A visit to the apple man, Beryl Novak

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Because we're starting a new homestead and planting lots of fruit trees, I was tickled to meet a self-taught fruit tree expert while shopping...

Today was cooler so I made an apple pie

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Watching our orchard apples ripening, I got so hungry for an apple pie that I decided to take a few minutes and make one....

Sometimes it’s time to quit

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Well, not quit, quit, but hang 'er up for awhile to regroup.  Let me explain.  Yesterday afternoon was a gorgeous fall day.  The...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

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We've been hoping for a respite from our darned catalog's mailing list problems and thought it was done; then today we found out somehow...

Weeds and bugs, oh my!

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It seems as if lately, the weeds are growing like trees in just a few days! Yesterday, while I was out dusting pyrethrin dust...