July 2024

Eponymous Perfection Does it seem to you that every year when the weather gets warm, the spring flowers have already gone by and the first big tourist influx arrives that we jump off the blocks at a world record pace to get to July 4th? Then we...

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June, 2024

June is that time of the year that you get to see if all your work over the winter and spring pays off - luckily most of the time it does. It's also my birthday month which I love because I love being a Gemini but I don't love because I'm...

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May, 2024

We are scrambling, as we always do in May in Maine.  Getting businesses ready, plantings done (we have to wait until later than most), making monumental decisions about the future. One such decision as I write this is hiring a Farm Manager,...

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April, 2024

April is often rainy, or stormy, or chaotic in Maine - and that’s just the weather.  It’s also stormy and chaotic balancing all of the seasonal projects that have to get done.  Things like awnings on all of the buildings, is it...

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March, 2024

March in Maine is a combination of being cold, then warm - thinking you have plenty of time to get ready for summer - then panicking that it's around the corner and realizing that you have almost made it through another Maine winter as Mother...

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