The evening of 9/11/01 I stopped at my local gas station after work. I can still see the farmer filling his 100 gallon tank in the back of his 3/4 ton Chevy pickup truck. I can still feel the tension in the air at the cash register. “What in the heck is going on?? I asked. ” We live in Iowa, why [...]
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The Stout Potato Method Comes To Our Farm
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Velcome to a new mini series on basic country living skills your grandpa might have taught you. This article will be devoted to raising potatoes. Before we jump into the the how-to’s of raising potatoes, a couple of introductory remarks.
I grew up on the farm from the age of 9. My wife and I returned [...]
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