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Music City Moo Dude: February 2011
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Monday, February 21, 2011. Maple syrup - evaporating. Raw maple sap looks like water and tastes slightly sweet. Boiling it is necessary to evaporate the water content and increase the sugar concentration. The use of a wood fire is ideal because it gives the syrup a slightly smokey flavor. In Middle Tennessee, it takes approximately 50 gallons of raw sap to make 1 gallon of finished syrup. Making Syrup from the sap. Saturday, February 19, 2011. Maple syrup - tapping. We tap our trees in February and colle...
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Music City Moo Dude: Rose Colored Glasses
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Thursday, February 17, 2011. Take off the rose colored glasses. Please. Farming is hard. Especially if it is not a hobby but an bona fide business. It's not all about sitting in a rocking chair watching the corn grow, or taking a nap under the shade tree. There is always a huge list of things that need to be done. Don't get me wrong. We take some time to do fun stuff, and I love farming. I love farm life. What other occupation do you get to experience God's creation more? February 17, 2011 at 9:20 PM.
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Music City Moo Dude: Maple syrup - evaporating
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Monday, February 21, 2011. Maple syrup - evaporating. Raw maple sap looks like water and tastes slightly sweet. Boiling it is necessary to evaporate the water content and increase the sugar concentration. The use of a wood fire is ideal because it gives the syrup a slightly smokey flavor. In Middle Tennessee, it takes approximately 50 gallons of raw sap to make 1 gallon of finished syrup. Making Syrup from the sap. Melyssa L. NicDhòmhnaill. February 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM. February 23, 2011 at 12:21 PM.
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Music City Moo Dude: May 2011
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Friday, May 13, 2011. Movie review: King Corn. Is documentary about economies of scale in agriculture and food. Two guys, fresh out ouf college, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, take off for Greene, Iowa. Why? To live their dream of growing one acre of corn in order to gain a greater understanding of agriculture and the food production system. Friday, May 6, 2011. The Crawfords house used to sit on this foundation. And the chimney fell through the floor. We also helped the Crawfords neighbor clean up his yard.
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Music City Moo Dude: April 2011
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Monday, April 11, 2011. This is kind of a stream of consciousness post. I hope it's not too disjointed. Buying local. This is a subject that is very important to me. It is also important to the survival of my business and the business of any other entrepreneur. In this day and age, many Americans do not have an appreciation, or even an understanding, of the local economy. “Cheapest is best” tends to be the motto of the multitudes. This is what I call the Stuffmart [industrial] mindset. The Meatrix highli...
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Music City Moo Dude: Quick update
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011. I have several ideas for actual blog posts jostling around in my head and no time to write/upload them due to the fact that I have been swamped with work on and off the farm, *no way*, so this will have to do for now. Composting *Feels the readers' excitement. woo.*. Timber Framing: multi-generational agrarianism. Stay tuned, because I will likely scrap all of these topics and blog about something totally different. Garden prep: tilling, compost hauling, soil blocks. You should...
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Music City Moo Dude: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011. I have several ideas for actual blog posts jostling around in my head and no time to write/upload them due to the fact that I have been swamped with work on and off the farm, *no way*, so this will have to do for now. Composting *Feels the readers' excitement. woo.*. Timber Framing: multi-generational agrarianism. Stay tuned, because I will likely scrap all of these topics and blog about something totally different. Garden prep: tilling, compost hauling, soil blocks.
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Music City Moo Dude: Buying local
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Monday, April 11, 2011. This is kind of a stream of consciousness post. I hope it's not too disjointed. Buying local. This is a subject that is very important to me. It is also important to the survival of my business and the business of any other entrepreneur. In this day and age, many Americans do not have an appreciation, or even an understanding, of the local economy. “Cheapest is best” tends to be the motto of the multitudes. This is what I call the Stuffmart [industrial] mindset. Shopping at superm...
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Music City Moo Dude: Movie review: King Corn
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Friday, May 13, 2011. Movie review: King Corn. Is documentary about economies of scale in agriculture and food. Two guys, fresh out ouf college, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, take off for Greene, Iowa. Why? To live their dream of growing one acre of corn in order to gain a greater understanding of agriculture and the food production system. April 25, 2012 at 6:44 PM. Last post: May 13, 2011. Bout time for your yearly entry, wouldnt you say? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Music City Moo Dude: Alabama Disaster Relief
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Friday, May 6, 2011. The Crawfords house used to sit on this foundation. And the chimney fell through the floor. We also helped the Crawfords neighbor clean up his yard. Money doesn't grow on trees, but sheet metal might. This is a picture of one ridge of the valley. This is a picture of the ridge on the side of the valley most affected by the tornados. Aaron Crawford said this ridge looked like the one in the picture above before the tornado hit. June 18, 2011 at 10:15 AM. View my complete profile.
