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Newsletter #304 2025 Apr 14 Monday
Lots of spring cleaning, F250 repairs, updated chick pics, and a Tart Cherry Pure Maple Syrup update; "5s" in the garage/workshop complete, now to…
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John Newell
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Newsletter #303 2025 Apr 07 Monday
Milling logistics, de-tapping, and fence repair for starters, updated chick pics, and a Tart Cherry Pure Maple Syrup update; "5s" in the garage/workshop…
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John Newell
Newsletter #302 2025 Mar 31 Monday
A busy week; two milling jobs completed, one planned; Tart Cherry Pure Maple Syrup in the bottle; "cleanup" largely completed and dump-trip scheduled…
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John Newell
Newsletter #301 2025 Mar 24 Monday
The Pure Maple Syrup season came to an abrupt end. I can hypothesize, but I do not have an answer. I'm doing some spring cleaning; most around the Sugar…
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John Newell
Newsletter #300 2025 Mar 17 Monday
Collecting sap and evaporation came early in the week, hauled out the portable sawmill midweek, and loaded the Solar Kilns late in the week. All that…
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John Newell
Newsletter #299 2025 Mar 10 Monday
It has been a big week, and a good week. Of course there were challenges, but I am pleased with the work we did get done.
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John Newell
Newsletter #298 2025 Mar 03 Monday
It has been a big week, and a good week. Of course there were challenges, but I am pleased with the work we did get done.
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John Newell
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Newsletter #297 2025 Feb 24 Monday
Syrup season is upon us; tapping began yesterday, continued today, and God willing the Oxen will help to collect the first sap tomorrow!
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John Newell
Newsletter #296 2025 Feb 17 Monday
Still waiting on the weather to cooperate; tapping is towards the end of the 10-day forecast. Meanwhile, firewood, animal care and so on, continue.
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John Newell
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Newsletter #295 2025 Feb 10 Monday
Recent days, aside from chores, have been about getting the pigs to butcher yesterday; it took longer than planned, hence my tardiness.
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John Newell
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Newsletter #294 2025 Feb 04 Tuesday
Recent days, aside from chores, have been about getting the pigs to butcher yesterday; it took longer than planned, hence my tardiness.
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John Newell
Newsletter #293 2025 Jan 27 Monday
To say that it has been a big week on the political front is perhaps the understatement of the twentieth century. Still, the jury is out on if and how…
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John Newell
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