3 Million Calories, Week 1: Maple Syrup, Greenhouse Bed Expansion, Seeds | Log Cabin Building

I lift two heavy cross beam logs onto the top of the cabin and with the help of my daughter and wife, start our year of producing 3 million calories on the first day of spring by making maple syrup, starting seeds, expanding the growing beds in my geodesic greenhouse, making biochar and laying...

42 min - Home, Garden & Craft - My Self Reliance

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