but my body still needs to be at work for another month. I chip away…
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Week 45 at Farm 96: Free Landscaping Plants
Throughout the routines of winter, I dreamed of spring. “Soon, I will get to do something new and different” I thought to myself as I split firewood. “Soon,…
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Weeks 43 & 44 at Farm 96: Orchard Expansion
Spring break often feels like a ‘preview’ of summer. Last year, around this time, I was buzzing with excitement and nerves – I was under contract on my…
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Weeks 41 & 42 at Farm 96: Cosmetic Eyesores
Here in Connecticut, we are on the cusp of the full spring bloom – much needed after such a dreary winter. As spring approaches its peak and a…
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My Impulsive Journey into Maple Sugaring
For most of my life, my dream homestead included a maple forest so that I could produce my own maple syrup – it’s the quintessential New England dream,…
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