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SWE-E-E-E-E-E-T! !
By Margret Mueller Wednesday, September 19, was sweet-potato-digging day at Hart’s Mill. What began in June as 3 1/2 orderly rows of sweet-potato slips had become a solid blanket of tangled purple-blossomed green vines. Here and there “volunteer” watermelon … Continue reading
Splendid September Calendar and August Highlights
We realize that a blog post is not the ideal place to list a long calendar of events! So to view/download a September calendar pdf, click here. AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS Amid the rain and multiplying mushrooms, work on the land and … Continue reading
Workday Wonders
by Margret Mueller After a very rainy week, Sunday August 5th dawned clear and bright. Our main task for this day was to spruce up our entry from Frazier Road all the way to the tractor shed. Jeffry (weed whacker … Continue reading
Pumphouse News
by Anthony Weston For the emerging farm operation we need water! Accordingly, we drilled a well this spring — 350 feet down — and since then have been assembling the pumping and water storage system and the pumphouse that will … Continue reading
Amazing August Calendar, and July Highlights
JULY HIGHLIGHTS Subscribe to the Hart’s Mill blog to read more and keep up with the latest news! We have a fully functioning solar-powered well pump! Thanks to Jeffry’s hard work, acquired engineering skills, and much ingenuity and problem-solving, we … Continue reading
Seed Bombs at the Eno!
by Marilyn Grubbs Hart’s Mill joined the crowds at this year’s Festival for the Eno, on July 4th and 7th at Durham’s West Point on the Eno. A number of our members helped out at a Hart’s Mill booth, … Continue reading
JUBILANT JULY 2018 CALENDAR and June Highlights
JUNE HIGHLIGHTS Subscribe to the Hart’s Mill blog to read more and keep up with the latest news! Head’s up! Tomorrow’s June 30, work day dawns from 9-1. Pitch in on a plethora or … Continue reading
What Fools These Mortals Be! Midsummer Frolics at Hart’s Mill
by Hope Horton Our June 21 Third Thursday event fell on the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. About 2 dozen people arrived at Hart’s Nest to celebrate the abundance of summer with food, juggling, music, and playmaking. … Continue reading
June Calendar of Events and May Highlights
JUNE 2018 CALENDAR and May Highlights MAY HIGHLIGHTS Activity and interest in Hart’s Mill swelled with the rains and burgeoned alongside greening plants and newborn creatures. So much goodness is sprouting, paths converging, relationships strengthening. Here are but a few … Continue reading
Talkin’ Trash, Kickin’ Grass, and Other Workday Adventures
by Margret and Jeffry, photos by Joe and Jeffry We took advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend to split this month’s work into two days. On Saturday morning Virginia “Tractor Queen” Petrocella spent a heroic four hours getting us … Continue reading
