Posted in apple orchard, faith, farming, life, life in the country, random, spirituality, tagged buy fresh buy local, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farmer's market, farming, free range pigs, life, orchard, personal, random, self sufficient, spirituality, wisdom on November 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Tuesday my wife was putting laundry away and came across a pair of underwear- (I won’t tell you whose they were) filled with small seeds. “It’s a mouse“ I said- “Looks like you’ve found his stash.” The little bugger had been running back and forth from the kitchen counter to the laundry room carrying seeds. [...]
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Posted in Iowa, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality, tagged bed and breakfast, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, personal, random, self sufficient on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a picture of me all decked out in my new green lederhosen visiting Oma and Opa on the farm.
I remember riding in the wooden corn wagon, hanging on for dear life .
Here’s a clip off utube that will give you a little idea:
Aunt Annie came for a visit from Germany. She wanted a picture of Doggie (me) [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, enjoying life, faith, life, personal, random, relationships, tagged bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, personal, random, relationships, spirituality on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
” When my friend and his wife were sailing in the Mediterranean , they found themselves being circled by 3 pirate boats- the pirates didn’t know who they were messing with. He had served in Viet Nam so when he outfitted his yacht, he had installed enough firepower to defend against this very thing…..he didn’t have to [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, faith, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality, tagged bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, chickens, country living, faith, farm, farmer's market, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, orchard, personal, spirituality on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Photo of our rooster….. ”The Colonel“
It was l dark as I loaded the back of my truck with the 40 pound crates of apples this morning . I kept thinking to myself…”Why am I doing this again? ???
It can’t be for the money. If that was the case, I would be way ahead to work a half a day [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life in the country, orchard, personal, random, spirituality, tagged bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, chickens, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farmer's market, farming, gardening, hospitality, Iowa, life, orchard, personal, random, spirituality on September 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world”
George Washington
Today was a good day.
5:45 this morning, while it was still dark I was outside loading wooden crates of Ginger Gold and Royal Court apples to sell @ the farmers market.
I woke up the rooster. Normally he doesn’t start crowing until about [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, orchard, tagged bear river concerts, bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, music festival, orchard, personal, photography, random, relationships, spirituality on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Apple trivia: Did you know that an apple will ripen 10 times faster at room temperature than in a frigerator?
We have a bumper crop of apples this season. Last night my son and I picked two cortland trees, each yielding about 7 crates of apples :
Tonight I noticed the Suncrisp apples were [...]
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Posted in apple orchard, enjoying life, faith, farming, personal, spirituality, tagged farm, farming, bed and breakfast, Iowa, personal, life, random, country living, faith, spirituality, christianity, orchard, buy fresh buy local, photography on August 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Grace:
An unexpected and undeserved
act of kindness.
Picture of our 2009 Honeycrisp crop
Picture of our 2009 Gingergold crop.
We planted our first 40 apple trees in 2002. In 2003 we planted 60 more. Depending on the age and variety of the tree, typically it takes from 5 to 7 years for the trees to begin to [...]
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Posted in Iowa, country living, enjoying life, faith, tagged bed and breakfast, country living, farm, gardening, Iowa, life, personal, random, self sufficient, wisdom on March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The evening of 9/11/01 I stopped at my local gas station after work. I can still see the farmer filling his 100 gallon tank in the back of his 3/4 ton Chevy pickup truck. I can still feel the tension in the air at the cash register. “What in the heck is going on?? I asked. ” We live in Iowa, why [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality, tagged baking, bed and breakfast, holidays, life, personal on December 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I am on a mission-
To find the perfect cinnamon roll .
I have a picture in my mind what this roll looks like. (see photo above)
It will be at least six inches across, two inches high at the center, covered with white frosting, soft and tender inside.
I’m a general contractor- if you’re a regular reader [...]
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Posted in History, Iowa, Iowa History, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, personal, random on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here is a portion of a newspaper clipping I found as I was scrolling through microfilms of the local newspaper written in April 1869 about apples grown in Iowa:
The secretary of the Iowa state horticultural society presents samples of Iowa grown fruit, gathered early in September: traveled 1500 miles, three days upon the journey, [...]
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