My Little Chickadee
Birds have always fascinated me. I keep a bird feeder or two (or three) and enjoy seeing who shows up for a meal. The showy cardinals, goldfinches, and blue jays …
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How to Farm With Children
Pregnancy—Keep working outside every day. When feeling nauseated in the Spring, slowly pick and munch on raw kale buds while working and hope it’s nutrition your body needs. When it …
Sharing with Sheldon
I will never forget the day that I came home from work to find my husband Kim puttering around with a new glass terrarium. A terrarium? Kim? What was going …
Apple Cider
When I first started planting apple trees, I had to be patient for a few years until the trees started to produce fruit. The espalier apple tree we trained along …
Baked Apple Chips
We try to keep things healthy at our house. We love chips and salsa, and there’s something so satisfying about crispy, salty potato chips, but we try to limit how …
Dealing with Apple Pests
Pests on your apple trees, left unchecked, can damage and destroy your crop and even your trees. Keeping a close watch on your trees during regular daily inspections will help …
Dealing with Apple Diseases
Like all food crops, apple trees are susceptible to various fungal diseases. Your best weapons against these are best planting practices, which help prevent disease in the first place. …
Winterizing your Apple Trees
Your apple trees will benefit from a little TLC to get through the winter. Final Harvest :Be sure you’ve picked the tree clean and removed any fallen apples from around …
Harvesting & Storing your Apples
Harvest time for your apple trees will depend on a number of factors: the cultivar, the crop load on the tree, and your location. In general, apple harvest season can …
