Down to Earth Events

Howdy All, Here are some great free events and some useful workshops. There is a sharpening event so if your gleaning clippers need a better edge and you don’t have the time, knowledge, or supplies to do it yourself  Michael’s Mobile Sharpening will be at...

Mike’s Mondays Archives – 04/01/2019

Mike’s Monday for April 1st, 2019   THIS POST IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE, SORRY.   Let me first off apologize for not blogging for the past few weeks, health and job problems caused me to space it.   In the intervening days, the soil and planter box...

Mike’s Mondays Archive – 03/11/2019

Mike’s Monday for Mar. 11th, 2019.    IT’S BEEN A QUIET WEEK IN LAKE WOBEGON (err… I mean the Gleaners)   After the big news in last week’s blog post, today’s seems downright antithetical. I’ve checked the mail twice since the big haul last Monday and...

Mike’s Mondays Archive – 03/04/2019

Mike’s Monday for Mar. 4th,2019.    MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!    Part of my job with the Gleaners is to check the post office box once a week. Most weeks, it’s empty. But probably because of the weather, neither Margaret or I checked it last week and we had...

Mike’s Mondays Archive – 02/25/2019

Mike’s Monday for Feb. 25th,2019.    Happy Snow Day. Snow can be fun and beautiful But it can also be destructive. The drop sites on Dewey St. and on Canterbury (off River Road) are closed until further notice because of snow damage. We hope they will be...