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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
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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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Time for a Niagara harvest
Although the majority of the orchyard is struggling to simply survive the drought this summer, the deep rooted grapevines have had no real difficulties. The Niagara vine along the front porch is loaded with grapes that are just becoming ripe … Continue reading
Trees for tomorrow
Yesterday ended with a neighbor stopping by and offering me a few trees for the meadow. He has steadily been reforesting some of his farmland over the years and plants several hundred seedlings each spring, and this year he felt … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, blackberry, cherry, coppice, firewood, grape, maple, meadow, Orchyard, red oak, syrup
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off and running
The impatience of the previous post has been replaced with hectic activity. The forecast is calling for a chance of snow showers later this week with lows in the 20’s, but the last few days with their mixture of warm … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Bramley’s Seedling, golden russet, grafting, grape, orchard, Orchyard, pruning, vineyard
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House Vines
One of the images which stays with me from my travels in Germany is the villages along the “German Wine Road” with their grapevines growing up the sides of houses and crossing roads and courtyards overhead. When I first saw … Continue reading
From grapes to apples
When it came time to order the grape vines for the vineyard I decided that since I already had a couple of apple trees I might as well plant a couple more. I decided I wanted the Elstar variety that … Continue reading
From fruit lover to hater – and back again
When I was growing up in the late 1970’s we lived a few miles away from a retail orchard, and from summer until winter a stop at the orchard concluded the weekly grocery run. Pears were my favorite fruit at … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, elstar, Germany, grape, orchard, pear, Red Delicious, Rheinland-Pfalz, wine
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