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Wild and Wooly

This week has been a wild week.  We sold the farm and thought the closing was to be on Aug 18th.  My son and his family were going to drive us down to Florida, then my son could not help … Continue reading

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Getting There

As everyone knows things move slowly when you sit and watch grass grow, but it finally gets there.  The nice thing about this farm is the flowers help to mark the time passing.  The vegetables in the kitchen garden are … Continue reading

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Playing with the Big Boys

The grapes are all done now and Norman has cleansed up under the grapes.  I have always looked at the grapes from right in the grapes or from down hill and looked at other vineyards  from the road but yesterday … Continue reading

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What a Surprise!!

Slept well last night and we were both awake just before 5 so as usual we laid in bed and talked about what we needed to do today.  We agreed we needed to look at the grapes as it seemed … Continue reading

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More Blueberries!!

I started the day today by labeling and putting away the canned goods from yesterday.  I had 9 pints of salsa and 5 pints of mixed pickles.  We don’t have very much luck growing cucumbers so I have been looking … Continue reading

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Grape Disaster – So What’s New

The old saying is “every time God closes a door he opens a window”  Well it runs the other way too.  Every time he opens a window, he slams a door.  We have had perfect rain this year for most … Continue reading

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The pace is slowing down a bit so at least today we can pick what we want to do.  I picked the tomatoes and got only a half box, about 12 pounds so decided to wait until tomorrow’s picking to … Continue reading

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