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Put Down the Bottled Water, and No One Gets Hurt

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Art piece?  Nah, this is just a water bottle waste receptacle in Honolulu. There was a time when the only bottled water you'd ever see, required a...

Flower Garden or Salad Bar for Deer?

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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...

Potato Sausage Casserole: Embracing My Inner American Breakfast

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Potato Sausage Casserole: Who wants breakfast? Farm fresh eggs have amazingly bright yolks. I had some friends over for breakfast last Sunday, the perfect occasion to...
bare-root tree

How to Plant a Bareroot Fruit Tree

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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...
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He’s a Smooth Pollinator — When Peach Trees Need a Helping Hand

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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...

Yoga or Plan B: Fish and Chips

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ummm, homemade fish and chips... Saturday was one of those days where each step I took seemed out a pace and out of place with...

Jam Up and Jelly Tight: Apple Jelly Is Out of Sight!

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Homemade apple jelly with chopped cranberries for one-two flavor punch. It's that time of year when I instinctively begin to ration my homemade preserves. It truly is...

Greenmantle Nursery: Vintage Apples off the Beaten Path

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In my neverending quest to cover every square inch of Tall Clover with anything that bears fruit, I stumbled across a remarkable site: Greenmantle Nursery...
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Tall Clover Farm: Warm Welcome on a Chilly Night

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The chill of the evening cannot dissuade me from writing my first blog entry, not even at my desk upstairs. The heat in my...