Orchards :

An Apple a Day...

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Well now that I totally did myself in with all of the desserts during the Christmas season, I'm going to dedicate a little bit of my blog of some healthy stuff. Everyone seems to make the new year's resolution to lose weight or get healthy. I admit,[...]

the apples of my eye

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Josh and I have an ongoing debate over the relative merits of growing up (and, consequently, raising our own kids) in an urban versus rural area. We both come by our respective positions quite naturally, as he was raised in a number of cities around[...]

Freezing Fresh Peaches

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Saturday I invited my friend Sherri to go along with me to Ham's Orchards to get some fresh peaches.  Yum- are they wonderful!  Ended up with peaches, blackberries, purple hull peas and some cucumbers that I'm going to teach her[...]

Chic Once More Tarragon Vinegar

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  Twenty years ago tarragon was THE chic flavor for gourmet vinegar.   And yet a couple of months ago when I was getting ready to make Green Goddess Dressing I could find neither fresh tarragon nor tarragon vinegar in[...]

Peter Picked a Peck of ? Peaches??

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Well, maybe not a PECK of peaches, but quite a lot. That man can pick ‘em. This past weekend, we stopped by Lyman Orchards to fill our peach coffers. The weather was HOT, but there’s nothing like standing in the[...]

Three of the best Orchard blossom events

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As well as  Apple Days every Autumn, blossom events are a very special and seasonal way to celebrate orchards, apples and the coming Summer. We?ve listed the top three blossom events on Real Cider for your friends and family to visit: 1)[...]

Save our orchards

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Last year the National Trust and  Natural England launched  a project aimed at halting the decline in traditional orchards . The organisations claimed that 60% of England’s orchards had disappeared since the 1950s and that some areas,[...]

The future of Scottish orchards

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UK apple orchards have been in decline since the 1980s, with Britain losing nearly two thirds of its commercial and private orchards in the last three decades. With the market dominated by cheap imported fruit, a narrower choice of varieties[...]

Save our orchards ? What you can do now!

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A report warns that since the 1950s, nearly two-thirds have disappeared – the victims of developers, industrial farming and changing land use. Dr David Bullock, head of nature conservation at the National Trust, said traditional orchards[...]

Fruitful Trees

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Last Friday I went to a Kew Wassail in aid of making the apricot tree fruitful for the year. It was very exciting because I also met a woman with a sheep, and another woman who has a spinning wheel - and knows how to use it - so I think it was a[...]