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Flora and Fauna

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

The girls and I have been reading Great Lakes Nature: An Outdoor Year as part of our environmental studies. It’s one of those Plant or Animal of The Day diaries of a naturalist. We’re especially enjoying it since it focuses … Continue reading →

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This Week in Full Bloom Farming, or Why I Hardly Ever Post on the Blog These Days

Posted on April 16, 2010 by

On Monday, we Farmers planted, oh, I don’t know, a zillion onion sets. Maybe three hundred onions? Maybe five hundred. I don’t know. I could figure it out though. Let’s see, it was 800 feet of onions, with onions every … Continue reading →

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Everything you *thought* you knew about homeschoolers is true.

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

First off, we wake up at a shockingly early hour. Sometimes it’s 6:30. Which we don’t have to do. Frankly, I’d prefer not to get up when it’s still dark outside. But Some People around here have to go out … Continue reading →

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Here’s to not running around like a crazy person

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

We have a tradition around here that Sunday is our Day of Rest. This is not a religious thing, though we‘re obviously drawing inspiration from long-standing agrarian, Christian and feline traditions here. I try not to drive anywhere, buy anything, … Continue reading →

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