Mr. and Mrs. Hale Mason have two trees literally loaded (about 250) with delicious ripe peaches. The tree has never before blossomed since the Masons have lived there. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Larson of Ankeny are parents of a baby girl Kathleen Ann, born ...
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I first tasted a fresh fig when I lived in Provence, tending goats and making goat's milk cheese. Our little valley, surrounded by deep forests, was full of silvery olive groves, lush vineyards and rolling golden wheat and barley fields. Every house ...
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It's the season of the harvest. How lucky we are to have so much beautiful food, fresh and ripe, to put on the table. Especially when it's grown at local farms. More important is: Do you know where your food is coming from? We watch with horror the ...
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Last year for one day, no one came to work in my peach orchard. A row of ladders stood empty. This was my day without immigrant labor.Without workers, I cannot farm. If I cannot farm, my organic heirloom peaches and raisins won't reach people's ...
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Fall time brings thoughts of apples. Sweet, juicy fruit, delicious sauce, tempting pies... YUM. Apples have been a favorite fruit since 6500 BC. The trees are actually members of the rose family. The word as we know it, comes from the Old English ...
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By all rights last fall, Doug Woerner, my downtown farmers' market lateseason quince source, should have been feeling the love. The October 2007 issue of Martha Stewart Living had an article on quince, with several simple recipes. But not even the ...
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Fall is officially here. No surprise to gardeners and farmers. It’s a relief, actually. Gardens have looked rather spent for a while (so have gardeners). Farmers’ fields are mostly empty and plowed; many have been replanted. Gardeners are ...
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