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It is Peach Season!
ByMary Crozier June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

Our peach crop this year is abundant and amazing. Typically by mid-May all the peaches are either picked or eaten by the birds. But this year, I am still picking peaches into June. The tree is still full of fruit and hopefully by this weekend, all the peaches will be gleaned, ripe or not. Peach…

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flowers | Gardening | Orchard | Spring

Spring is in the Air!
ByMary Crozier March 14, 2017July 27, 2017

With the coming of spring, I am calm again. Gustav Mahler This weekend, I made a cup of my favorite coffee and enjoyed a stroll around the property. You can definitely feel a difference in the air~~spring has sprung! Our pool has become a love pond for a female and two male ducks. Last…

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Orchard | Recipes

When Life Gives you Lemons
ByMary Crozier February 4, 2017January 23, 2023

The orchard is full of fruit and flower buds are starting to appear! We will need to glean the trees so the new buds have enough energy to produce a hearty crop next year. So the harvesting begins! So when life gives you lemons, bake! The lemon tree, well, is not really a tree or…

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