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Cultivating Resilience In An Apple Orchard

Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, christianity, church, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, perseverance, personal, random, spirituality on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

     I suspected something in the soil was killing our young apple trees.  Between 2002 and 2003 we planted 120 trees.  In 2004 they started dying…seemed to be in somewhat of a pattern, so I called the  County Extension service- they sent out a field rep to help identify the problem.  We took soil samples, [...]

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Iowa Winters

Posted in History, Iowa, Iowa History, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, perseverance, random, religion, spirituality on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
       Today we’re in the middle of another Winter storm.  At 6 AM this morning it was rain changing to ice- the thermometer said it was 20 degrees.  By 9 the rain was changing into large snow flakes. which we’re due to get between 4 to 10 more inches of along with the winds.   
      As [...]

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“Iowa Apples The Best”

Posted in History, Iowa, Iowa History, apple orchard, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, personal, random, religion, spirituality on February 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »

      I’m  working on a local history project.   Friday I was in the  library looking through old microfilm going back to 1869.  The following article caught my eye:
 Iowa Apples The Best 
       It caught my eye because my wife and I planted a small orchard (120 trees) in 2002-2003.  2006 was our first good crop [...]

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