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High Food Costs, Lessons Learned In The Maine Potato Farm Field.

Andrew Mooers — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:58:59 +0000

High food costs. It’s not the Maine potato farmer or organic grower making a killing. Not just inflation. All the middle men is where the extra grocery food costs come into play. Your household family food budget. There is no way anyone pushing the wire cart with the one squeaky wheel in their local Piggly […]

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Flowers On Maine Farms

Andrew Mooers — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:44:38 +0000

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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The Vegetable Garden Seed Catalog Arrives, Thinking Spring Planting ?

Andrew Mooers — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:23:03 +0000

The vegetable garden seed catalog arrives in your mailbox. Thinking spring planting and what goes where in the rich fertile garden soil at your home? Anyone who plants a vegetable, fruit or flower garden in Maine knows the joy of beginning again. Plop down on your knees working the dirt, preparing it for the rows […]

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Even The Cat Has An Important Role On The Maine Farm.

Andrew Mooers — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:08:41 +0000

Farming life in Maine is hard work but rewarding. The kids on a family farm learn work ethic and responsibility. The skill set grows when you have to use the business end of a hammer. Or fire up a welder or cutting torch, twist a ratchet wrench. Or repair with bailing twine, vise grips and […]

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Gardening In Maine | Here Come The Spring Seed Catalogs.

Andrew Mooers — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:06:03 +0000

About this time of year, seed catalogs begin showing up in the mail box. The excitement of what to plant in your spring garden builds as you thumb through the colorful pages of a seed catalog. Johnny’s Seeds is one Maine supplier. Fedco is another, so is the Maine potato lady that all have a super Internet presentation to supply your […]

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My Dad Believed In God But Mom Was The Spiritual Leader.

Andrew Mooers — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:44:18 +0000

Growing up on a Maine potato farm, my parents both raised the four boys to be God fearing. Respect for the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Being out in nature, working the land on a Maine family farm you can not help but gain a greater sense of a higher power. Something way way […]

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What’s It Like Peddling Property In A Small Maine Town?

Andrew Mooers — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:01:43 +0000

What it is like living in a small town in Maine? People work together, need each other and life is honest, down to earth, simpler.

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