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Butterflies About

Garden seems to be full of butterflies this year. Definitely going to add more flowers again this fall!!

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Apple Honey Butter

Got this recipe down and its a really good one. Loving being able to put it in the slow cooker all night and have it ready to can in the...

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Apple Crazy

Froze another 23 pounds of apples today, then make Apple Butter, and Apple Spice Infused Vodka. Still one more tree to pick and my...

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Wine Making Day

Busy morning in the wine room. Brought Rhubarb and Pear out of the fermenters and racked just about everything in the room. Tomorrow...

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My Little Helper

Uli thinks Apples are just another form of Ball, so you have to be quick if you drop one.

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Harvest Day #2

Noticed last night that the Bee's and Ants were starting to get to my fruit before me. So I was able to clear one pear and two apple...

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Out of No Where Pears

Tested all my trees on Friday when I was picking peaches and nothing else seemed ready. Then I am moving the Chickens out of the coop so...

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Going to be a Peachie Weekend!

Beautiful Friday evening to pick peaches. Actually only have one of my three trees that is producing this year, but they are much bigger...

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The First Tasting

Family tasting of our very first bottle tonight. 6 months from bottling it. Smelled great, was smooth and generally good flavor, but we...

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Peaches, Pears, Apples Ohhh My

Fruit looks so good this year I'm conflicted on when to start picking. Last year we did better picking and letting it ripen in the house...

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Ripening on the Tree

Getting closer to harvest each day. Fruit is really looking awesome this year!!

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Blueberry Hill

Blueberry bushes are coming along and the berries are amazing!! Just not enough for wine this year so we are enjoying straight from the...

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Magical Mulberry Wine

Well we are at least hoping this will be a magical batch! Last year barely got 4 pounds of Mulberries. This year a ton ended up on the...

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Black Raspberries Anyone

Getting some beautiful berries from our black raspberry patch, but I definitely need to figure this fruit out as it seems half were dried...

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Finally my own Cherries

So fun to see this little tree my daughter and I transplanted last year have its first cherries!! Definitely will be back to pick these...

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Breakfast 4th Celebration

Our morning walk today had me picking the first Blueberries, Cherries and Black Raspberries of the season. What a wonderfully patriotic...

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First Wine Batch of the Season

Wish I could say it was from my orchard...but it will probably be a few years before I have enough cherries for a real batch so we...

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All Around the Mulberry Tree...

No joking around with this years harvest. Shocked as I drove home tonight to see this tree covered in ripe fruit. There were so many we...

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Rhubarb of Giant Proportions

Harvest #2 off our small little Rhubarb patch, but WOW did it grow like crazy in just two weeks.

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Berries Abound

Wont be long now...and its looking like its going to be a big crop

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