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The holidays are over and the quiet of January mixes with the promise of a new year.  The unsorted mail is full of seed catalogs with those glossy veggie photos and voluptuous descriptions calling to you like a 17 year old male spying the Victoria Secret catalog.Whelp, share the joy and come to the first annual IthaCan Seed Catalog Tea.We'll compare catalogs, exchange faves and have tea.  Maybe even combine orders, if it seems like a good fit.Bring:  Seed catalogs and a finger food to share.See More

Come over and make some soft cheese with me this Sunday, Dec 16th!  We'll use local milk to make mozzarella, ricotta and set up a pan of yogurt too.We'll split the cost of materials and have some homemade cheesy snacks.Limit 6 people.  Please only sign up if you are sure you will be there.See More

I'm wondering about using ALL medium supers for at least a few of our hives this year--including the hive body--so that everything is easily interchangeable, rather than a deep for the hive body and mediums on top.  Any thoughts?See More

Things wild and nourishing can be discussed here.

I'm wondering if anyone can give some advice--we've always evaporated inside, on the stovetop, but we made an outside fireplace and set out pans to evaporate over a woodfire. But the resulting syrup is really smoky tasting. What might I try differently?See More

Maple sugaring sweet-talk and beekeeping buzz go here.

i've got squash beetless on my pumpkins and butternut, and they are doing serious damage--i've been hand-squashing them every day, but the pumpkins are starting to really fail. any ideas? i don't want to use rotenone...also, my son, sasha, wants to build us a small hoop house before he goes back to college--maybe 8 feet wide by 14, and something i can stand up in (i'm 5'6")--any advice or suggested places for designs?See More

Planning, planting, harvesting domestic edibles, aka veggies, goes here.