Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random on May 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You can tell it’s May in Iowa- the Morel Mushrooms are up and the apple trees are in bloom:
Here’s a picture of my better half picking one of the Morel’s under a Gala apple tree.
Just so you know….(in case you would be tempted to pick mushrooms next year in our orchard without [...]
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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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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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Posted in Iowa History, apple orchard, christianity, country living, dating, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, love, music festival, personal, random, relationships, sex on November 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A paper trail. I’m leaving a paper trail for my children. Chances are most of what I write won’t be read by them until I’m gone, which is fine. I came across a fun activity from Debi. Debi got the idea from Writer Chic Take the letters of the alphabet and associate each one [...]
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Posted in apple orchard, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, house concerts, life, life in the country, music festival, personal on September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The stage is now quiet, the cars are all gone, and our Music fest for 2007 is history. Here are just a couple of photo’s from the night:
Doug and Lisa Frey on stage
Scott and Michelle Dalziel w/ Denny McDermott on stage
It’s hard to put into words what you’ll experience @ our music fest. More [...]
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Do you need a break? How does a visit to a Bed and breakfast sound ? The Suncrisp crop is just coming ripe. You won’t find apples like this in your local grocery store. The Bed and breakfast suite has a queen size pillow top mattress and comforter I guarantee will give you a good [...]
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Walk into The Surf Ballroom ( Clear Lake Iowa) and you will be overwhelmed by the number of autographed photos of musical legends stretching back into the 1950’s. We were there in 2005 to see Derick St Holmes (Ted Nuget/ Stranglehold) on stage w/ my roofing buddy Al R. playing backup base guitar .
click here to hear what we heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dR8-3Nc0M&mode=related&search=
I told [...]
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“The most important ingredient in the welfare of an orchard is the sound of the orchardist’s footsteps.”
Wecome to our new blog! There is SO MUCH I want to share with you about our life in the country. I think tonight I’ll just stick to the topic of apples. Here are some interesting facts [...]
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House By The Side Of The Road
Our Bed and Breakfast opened August 2006 after years of planning, decorating, and remodeling. Our home is situated on 4 1/2 acres. We’re not doing this to get rich, we’re doing it because we love it , and it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die [...]
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“You can take the boy off the farm, but you can’t take the farm out of the boy”
This first post will have to be very short because today is our week to host the house church….and we are expecting guests in about an hour.
I grew up on a farm from about the [...]
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