tall clover farm

  There are certain times in each year when a moment is marked, when a welcomed reminder of another time or season revisits you with an embrace of rediscovery and you eagerly welcome its return. This evening as I made quick work of tucking in the chickens for the evening, I quickly realized I was not dressed for the chill at sunset. Nearing the [...]

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Artpiece?  No, this is a receptable in Honolulu. _____________________________ There was a time when the only bottled water you’d ever see, required a flight to Europe and a dining experience. Tap water was just fine for American palettes. Well, a few multi-million dollar ad campaigns later, we can’t survive a workout or walk to the car without [...]

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  Their midnight snack…  My morning indigestion… We can all remember the first time the magic of Disney brought us Bambi and his ilk (or should I spell that ’elk?’). We never saw the dark side of our little antlered friends did we; the one where they sneak about the night bounding over any fence shorter [...]

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  Farm fresh eggs have amazingly bright yolks. I had some friends over for breakfast last Sunday, the perfect occasion to celebrate the best meal of the day. Don’t get me wrong; lunch and dinner are okay, but let’s face it, they share the same menu items. Breakfast is unique enough to hold on to [...]

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 My Avalon Pride peach tree takes root and sprouts some shoots one year after planting. I wanted to add some peach trees to my orchard and thanks to One Green World nursery and UPS, three peach leaf curl resistant varieties showed up on my doorstep in no time at all. I chose Avalon Pride Peach, Oregon [...]

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  Let me just say peach trees are worth the effort, and in the Pacific Northwest that’s some effort. Our rainy cool climate tricks the peach into blooming early–early enough that no bee worth his knees is going to be foraging for pollen or nectar. Even the heavy hitter pollinator of the hood, the orchard mason bee, [...]

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