Category: June 2015
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And they go with Ice Cream too!
June 28, 2015 We have been enjoying this awesome fruit for a few days now. I like raspberries in yogurt, plain in my hand and on ice cream! My grandma Rice used to make homemade ice cream and just about the time it was done, she’d throw raspberries into the churning,…
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Great Year for a Raised Bed
June 27, 2015 As I write this post, rain is hammering down outside. We have gotten over 2 inches since 5am this morning. We are still pretty wet from the last rains we got a few days ago. I am very glad to be gardening in raised beds this year.…
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Man of Steel?
June 23, 2015 After sixteen years, two of our buildings built on a shoe string from wood sawn from our woodlot, are getting a facelift. I built them and stained them in 1999. The stain has faded and it is time to spruce them up. My wife suggested covering them…
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Throwing Stones
June 22, 2015 Upon removing the old shelves that have held our storage tanks for the last four years, that whole area was soft and muddy. I threw limestone there to make for a much better walkway. Part of our floor is pea gravel that had been added when we built the…
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Made in the Shade
June 21, 2015 Yesterday, in the shade of some sugar maples, we started on the sugarhouse addition. This add on will house a large tank. The tank will have two jobs. It will hold over 1200 gallons of sap waiting to be boiled and it will be the tank that…
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I Got You Covered
June 19, 2015 I have crossed this small stream for over twenty years. In summer it’s no big deal, because the water level is usually very low. The rest of the time, this area is a mess that I avoid. I tried to place rocks in the streambed where the…
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Destruction begets Construction
June 18, 2015 The rain won’t stop, so just like when life gives you lemons and you make lemonade, I am working on projects where the rain won’t matter. My new tank will be manufactured by the first of October. I want the sugarhouse addition to be completed before the…
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