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Hello friends,

I am leaving in the morning for a week of backpacking on The North Country Trail, the following column is buying me some time! I live a way of life that is as independent as possible when it comes to food, heat for my house and my income. The following is my annual gardening story and this year I have the biggest of my life.

Potatoes, I have 130 hills of Norland Reds and 130 hills of Yukon Golds. This spring was the earliest and the worst that I have ever witnessed for the Co...