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I got two rows of potatoes planted from seed potatoes I saved from last year. One variety is Adirondack blue, and the other is a red potato, I'm not sure the variety. I also got my overwintered onions transplanted for seed production.

The apple trees bloomed well, and I'm hoping to get more apples than they produced last year (it was a pretty small crop, maybe 20 apples total). The new pear trees that we got this year are leafing out nicely. We got one Summer Crisp and one Parker pear tree. Back in the house I made...

Haha I'm so looking forward to the beans! Still havent narrowed down my pole bean planting list, though. And yes, I'll enjoy the moomoos, they are so much fun! 😁

Thanks, I figured pictures would be way more helpful than a longer description.

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Background intro: This is my first full year on my forever farm, and I am excited to begin making it my own. I grew up on a farm out in open and beautiful western Minnesota. For several years after graduating college I rented garden space in town. Now I am back out in the country on a farm...

Hey thanks! It's nice to see a friendly face!

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Well hello! I have a lot of relatives in WI. They are all in the Antigo (Elcho, Phlox) area, Stevens Point, and Milwaukee. So not by you. Nice to have a neighbor on here!

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Hey, thanks! I was in Mongolia. We were mapping the habitation sites of semi-nomadic Mongolians from the bronze/iron age. So basically just digging a lot of holes looking for slag and pottery remnants. 🙂

Dead center, right North of I-94.

Hi, thank you! I'll have to check out the journal pages.

I've been over on "the easy garden" for a while, but have been checking out the sister sites. I don't consider myself fully self sufficient, but at the same time I am actively practicing a lot of self sufficiency skills. I also do produce and preserve a lot of my own food, which is probably my...

I had the same issue with anchor hocking lids two years ago when water bath canning. That happened to one jar, and a high percentage of my jars didn't seal. I refuse to buy that brand lid again.