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Farm Camp 2019

  • August 8, 2019
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  • Becca
Well it is hard to explain the joy and gratitude I feel for our first ever week of Farm Camp. This was a little dream of mine that combined all…
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First apple

  • August 31, 2014
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  • Rory
We enjoyed our first homegrown apple from our apple orchard yesterday. The Zestar variety ripens earlier than the rest, by the end of August. It tasted similar to a Honeycrisp…
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Checking in with the apple trees

  • June 8, 2014
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  • Rory
It’s been two weeks since we planted our apple trees and now the blossoms are in the process of converting into tiny apples. When we bought the trees, I was advised to…
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Planting an apple orchard

  • May 25, 2014
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  • Rory
Our apple trees were delivered yesterday morning, and we spent the next 12 hours digging, planting, mulching, watering and fencing our new orchard. We worked until after sun went down, and we loved…
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A trip to the Apple Store

  • April 19, 2014
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  • Rory
No, not that Apple Store. Although ours did have an Apple genius and we bought a McIntosh. Received a call this morning from Leif at the local tree nursery who is…
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