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MOFGApedia Editor on February 25, 2012
Weeding a garden seems intuitive. Unwanted weeds impinge on the ability of vegetable crops to absorb water and nutrients from the soil and energy from the sun, so we weed. Likewise, after carrots sprout, we thin them; otherwise the crowded roots will twist around one another in odd and comical shapes.
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Posted by
MOFGApedia Editor on June 01, 2011
The miles of woods that encircle Bambi Jones and Tracy Moskovitz's farm, located in a small valley in Whitefield, Maine, reinforce their home's tranquility and remote feel. But the forest is far from an impassable buffer shielding them from the outside world. Instead, it's more like an extension of their farm.
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At Hidden Valley Nature Center's fourth timber framing class, held recently, six enthusiastic students learned the basics of post and beam construction under the guidance of instructor Bob Lear.
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Watching landowner and logger Jerry Sass step lightly through the hush of a pine stand, you wouldn’t think his 75-acre woodlot in the central Maine town of North Anson represents a philosophical battleground in the state’s forestry wars.
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