What a day!  Ben and our fellow farmer and friend Seth spent the day in Burlington at the Northern Grain Growers Winter Conference.  Ella and I started boiling our sap and took our first bike ride of the year.  We’d planned to boil sap in late March, but the weather has been so warm that ...
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Do you see how tantalizingly close this sweater is?  Must. finish.
Even though truly warm weather is a ways off, and I’ll probably still be wearing the occasional sweater in May, my little polar bear was already walking around in short sleeves yesterday.
And also, some new words.  Definitely in progress, but here we go.
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March
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It must be . . . maple syrup time!  One of my favorite seasonal rites of passage happened today – tapping our maple trees.
Some dear friends, big and small, came to help us today – first you drill your hole a little smaller than the diameter of your spout, and about 1 1/2 inches deep.  ...
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This week, our gorgeous seed rack from Seed Savers Exchange arrived at Wheatberry, which means that spring really is almost here!  We are just a little bit excited.  Ok, a lot (Ben started out first flat of onions today!)

Seeds, glorious heirloom seeds.  Many of these varieties are ones we’ll be using at our farm, too, ...
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Ok folks, for a refreshing change of pace let’s talk about food, shall we?  Excellent.
I’ve been diving into our grains and beans, and am really excited to share so many recipes with you over the coming months!  First up, the pudding with totally politically incorrect name  – Indian Pudding.  Call it Corn Maple Pudding if ...
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