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Three Generations

Three Generations

Dating back to the 1980’s we’ve had a tie to the Anderson Acres farm. Don Staber and Jay Anderson established an arrangement for produce at that time that included potatoes, corn, zucchini...

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Tugg – Damn Good Dog

Tugg – Damn Good Dog

I once had a dog named Django. Best friend I ever had. He was the original Damn Good Dog. When he was gone I was certain I’d never have another dog. No dog could ever be that great. And I couldn’t...

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Tongue or Tenon?

Tongue or Tenon?

Guests refer to it as “the tongue” regularly; that large, rounded end of the bar. In fact it’s a tenon. As in “mortise and tenon”. It’s the type of joinery that holds this, and many other, old barn...

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Welcome home…

As I pulled my Chevy pickup into the parking lot of Village Home & Garden, Lyle Lovett was singing “remembering the coming back and not crying about the leaving” and a light rain was rinsing the pollen and dust off the windshield. That lyric has pushed me forward since March of 2020.  Appropriate for this […]

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New Year’s Day

“If dreams were lightning and thunder was desire, this old barn woulda burned down a long time ago”                                                                                   … John Prine   New Years Day. 2021. Sleep. Decompress. Walk. Repeat. We haven’t taken a day off since March. Seriously. Sleep. Decompress. Walk. Repeat. Harder than it sounds. Tomorrow is a big day. The forecast says […]

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Duh…

Duh… Took us seven years. The big revelation. The “Ahh Haa” moment. Geniuses we are. Like everyone else who gets started making maple syrup, I imagine, we started on the stovetop with a big pan. Then an outdoor burner. Next an evaporator. And five years ago, we built and occupied “The Sugar Shack” for this […]

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5342 Parkis Mills Rd.
Galway, NY 12074
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