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A glimpse into our life as we live locally and sustainably and gradually create our farm and business.
About Me
- Maine Mom
- I am a mom of three children; trying to evolve, living locally and sustainably, and putting my MS to use, one ecological footprint at a time. I am a Native New Englander with a sense of wonder that began at a young age watching sunsets with my mother. I pass this on to my children and am preserving our family history in the process.
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- 2.5 Gallons of rich dark Syrup!
- When Boiling feels like a well oiled machine
- M'apron
- The darkest syrup ever!
- The day the Bellows Died! (Sung to the tune of Ms....
- Shame on you Hannaford
- Barrel Stove Kit
- This was the day the beautiful new pan arrived!
- 2nd Finish, Sunday 3/13
- The Bellows and quite a mess
- Second Boil - Saturday March 12th
- The day the stove got it's guts - Tuesday March 8th
- Sunday March 6th, the night edition
- Sunday March 6th, Post #1 - Day time!
- From Oil tank to Sap Evaporator, Saturday March 5t...
- From an oil tank to a sap evaporator... Post #1 , ...
- Cone Heads
- Fryeburg is tapped
- The new burner and soon to be evaporator
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- make your own cheese
- making maple syrup
- making syrup
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- North Conway NH
- Notorious P.I.G. Piggy Smalls
- NPR
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- NYT
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- offsets
- oil
- oil spill
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- Omnivore's Dilemma
- one
- onions
- only
- opening day
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- pickled fiddleheads.
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- pickling
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- putting food up
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- re-purposing
- reading
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- recovering from the house fire.
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- sediment
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- sexy carrot
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- sisters salsa
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- stacking wood
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- The Cheese Chronicles
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- The Common Ground Country Fair
- The Lee
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- thermometer
- Thomas and Lee Ann Szelog
- thoughts
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- tiller
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- Tillulah
- Tim Smith
- tin foil
- Today I
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- Tom Sullvan
- tomatillo
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- tomato sauce
- tomatoes
- Tomme
- tool bench
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- tracking
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- trash bags
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- University of Maine
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- weather
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- Wesley McNair
- westbrook
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- Whole Grains Council
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- work bench
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