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The On-going Ugly Duckling Book Recommendation List
For nerds Lasagna Gardening Lasagna Gardening: An Introduction To No-Dig Vegetable Gardening using Sheet Composting by James Paris Chop and Drop/ Slash and Mulch Systems
Caroline Stone
Oct 41 min read
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: On the formation of a farm business
How Ugly Duckling Farms got started, where it is, and where it's heading 10/4/2026 A little over a month out of college, I am working at a local non-profit farm, and I am very much realizing it is not the place for me. The post-college blues? Most definitely. My insatiable urge to out-do myself? Probably. But most of all, I missed selling directly to people. I missed farmer's markets, talking to folks about their personal gardens, trading recipes, over-explaining what a rutab
Caroline Stone
Jul 106 min read
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