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Crossing Bartlett Bridge: Last Call for Peaches and Pears!
IT IS A JOURNEY that we take every year—from Peachtown to Appleville across Bartlett Pear Bridge. While peach season is winding down and apple season is warming up, a humble little pear crop gives us something to go on. Yes, … Continue reading
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Peach Pickers Needed Now!
THE FARM STAND is a no-holds-barred Battle Royale right now. It is standing room only and every piece of produce is fighting for your attention. Andre the Giant Eggplant has Husk Hogan lifted high for a body slam. Fans are … Continue reading
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How to Pick an Apple, and Something Kind of Amazing.
IN A SURPRISE MOVE that rattled stakeholders, the Tomato Council declined to issue a press release with details on the tardy tomato crop. “No comment,” said Cherry Roma, VP for Heirloom Compliance. Roma had previously gone on record saying, “You … Continue reading
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Peach Pecks, Mystery Apples, and Summer’s First Cider.
THE SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT is based on a fallacy—that farming happens slowly. Sure, there are months of waiting for the crops, when you don’t know whether to scratch your watch or wind your butt. Then… Bam! You gotta lotta food … Continue reading
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How to Pick a Peach, and How to Avert Another Cold War.
PEACH SEASON BEGINS not with a bang or a whimper, but with the dressing-room rustlings of our summer stars. While a bunch of peaches have stepped onto center stage—and are ready to pick!—many of the cast are still backstage preening. … Continue reading
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A Big Eggplant Sale, a Rare Plum Batch, and a Morning Hasselhoff.
JUST LAST NIGHT around the campfire, one of us farmers was asked, “If you could have your brain implanted into someone else’s body, whose would it be?” That farmer said without missing a beat, “David Hasselhoff.” Incredibly, the Hoff Himself … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, crop, eggplant, fresh, peaches, Photos, plums, raspberries, small farm
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Crazy Early Apples to Pick, and a Review of the Babies’ Progress.
NEVER THOUGHT WE’D SAY THIS, but Zorro had the right idea. Dug himself a hole to expose the cool soil, and hunkered beneath the orchard office. Poor guy is built for cooler climes, high up in Basque country, bred to … Continue reading
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