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Notes from the Barn - ADK Farmer Dan
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Notes from the Barn. She’s my Rushmore. Max Yeah, I know. She was mine too. This barn and farm is like my. I am here to do one thing. Reclaim the it, renovate it and ultimately save it for future generations to appreciate. Latest notes on barn renovations:. Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Soul of the farm. This was fenced in to deter predators but like everything needs to be patched up. This is huge open space and I’m often wondering what it could be used for:. October 23, 2014.
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Artisan Bread Archives - ADK Farmer Dan
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Category Archives: Artisan Bread. Oven Building at Running Stone Bread. Fresh from the 2016 Grain Growers Conference, I got the opportunity to view and lend a hand on the build of a special oven. I got to visit Adam Wilson at Running Stone Bread in his new location. Oven…. May 25, 2016. 2016 Grain Growers Conference. May 17, 2016. March 14, 2016. The Power of Social Finance. December 21, 2015. Farm 2 Fork Focaccia. This past weekend we had our first big test in artisan bread baking! September 4, 2014.
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Going the Tiny House Route - ADK Farmer Dan
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Going the Tiny House Route. In order for us to get on the farm full-time now we’ve taken some drastic measures. First of all, it’s a lot of gas driving an hour and 10 minutes each way from Saranac Lake to our little “broke down” farm in Willsboro. We’ve been doing long weekends of farm renovations by lodging at the Villa Motel. Which we are very grateful for by the way. In Keeseville this Winter. It’s a fairly inexpensive, but even off-season, those costs start to add up after a while. We’re buildi...
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The Glamping Garage - ADK Farmer Dan
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Or glamour camping) I’ve heard is quite a big trend in luxury accommodations. While our glamping garage is not luxurious,. We like to joke that it is! At this point in the journey we’re thankful just to be able to camp indoors. Any time that can be spent at the farm working in the barn and observing where the sun shines is joyfully appreciated, especially because it feels like we’re making progress. Not glamorous, just cozy. A sweet, old chuck box that came from my Aunt Joanne’s father. We don’t ha...
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Bottling Homemade Wine - ADK Farmer Dan
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Said that wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.” This is good to hear because we spent this weekend bottling homemade wine at my cousins in New Jersey. It was only a short 12 months ago that we gathered up our grapes from Prosperos in Pleasantville and spent the afternoon picking them from their stems and giving them a good crush. Two barrels and lots of bottles. Aged one year in oak. Having too large an air space in the barrel is a no-no because too much oxygen can spoil the wine...
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A Work - Passion - Family Balance - ADK Farmer Dan
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A Work – Passion – Family Balance. Some people will tell you that there is no such thing as a work-life balance. That it simply does not exist in our technology-driven modern society. That “it’s all just life” so suck it up. For many folks in the US this is true and it can be hard not to get swept up in the race. But then again, it’s all about what you prioritize and what you truly value. I think for everyone the recipe for finding balance is different.”. Est modus en rebus. In all things, balance. IR...
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Help Bring An Old Farm Back To Life - Triple Green Jade Farm
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Help Bring An Old Farm Back To Life. Kimmy and I have had several awesome experiences as guests traveling abroad and working on farms in exchange for room and board. We made chevre in Brittany (. That’s the photo you see above. And tended Icelandic sheep in Copenhagen. We used organizations like WWOOF. World Wide Opportunities On Organic Farms) and we had good success connecting with farms and folks on WorkAway.info. Now it’s our turn to be the hosts! Come Workaway with us! Feel free to share this link!
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DIY Composting Toilet - ADK Farmer Dan
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When you gotta go – to compost or flush seems a popular question on the farm. So what I’ve done is build a DIY composting toilet. Years ago I read the. By Joe Jenkins and was intrigued by it’s premise that you can easily and ecologically compost human waste. This was now our opportunity to join the (bowel) movement and yes, poop in a bucket. It’s all very clean and normal for something as natural as defecation. A free, low-tech composting toilet makes sense. And it’s actually pretty straight-forward.
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Food Archives - ADK Farmer Dan
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In my last post I talked about sourcing local grapes for making wine at home in the Adirondacks. After crushing and fermenting, it was time to press. So this week I wanted to show you how I pressed the grapes…. October 7, 2015. Local Grapes, Local Wine. We’ve made some excellent wines with family in New Jersey at La Cantina Bongiovanni and we’re now going into our third year. We’ve made Sangiovese and Montepluciano blends that have amazed our friends and family. But all of the red wine…. October 1, 2015.
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Winter, a time for reflection - ADK Farmer Dan
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Winter, a time for reflection. By the looks of the latest wintry snowfalls, Winter has rolled in to the Essex and the Champlain Valley region with more of a bang and less of a whimper, and a few weeks before the Solstice. Winter at it’s worst is about enduring the bitter cold and hoping you have enough firewood to last the season. At it’s best, Winter is a time for reflection for a look back on the year and an opportunity to assess what lies ahead in the journey. Firewood: The fuel that warms you twice.
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