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		<title>Crosby tide mill in Arrowsic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot more detail on the technology of a ca. 1900 tide mill on pps 6-7 of the following newsletter: http://arrowsic.org/arrow/arrow9-08.pdf
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		<title>Tide mills old and new</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A convergence of factors has had me thinking about tidal power and the history of Georgetown Island recently.  First, the additional clearing for orchard expansion is opening up a vista almost from the height of land on the eastern peninsula down to the cove (at this time of year at least, when the leaves are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=522&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering back America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An episode of On Point on NPR caught my ear the other evening, inspired by a piece in the WSJ about the resurgence of tinkering in the US.  The stories highlighted people using increasingly accessible fabrication technology to design and make tangible stuff, and featured Makerbot, a FDM-based tabletop rapid prototyping machine designed by and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=518&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GCS Tide Mill Demonstration Concept</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A talented boatbuilder of my acquaintance who lives at the head of Robinhood Cove is working with the kids in the local school to build a demonstration floating tidal mill at the site of the historic Trafton Mill, just a few hundred yards from the school.  The plan involves hobie cat hulls procured for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=513&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cider racked, two more rows of trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alexis was stuck tending to the ICU all weekend, so I dropped her off at 6AM Saturday and headed down east.  I arrived around 9A, and with rain forecast for the afternoon I quickly geared up &#8211; boots, chaps, helmet, fluorescent vest (hunting season) &#8211; and headed for the orchard.  The goal is to add [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=509&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning fiddle tunes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With cider season wound down, I&#8217;ve got more time for playing fiddle, and I&#8217;ve been learning some new music, so I thought I&#8217;d write a post about resources for learning tunes.  The stuff I play is a mixed bag centered roughly around  traditional New England dance music, which has Irish, Scots, Quebec, Cape Breton, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=501&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two guys on a tandem</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope that readers accustomed to the usual apple, ag, and energy-themed material will excuse a bit of indignant ranting social criticism.  The 2009 cider madness was made possible by the generosity of a guy I scarcely knew at the time, a friend of a friend who lent us a tandem bike to power the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=493&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year 5: Monday &#8211; cleaning up and shipping out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday was another nice day, perhaps not as warm as Sunday but still very pleasant.  Kauf, Kelsey, and Andy helped out with cleanup in the AM, then headed back to Boston after lunch.  In the morning we cleaned up the pole barn, stowed the press in a corner, and moved the various other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=481&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year 5: Sunday &#8211; the last of the cider</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday dawned clear, still, and warm.  Breakfast consisted of French toast, made with some of the multitude of baguette that Andy brought from the farm where he works.  There was plenty of time before a quorum arrived to make cider, so Joshua, Kelsey, and I took advantage to replumb the hydraulic system with the check [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=470&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year 5: Saturday &#8211; cider on!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday morning Emily and I screwed together the base grate while people drifted in for breakfast.  Just when the pikes were about to come out, Brandon and company showed up and produced some very tasty pancakes, which hit the spot with North End maple syrup.  As promised, it was raining steadily.  Joshua finalized the attachment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiveislandsorchard.wordpress.com&blog=575588&post=463&subd=fiveislandsorchard&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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