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Introduction As the weather begins to become hotter, and the plants are beginning to mature one thing is for certain, water is going to evaporate. Along with the increased rate of water loss from both plants and the soil, there is also annoying appearance of weeds. For a lot of gardeners water loss is just […]
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Introduction In this current day and age it seems as though I am often reminded of the state of the world in which we live in by both older and younger people. Both demographics often speculate that the United States and the world are coming to an end or total collapse in stability (at least
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Introduction This past week I started a new job, within the first three days of the job I was gifted the opportunity to help take part in doing a prescribed burn around some private pasture ground and wildlife/hunting areas. Prescribed burning has been a hot topic for the past few decades in regards to use
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Introduction Now that the weather is starting to warm up the ticks are out and about. With higher than average global temperatures becoming a frequent norm (due to climate change), we are beginning to observe increased ranges and higher populations of the little blood suckers. With these newly expanded ranges follows infectious diseases. I will
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Introduction Have you ever sat down to a nice meal at home or at a restaurant and wondered, “Who raised this bird? Was it a boy or girl? What was it fed? Where did it come from? What condition(s) was it living in?” I often find myself going through a majority of these questions in
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Introduction Spring is practically here in most of the United States. It is hard for me to believe that it is already March! I feel as though I can barely keep up with the annual gardening chores that are listed in my daily planner. One of the first chores I give myself each season is
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Introduction In the past month or two I wrote a blog titled, 3 Reasons Why Gardeners Have Better Gut Microbiomes, which got bit more immediate attraction than most of the other blogs I post on my website. I believe that this is due to the mystery which surrounds microorganisms and their interaction within the human
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Introduction As many of my readers may know, spring will be here before we know it! For us more serious gardeners here in the Midwest, we all know that some plants need to be started or directly sowed in mid-late March (or sooner in some instances) to ensure proper growth/development for a more predictable yield.
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Introduction A few weeks ago I was listening to The MeatEater Podcast with host Steven Rinella. On this podcast Rinella interviewed renowned director and filmmaker Werner Herzog. I found it curious that an outdoors (hunting and fishing) based podcast would be interviewing someone who seemingly had no direct connection to the outdoors (at least at
The Documentary, Happy People: a Year in the Taiga, and its Impact on Me Read More »
Introduction About four years ago, a few months before the Covid-19 pandemic took the world by storm I remember often watching gardening videos from various popular YouTube creators. I can vividly recall sitting at my 6 foot plastic foldable table eating one of my previously meal-prepped dinners destressing from the day of intense learning and
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