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Apple Picking, Pumpkin Patching, and a Special Deal for College Students.
THIS WEEK, a few lucky apples and a jug of cider climbed Libe Slope for a hilltop tour of Cornell. We wanted them to get comfortable with the campus experience. They and many of their friends will say goodbye to … Continue reading
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Cider Sale, Honeycrisp Sale, Mini-Pies, and Apple Butter.
PLAINSPEAK this week—the picking is copacetic and the stand is cornucopic. So we’re skipping the usual nonsense like marrying berries and newscasting vegetables. Just the dope is reported below. The turn of October means two big sales—cider and Honeycrisp—and two … Continue reading
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A Profusion of Pickable Apples, and Particulars on the Pigs Party.
THE VEGETABLES ARE PANICKING. They know it is time for the apples to shine, and they don’t want to be left on the vine. So, they’ve been photobombing. Just to say, “We’re still here.” You can’t get an apple picture … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, country life, crops, eggplant, farm, Farm Life, food, Food Art, Food Photography, Food Writing, Fruits and Vegetables, Local Food, peppers, Photos, raspberries, Small Farms, u-pick
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High Apple Season Kicks Off with Empire, Fuji, Macoun and Cortland.
BRITISH PEOPLE ARE such badasses. They bite into scarred and scabby apples as readily as they levy taxes on overseas colonies. They festishize the pippins and russets and kernels. A gnarly, busted up skin is believed to reveal an Old-World … Continue reading
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Save Up to 33% on U-Pick Macs, and Load up on Juicy Ripe Tomatoes.
YOU COULD SEE IT in his face, weathered and wizened. You could hear it in his scratchy voice—this was his last broadcast. Yes, Eggder R Furrow left the “Farm O’Clock News” last night after a year of intrepid reporting, which … Continue reading
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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 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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Tagged apples, cider, crops, eggplant, market, peaches, peppers, Photos, small farm, summer, tomatoes
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Fresh Nothing Alert — Shakespeare and Sherlock Predict Strawberries.
“IT IS NOT an airy nothing,” said Sherlock Holmes to Doctor Watson. “On the contrary, it is solid enough for a man to break his hand over.” This week’s crop alert is about nothing—no crops ready to pick—but something all … Continue reading
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Tagged crops, cumberland gap, deer fence, farm, Photos, red beards, strawberries, tiny seedlings
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Indian Creek Farm 