Taste of the Lakes Sept 22

This year’s 12^th Annual Taste of the Lakes event at the Bayview Event Center in Excelsior will benefit the Intercongregation Communities Association (ICA) Foodshelf and the Western Communities Action Network, Inc. (WeCAN).

Attendees can sample food from a variety of restaurants, including Big Bowl, Wildfire, Bayside Grille and Bistrot 11, as well as wine from Southern Wine & Spirits. The event includes a silent and live auction and, of course, music. Festivities are scheduled to wrap up around 10:30 p.m.

Advance tickets for the event are $30 for adults and $20 for kids 12 and under. You can buy tickets through the BayView Event Center website or call (952) 470-8439.

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Rustic Road Farm, by the numbers

Imagine a painter with a blank canvas, a teacher with a classroom of new students or a builder with a blueprint. Think of the potential or even the possible pitfalls. It can be overwhelming at first, but once you start, there's a momentum.

I'm the first-time farmer with five virgin, unlplowed acres and an empty barn. But a month later with momentum in place, it's looking like this:

100 pounds of seed potato, planted

1,600 onions, planted

1 new tractor, purchased, delivered, working

3 goats, delivered

35 yards of compost, spreaded

Have tractor, will farm

What kind of farmer would I be without a tractor?

It's pricey but much needed. We considerd buying used or even leasing. But at the end of the day, you want a warranty and service for the "just in case."

In honor of Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day, we are getting a jump start on our three year plan at Rustic Road Farm.

We originally had planned on starting the orchard next year, but we've pushed it to the immediate.

Today, we planted 20 apples trees. That's 10 honey crisp, five golden delicious and five jona-red (developed and patented by Cornell University, my alma mater).

Our goal is 20 trees each year for the next three years. We'll soon plant blackberres and raspberries. I'd call today a very good Earth Day!

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Taste of the Lakes Sept 22

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Rustic Road Farm, by the numbers

Have tractor, will farm

In honor of Earth Day

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