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Wandering the West – Part 4: Crater Lake
There is something odd about driving uphill to get to a lake. Even more so as you gain elevation over the surrounding land and there is less and less landscape above you. The whole concept of lakes being at the … Continue reading
Posted in General Travel
Tagged air mattress, beer, blue, caldera, camper, camper van conversion, campground, camping, car camping, cold, Crater Lake, deer, desert, food, glacier, hike, lake, Mt. Mazama, National Park, Oregon, photo, pumice, ravine, road trip, scenery, shower, snow, steak, switchback, travel, van, volcano, water, Yosemite
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2015 Orchard Season in Review
The 2015 orchard season started with a fairly good spring followed by an abnormally wet early summer, then had an extended dry spell as autumn progressed. Insect and disease pressure was moderate and reasonably controlled by occasional spraying. European Apple … Continue reading
Posted in Orchyard
Tagged apple, apple butter, Arkansas Sweet, Betsy Deaton, Bramley's Seedling, Cannon Pearmain, cherry, cider, Claygate Pearmain, cox's orange pippin, deer, Duchess of Oldenburg, Foxwhelp, Gala, Golden Delicious, golden russet, Kiefer, moonglow, Old Fashioned Limbertwig, orchard, Pitmaston Pineapple, Pomme Gris, Porters Perfection, pruning, quince, raccoon, Red Delicious, St. Edmund's Pippin, Vandevere, Winter Banana
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2014 mid-season orchyard report
For the first time in several years the orchyard entered July with plenty of water. The trees and vines are green, the grass is green, and the garden is green (perhaps slightly too green thanks to rampant weed growth!). Unfortunately … Continue reading
Posted in Orchyard
Tagged Anthracnose, apple, blackberry, Bramley's Seedling, broccoli, brown rot, Canon Pearmain, chigger, Claygate Pearmain, codling moth, deer, Duchess of Oldenburg, fireblight, Foxwhelp, frost, garden, Golden Delicious, golden russet, grape, Kiefer, Old Fashioned Limbertwig, orange quince, Orchyard, pear, Pomme Gris, Porters Perfection, quince, radish, Red Delicious, rose, sawfly, scab, squash, St. Edmund's Pippin, sugar maple, tomato, Vandevere, water, Winter Banana
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The Rurikia 2013 Season in Review
Preparation for the 2013 season began in late 2012. Having identified the likely culprit in the attacks on young apples to be the European Apple Sawfly, the orchard area was given a dose in October 2012 of approximately 5 million … Continue reading
Posted in garden, Orchyard
Tagged apple, apple butter, Arkansas Sweet, black walnut, bok choi, broccoli, Cannon Pearmain, carrot, cherry, cider, compost, Cucumber, deer, eggplant, elderberry, English walnut, European Apple Sawfly, garden, Golden Delicious, golden russet, grapes, hazelnut, lima bean, nematode, orchard, Orchyard, pear, pepper, Porters Perfection, quince, raccoon, radish, squash, tomato, turnip, vineyard
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The 2013 grape harvest at Rurikia
The results of the 2013 grape harvest at Rurikia, mainly Traminette and Cynthiana. The grapes clearly took a backseat to the apples this year and were very close to fogotten about as the apples came in, so the hornets, yellowjackets, … Continue reading
Posted in Orchyard, Random Food of the Day
Tagged Cynthiana, deer, food, grapes, hornet, Orchyard, photo, raccoon, traminette, yellow jacket
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Golden Russet – past the breaking point
Years ago the sump pump failed and the basement flooded at Rurikia; a portable pump with a temporary outlet into the driveway was used to pump it dry. Unfortunately the flow routed through the orchard directly to the Golden Russet … Continue reading
Posted in Orchyard
Tagged apple, deer, golden russet, orchard, Orchyard, tree, water
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Snowbird
I generally do not set food out for the native inhabitants of Rurika, but when I noticed deer tracks straight through the orchard I decided to set some corn out a little further down their path in hopes that if … Continue reading
Residents of Rurikia
A walnut tree, a path to a pond, and a motion activated camera. All that is necessary for setting up a photo studio for Rurikia’s other residents.
The Grapes of Rurikia
Of all the plants in the orchyard the grapes fared best this year. Their deep established roots kept enough moisture coming to avoid being shocked back into dormancy by the summer drought and the long hot days helped to speed … Continue reading
Posted in Orchyard
Tagged cynthiania, deer, drought, grapes, niagra, Orchyard, raccoon, skunk, traminette
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2012 Cherry Season at Rurikia
The mild spring this year led to an early cherry season. The tree was at peak bloom in late March, approximately 2-3 weeks earlier than normal. That schedule carried forward and by mid-May the cherries were beginning to turn red. … Continue reading
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