Living Off The Land Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/living-in-maine/living-off-the-land/ Maine Local Community Blog Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:05:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://meinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-moose-Maine-32x32.png Living Off The Land Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/living-in-maine/living-off-the-land/ 32 32 Maine Organic Farmers Gardeners Association Farmer To Farmer Conference https://meinmaine.com/2026/02/10/maine-organic-farmers-gardeners-association-farmer-to-farmer-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-organic-farmers-gardeners-association-farmer-to-farmer-conference Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:50:46 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18562 The MOFGA Farmer to Farmer conference held over the past weekend in Portland Maine. MOFGA, the Maine Organic Farmers Gardeners Association offered 30 education sessions at the Portland Holiday Inn By The Bay. Here is the rundown of the 2026 Farmer to Farmer sessions offered. The Farmer to Farmer conference kicked off with a farm […]

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]]> All You Need: Quiet Richness Of Small-Town Life In Maine https://meinmaine.com/2025/04/02/all-you-need-quiet-richness-of-small-town-life-in-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-you-need-quiet-richness-of-small-town-life-in-maine Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:55:20 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18293 All You Need: Quiet Richness of Small-Town Life in Maine In a world that moves faster every day, there are places where time still respects rhythm. Where the post office is also where you catch up with neighbors, and where the hardware store has what you need—plus the advice to go with it. People care […]

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]]> Thought About Moving Relocation To Maine? https://meinmaine.com/2025/03/13/thought-about-moving-relocation-to-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thought-about-moving-relocation-to-maine Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:39:54 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18267 Thought about moving relocation to Maine? Packing up, heading out and bee lining to the state of Maine. Is it time to trade the chaos of city life for simple living, no traffic, and the natural rural beauty of wide open rural Maine? Maine continues to gain popularity momentum as a top destination for those […]

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]]> How To Start A Small Farm In Maine, Why People Homestead? https://meinmaine.com/2025/03/03/how-to-start-a-small-farm-in-maine-why-people-homestead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-start-a-small-farm-in-maine-why-people-homestead Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:05:33 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18258 How to start a small farm in Maine, why people homestead? Space, less or no regulations, no home owner’s associations, low crime. Is it time to trade the chaos of city life for simple living, no traffic, and the natural beauty of rural Maine? More and more people are moving to Maine for peace and […]

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]]> Free Land Homestead Grant, New Settlers To Maine https://meinmaine.com/2024/08/26/free-land-homestead-grant-new-settlers-to-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-land-homestead-grant-new-settlers-to-maine Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:58:13 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18160 Free land homestead grant, new settlers to Maine. The free land Homestead Land Grant Act of 1862. The legislation enacted into law during the Civil War opened up wilderness, vast expanses of acres with little or no population. Land was plentiful and not so valuable. Clearing it, settlements in Maine took a lot of hard […]

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]]> Building A House In Maine (Saving Money Construction Tips) https://meinmaine.com/2024/02/14/building-a-house-in-maine-saving-money-construction-tips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-a-house-in-maine-saving-money-construction-tips Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:21:41 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17950 Building a house in Maine. Saving money during construction tips to lower the cost building a new Maine home. Steps to take to stretch your dollars. To just shy of the breaking point to save the most money possible to get what you want. This blog post highlights the best cost cutting and top money […]

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]]> Buy Maine Land, Build Slowly https://meinmaine.com/2024/01/13/buy-maine-land-build-slowly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buy-maine-land-build-slowly Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:02:19 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17883 Buy Maine land, build very slowly. Maine real estate property listing inventory continues to be in short supply. The tight housing market in Maine makes some think why not buy Maine land, build slowly? Many in the home buying audience consider why not buy land in Maine first? Then tackle the building a house one […]

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]]> Flowers On Maine Farms https://meinmaine.com/2023/07/05/flowers-on-maine-farms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flowers-on-maine-farms Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:44:38 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17747 Flowers on Maine Farms on autopilot. I grew up on a Maine farm and the flowers around the 7 buildings pop up like clockwork. My Dad orchestrated the field planting. My Mom wrangled the flower beds around the farmstead. Years ago, bought the same family farm in Maine from my three older brothers. The rich […]

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]]> History Of The Maine Home, What Was The Original Builder Thinking? https://meinmaine.com/2023/06/02/history-of-the-maine-home-what-was-the-original-builder-thinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=history-of-the-maine-home-what-was-the-original-builder-thinking Fri, 02 Jun 2023 15:29:06 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17724 History of the Maine home, what was the original house builder thinking? Maine has plenty of older housing stock. And along the way as a home owner sold and moved along, the new house buyer often adds his or her own “stamp” to the original floor plan. Colors change, landscaping updates happen or everything stays […]

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]]> Small Town Living In Maine https://meinmaine.com/2023/02/09/small-town-living-in-maine-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=small-town-living-in-maine-2 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:52:36 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17629 Small town living in Maine. If you’re a life long native, you’ve known many of those in your daily small Maine town circles for life. Had a classmate drop in who was looking for a piece of Maine waterfront lake property, land just land. He and his wife think parked next to a Maine lake […]

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