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    Potato Musings🥔
    Chad Armentrout
    • Apr 6
    • 1 min

    Potato Musings🥔

    Time to plant 🥔! The 🥔 was first cultivated by the Inca in the Andes 🏔 The Inca studied the Spanish Conquistadors as they marched...
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    Chad Armentrout
    • Feb 14
    • 1 min

    The Farmer General

    George Washington, a man who had the nerve to lead a rebellion against the full weight of the British Empire. His $225,000 personal debt...
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    Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers
    Chad Armentrout
    • Jan 31
    • 1 min

    Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers

    Straight from our farm heirloom tomatoes, jalapeños, 8 varieties of garlic, and Himalayan salt. All these in a glass bottle with a...
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    Orthodox Icons and the Honeybee
    Chad Armentrout
    • Jan 15
    • 1 min

    Orthodox Icons and the Honeybee

    A Greek beekeeper places religious icons in his hives every Spring in order to bless his bees and his honey production. In his...
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    Winter Solstice and the Honeybee
    Chad Armentrout
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Winter Solstice and the Honeybee

    The winter solstice signals to the worker bees to start warming up the brood chamber from about 75 degrees to about 95 degrees. The...
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    Orchard Prunings
    Chad Armentrout
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Orchard Prunings

    The sight of a large bundle of sticks makes something in our biological makeup smile. We can weave fences, baskets, and homes from them....
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    Melting Beeswax
    Chad Armentrout
    • Mar 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Melting Beeswax

    The ancient Romans after conquering Corsica, demanded that their tribute was to be paid in beeswax. The world is learning again to...
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    Eleusinian Mysteries
    Chad Armentrout
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Eleusinian Mysteries

    Spring planting plans are always uplifting as light and warmth quicken over dark and cold. The ancient Greeks celebrated this changing...
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    Wassailing
    Chad Armentrout
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Wassailing

    A Midwinter Blessing (wassailing) An ancient custom of blessing the crops goes as far back as the ancient Romans. An offering of bread...
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    Chill Hours
    Chad Armentrout
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    Chill Hours

    Most apple trees need at least 1,000 hours of temperatures lower than 45 degrees (chill hours) Fahrenheit to properly bear fruit. In...
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    Biological Cultivation
    Chad Armentrout
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Biological Cultivation

    Laying down cardboard and wood chips to feed the microbes in the soil which in turn will feed the tree for next season’s apple crop.
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    Gourmet Garlic Seasonings
    Chad Armentrout
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    Gourmet Garlic Seasonings

    Grown in the beautiful Stillwater River Valley with no chemicals. Hand crafted, non-irradiated garlic, no fillers, no anti-cake agents. ...
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    Apple Borer
    Chad Armentrout
    • Nov 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Apple Borer

    This time of year it is essential to check the base of every apple tree in the orchard for borers. The apple borers left unchecked will...
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    Celtic Tree Culture
    Chad Armentrout
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Celtic Tree Culture

    Celtic culture thrived in vast woodlands. The trees provided shelter, language, religion, food and medicine. Enemies of the Celtic...
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    Yogurt Dressing
    Chad Armentrout
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Yogurt Dressing

    Plain yogurt with our 8 gourmet garlic blend with parsley, black pepper, Himalayan Salt and lemon juice makes a great salad dressing!
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    Symbol of Beehive
    Chad Armentrout
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Symbol of Beehive

    BEEHIVE - The beehive symbolizes human industry, labor, faith, education and domestic virtues.  This is often used by Freemasons and...
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    Father of Modern Beekeeping
    Chad Armentrout
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    Father of Modern Beekeeping

    The grave of Lorenzo Langstroth. Inventor of the modern beehive and author of the greatest book ever written about beekeeping. His story...
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    Significance of 9
    Chad Armentrout
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Significance of 9

    A garlic farmer handles each piece of garlic several times from planting, harvesting, and processing. It is a special moment to return...
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    Goldenrod Tea
    Chad Armentrout
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Goldenrod Tea

    Our local landscapes have bestowed many health benefitting and tasty treats in the form of wild plants. We will be offering Goldenrod...
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    Soaking the Garlic Seed
    Chad Armentrout
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Soaking the Garlic Seed

    It is garlic planting time. Soaking your garlic seed for 10 minutes in vodka kills hidden mites, molds and fungus. The garlic is then...
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