From the category archives:

farming

1979

November 12, 2010
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1977

November 12, 2010
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thursday I will become a farmer

October 13, 2010
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cocoa for fun yes, profit maybe.

October 7, 2010

The more I consider the options of what I can get to greenhouse grow, the more I’m interested in cultivating a variety of nuts and spices to complement my focus on fruits. Nutmeg, cloves, allspice, black pepper, coffee, and alongside these,  cocoa. The missus and I were reconnoitering the conservatory at Matthei Botanical Gardens Sunday, [...]

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the impossible mangosteen (garcinia mangostana)

September 3, 2010

My two new mangosteen trees arrived from Hawaii today, looking wonderful. I had pretty low expectations for the size and health of the plants after all my searching and researching. Not only are they nigh-impossible to grow in the US, it seems they’re also pretty hard to come by. Most of the tropical fruit tree [...]

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are you out there tlaloc? it’s me, stephen.

July 19, 2010

Dear universe, I am trying to find a resource for tracking rainfall levels in ann arbor. thank you in advance, steve

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2009 Potato Harvest In Its Entirety Right Here

November 9, 2009

moral: don’t plant your potatoes in the shade.

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Besoaked

August 28, 2009

It’s been raining nearly non-stop for the last two days, and the temperature won’t get over the mid-sixties. I’ve got dozens of tomatoes I’m dying to pick but they just sit there on the vine: plump, green, and tempting. The very picture of refusal. I spent a morning working in the garden at Good Fatherers [...]

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Little Shop of Horrors: Garden Full to Burstin’ (not Ellen)

August 15, 2009

It’s mid-August and things are really heating up around the garden. I’ll pick my first ripe tomato tomorrow, I’ve got more cucumbers than I can deal with, and the pumpkins and gourd vines are threatening to swallow the house. Despite all the shade I stupidly failed to foresee in the back yard, I did manage [...]

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