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Meet Your Farmer: Sugartree Village

Meet your Farmer is a series of in-depth stories about producers in St. Lawrence County. 

Michael Greer of Sugartree Village has a passion for maple syrup. What sets Michael apart from other small-scale maple producers is he set up his maple production behind his home in the Village of Potsdam and collects sap from the trees in his residential neighborhood. 

With permission from his neighbors, Michael taps trees on 28 properties in the village. He has as many as 450 taps, which he says is his human production limit, as he collects the sap by hand-pouring it into a 170 gallon steel collection tank in his truck.

Buckets filled with sap outside of Greer’s home

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How to Build a Raised Garden Bed with Optional Hoop Cover

Raised Beds are a wonderful way to garden, but there’s more to it than buying some wood to build a box and filling it with soil for your transplants and seeds; before you even begin the process of building a raised bed, here are some important considerations:

  • Orienting your raised bed: You will need a location that gets at least 6 to 8 hours of full sun. Placing it under trees guarantees failure since nearly all vegetables require ample sunshine. Additionally, never place your raised bed on the north side of a house or other building. The best location for a raised bed is on the south side of a house with the raised bed oriented east to west on its long axis.

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