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Mixing up some lime putty for #mortar and #plaster walls.

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This is how we've been planting potatoes for years with good success! We plant on the surface about a foot apart with two quarts of compost to manure per plant and then lots of mulch. We do not bury potatoes because it's easier to plant and harvest and the yield is approximately the same based on our research.

We're getting ready for this weekend's class on milling timbers for framing. Lots of nice pine and spruce logs ready to be made into timbers.