Dec 4th 2019
For several years Peg and I operated Turtle River Pasties-a mom and pop joint that made and sold our locally famous all-butter crust pasties. When we decided to call it quits in the fall of 2015 we we…
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Nov 27th 2019
Marginally in time for Thanksgiving, I was making crusts for our Thanksgiving pecan pie, and for future pies, so I decided to make a video to share it with anyone interested in it. A few weeks ago, I…
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Nov 5th 2019
It was a real camper conundrum. We had a camping trip planned to Grand Marais, MN in August, and all we had was our tent, which did not sound so bad when we reserved the site back in June. But as Augu…
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Oct 31st 2019
We love our pickled peppers on so many foods, from nacho platters, and Friday night Taco Dip, to scrambled eggs, and ramped-up Lula Paste (that's for another blog). Few foods offer so much flavor from…
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Sep 12th 2019
We are excited to have the new covers for our new product. Using the same sturdy 18" planters as the ones for our Microgreens kits, our new durable corrugated plastic covers transform these planters i…
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Aug 29th 2019
We have an effective tool in our bag of tricks to get heat-loving plants to produce a crop in a not-so-heat-loving part of the country. Here in northeren Minnesota, most folks are struggling this seas…
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Aug 22nd 2019
A couple of years ago I came up with a design for a large-capacity, sturdy Harvest Basket. Now that harvest season is approaching for us northern gardeners, I wanted to share these plans for anyone wh…
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Jul 29th 2019
Without getting into the actual butchering, which is well described by others, I want to share some of our innovations that help to streamline the process on this unpleasant day. Unpleasant, but neces…
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Jul 18th 2019
Lifting a heavy 3 gallon galvanized poultry font in and out of a mobile chicken cage, before and after every move, got old in a hurry; especially since we do not have a speck of level ground on our pr…
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Jul 8th 2019
Our first mobile chicken cage was straight out of Joel Salatin's book "Pastured Poultry Profits". This was before the internet days, when we ordered the book through the mail, back in the 1990's. The…
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Jun 29th 2019
Within the broiler-raising crowd there are fewer hot-button topics than the Cornish Cross vs Red Ranger debate. We have been dedicated Cornish Cross growers for many years, having come up through…
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Jun 24th 2019
The Earthbox is a sturdy, well-designed self-watering planter. It holds 2 cubic feet of potting mix, and has a 3-4 gallon reservoir. There are now several knock-offs of these planters, available at Bi…
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