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2026 Garden Report
Reflecting on the year, I can confidently say it has been a fruitful one for my gardening endeavors.
Meadowscaping With Wildflowers
The original idea of a wildflower garden came to us a few years ago when a small strip of lawn next to the driveway volunteered itself.
The Dog Days of Summer
Haying consumed most of the summer at the farm. Acreage that would take a man all summer to hay in yesteryears takes a few short days in today's world of farming.
The Christmas Tree Harvest
Over the years, I’ve learned a thing or two about going into the woods to harvest a wild tree.
The Hunger Moon
February was the season for cutting firewood on our farm. My father had a yellow John Deere bulldozer with a front blade. We called the imposing earthmover that crept along slowly on steel tracks through almost any terrain “The Crawler.”