Blogs about: Curious Farmer
Cultivating Shitake Mushrooms
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wrote 1 month ago: I studied Permaculture this past winter. Reading fellow Wisconsinite Mark Shepard’s new book, … more →
Contest Finished: 12 Days
wrote 3 months ago: Congratulations to John Roelli! He guessed 14 days and was the closest to 12 days, which is how lon … more →
Photo in Atlantic.com
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wrote 3 months ago: A photo I posted about fencing was used in an Atlantic article on virtual fencing. It’s a lit … more →
Contest Update: Week 1
wrote 3 months ago: Photo taken after six days. Here are your contestants: Doug, 7 days John Roelli, 14 days Walt, 16 da … more →
Contest: How Much Wood for Outdoor Wood Boiler?
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wrote 3 months ago: How many days to burn the row pictured? The dimensions are about five feet tall, by sixteen feet lo … more →
Another Set of Eyes
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wrote 8 months ago: Frank, with his horses. Frank is another set of eyes, checking on my fall-calving cowherd. He lives … more →
New Splitting Maul
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wrote 9 months ago: I started cutting wood in July. I woke up one cool morning after the heat broke, and went out in th … more →
2012 Corn Height, 4th of July
wrote 10 months ago: This is the 4th set of Independence Day corn photos. Shepherd is my model this year. He’s we … more →
Outdoor Wood Burner, New Tractor Update
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wrote 1 year ago: I’m back to cutting wood hand to mouth. It’s ok though. I had enough cut and split to ge … more →
Farrowing in Hoop Building in January
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wrote 1 year ago: Splitting up farming with my parents means I needed to find a different way to farrow. We used a co … more →
Reality Review
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wrote 1 year ago: Country Outfitter, a retailer of Dickies, sent me this Dickies premium insulated bib overall to revi … more →
Brotherhood of the Combover Men
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve started the “combover.” I wanted to document this moment in time and let you know that, speaki … more →
Sow and Calves, Getting Acquainted
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wrote 1 year ago: The steer calves, with one adventurous sow. You can see the two-strand electric fence. In the indus … more →
Sow Housing
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wrote 1 year ago: Wednesday was a big day for my new farm. We moved 17 sows and 2 boars to my farm. The sows have al … more →
Wood Cutting Season
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s wood cutting season. I’ve written before about windows on the farm. The wood cutt … more →
Looking Out For Me
wrote 1 year ago: The hind end of our old Massey 750 combine, kicking out cobs. You ever notice people driving down th … more →
Jude Becker's Philosophy
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wrote 1 year ago: I cut the spring garden peas. They regrew and flowered. I don’t recall the flowers being thi … more →
A Visit to Becker Lane Organic Farm
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wrote 1 year ago: Jude Becker, of Becker Lane Organic Farm. Jude is an Iowa State graduate, and probably the largest … more →
Midwestern Bio-Ag
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wrote 1 year ago: I enjoyed attending a Midwestern Bio-Ag field day. Fertilizer is their main business, but they also … more →
