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HUMAN-CENTRIC SCIENCE GAINING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT ‘CONSCIOUSNESS.’ …
HUMAN-CENTRIC SCIENCE GAINING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT ‘CONSCIOUSNESS.
Enter the shortcomings of human language…
MIST RISING ON MAINE’S WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. On one recent morning the mist…
MIST RISING ON MAINE’S WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. On one recent morning the mist was rising from our Big Pond. This shot is looking northeast and is highlighted by Megan’s planting of purple Phlox.
We dug this pond 35 years ago – since expanded several times – for the purpose of irrigation. The…
MAKING QUICK WORK OF HAYING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. The labor shortage on …
MAKING QUICK WORK OF HAYING ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM. The labor shortage on farms didn’t begin with Covid, but in recent times it has been ratcheting up ever tighter.
Like many farmers, for many years we’ve been responding to the farm-labor-situ
WOOD PRAIRIE POTATOES AND HYDRANT #3 LOOKING EAST. Taken two hours ago this mor…
WOOD PRAIRIE POTATOES AND HYDRANT #3 LOOKING EAST. Taken two hours ago this morning, our crop of organic Maine Certified Seed Potatoes show gratitude for the soaking showers totaling 0.74″ we’ve received over the past three days. The first planted half of our varieties have gained full row…
BENEFICIAL FLOWERS: NEW CONCEPTS WHICH DISPLACE HARD CHEMICALS. Promising new i…
BENEFICIAL FLOWERS: NEW CONCEPTS WHICH DISPLACE HARD CHEMICALS. Promising new ideas for better ways to grow potatoes are coming from the UK. There, amid shifting pest pressures, governmental authorities have been banning common chemical inputs due to environmental and health concerns. Farmers are…
ROGUING ORGANIC SEED POTATOES FOR VIRUS ON WOOD PRAIRE FAMILY FARM. On our we…
ROGUING ORGANIC SEED POTATOES FOR VIRUS ON WOOD PRAIRE FAMILY FARM. On our weekly rounds we begin roguing while it’s still cool at 7am and the dew is heavy.
Yesterday we started out roguing under ideal conditions – overcast skies which diffuse the sunlight – making it easier to spot the subtle…
ONE ENORMOUS SLED LOAD OF LOGS. Circa 1904. The location of this impressive sho…
ONE ENORMOUS SLED LOAD OF LOGS. Circa 1904. The location of this impressive shot remains a mystery. Given the extent of the cutting on this site it’s difficult from the terrain to ascertain whether it was taken in the State of Maine or elsewhere.
One clue might be the ‘cant dog’ clutched by the…
MAINE POTATO BLOSSOMS & THE MILKY WAY. Bridgewater, Maine. Beautiful photo…
MAINE POTATO BLOSSOMS & THE MILKY WAY. Bridgewater, Maine. Beautiful photo taken by Chris Mills. Anybody know where this shot was taken in Bridgewater? We know of a potato field in next door Monticello with a tree in the center of it, but this doesn’t look like that field. Caleb, Megan & Jim
PART 3: TOOLS OF THE IRRIGATION DITCH DIGGING TRADE. Not wanting to brag, but …
PART 3: TOOLS OF THE IRRIGATION DITCH DIGGING TRADE. Not wanting to brag, but here in ledge country, we get our money’s worth out of shovels and our mattock. It’s hard to imagine there’s any real challenge to digging a trench in deep-soil-Iowa.
