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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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Tagged apples, country life, crops, eggplant, farm, food, Food Art, Food Writing, fresh crop, Fruits and Vegetables, Local Food, peppers, raspberries, Small Farms, u-pick
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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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Tagged apples, peaches, pears, peppers, Photos, raspberries, small farm, squash, tomatoes, zucchini
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Happy Berrythday, America, and Au Revoir, Les Strawbs.
FOR PAGANS AND ASTRONOMERS, summer begins on the solstice. For us fruit farmers, it starts on the Fourth of July. That’s when the strawberries pull up stakes and head for the ferry, trumpeting the end of spring’s labor and the … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, cherries, fruit, Photos, raspberries, small farm, strawberries, u-pick
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Strawberries, Raspberries, and How the Horn of Plenty Works.
A FARM IS A STUDY in timing. Sometimes we have nothing but dirt—messy dirt, dusty dirt, and dirty old dirt. A bumper crop of dirt. Nobody ever asks, How much for a pint of dirt? Do you have good dirt … Continue reading
9 Rows of Strawberries, 28 Spinning Toasters, and 1 Italian Wedding.
YOU BERRY MONSTERS are a wonderful site each morning, vacuuming up the ripest specimens, vanishing by the sleepy afternoon, and reappearing for a final sunset sweep. Bravo and thank you, friends. Strawberry season continues this week. Successive waves of berries … Continue reading
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Tagged country life, farm, Photos, picnics, raspberries, small farm, strawberries, weddings, welding, woodwork
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