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An apple a day -
Thursday August 05, 2010 - By Ken
What a strange year! Or maybe nothing is strange anymore. Hit 80 in March , orchard began blooming three weeks early, and then hard freeze Mothers" Day. We lost about 30% of the blossoms I think so harvest will be low this year. ...
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An apple a day -
Monday May 03, 2010 - By Ken
Wow, a year gone by. This spring is so different than last year, it's hard to believe it's the same orchard. Last year at this time there wasn't a blossom to be seen, this year several trees are already in full bloom. We are 3-4 weeks ahead...
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An apple a day -
Sunday May 03, 2009 - By Ken
I'm not much of a blogger--you can see that from the long time between posts, but as I walked the orchard yesterday I thought "this is worth writing about." Despite the picture on my listing page, the trees are not blooming yet, but...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday April 21, 2009 - By Chris
Here is our newly painted hive awaiting arrival of Her Royal Highness, along with 10,000 or so faithful servants.
They actually come in the mail, believe it or not!
That's right, I used a lopped off black cherry tree trunk for the front...
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Double Oak Farm -
Friday February 13, 2009 - By Lori
So what does Spring smell like? Maybe not what you would expect. Around here long before the spring peepers make their first chirp, before the robins return, before the outdoors begins to smell of thawing earth there are two sure signs that spring is on it's...
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St. Fairsted Farm -
Sunday December 07, 2008 - By Ang
Meyer lemon blooms have a lovely fragrance; the blooms are just the beginning of the "deliciousness " to come. A cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange originating from China arriving to the U.S. in 1908 via Frank Meyer ( thus the name...