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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Music Wall
We're always looking to add somethong new and fun at the orchard and I recently saw a music wall and decided we needed one.
I knew we had some old gates that Uncle Buddy had used in his barn back when he had sheep. He got rid of the sheep and he and his son, Shaun, are converting the old barn into a winery. So these gates were headed for the burn pile. I thought they were too good for that. so they've been hanging inside the lean waiting for the perfect use.
We got a couple of the gates down and tied them to some T posts out by the tractor tire playground. We figured this was the perfect place......not too close to the store...
Now for just the right color scheme. I asked Jared to find me some paint and he pulled out all the exterior colors he had hanging out in his basement. Perfect!!! Now we have brightly colored gates waiting for the music to be added. We've been scouring the farm looking for assorted items that will make great music. Stay tuned to see what we found.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Raspberries and Cider and Garage Sales
We had a really great weekend. Fall was in the air and everyone was in the mood for apples. We did our first weekend of pick your won raspberries. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. (If you had any problems, please let us know.) And we got many compliments on the wonderful, big berries. We hear they're not so great many places this year, probably due to the recent dry weather. We have a drip line irrigation system in ours so the water is not a problem. We're still learning and your feedback is valuable to us to help us make adjustments.
The first batch of cider will be made Wednesday night and be available here on Thursday morning just in time for the Garage Sale. Hope to see many of you then
Not much picking got done yesterday with the rain, so we're hoping for a good day at it today. The raspberries have had a day of rest and should be looking good for picking today and tomorrow
Frank brought home some really beautiful mums from the Badgerland Produce Co-op Auction yesterday, so I used them to decorate the place...and our decorations are always for sale. (Everything's for sale except the help and the critters. And, yes, those 2 really cite little girls are part of the help.) I want to get some corn stalks cut before the weekend and I picked the first of the gourds, so the place is starting to get that wonderful fall look.
Our first tour group of the year was here yesterday. The Family Resource Center from Portage is always our first. It started to rain lightly 10 minutes before we were scheduled to begin, but we managed to get out to the orchard between showers and checked out our sorting line and cooler and talked about emus inside. Then we got another break between showers so we went outside and saw the emus and cows and some of the older kids actually took a run through the sunflowers field to see the giant sunflowers.
The sunflower field is intended to be a play place for the kids, so be sure to check it out when you're here. We planted in rows this year, and when some washed out in the heavy rains, we just left the spaces. It's kind of like the corn fields so many of us played in as kids.
Well, I think it's time to go picking. The dew is really heavy today, so we'll be avoiding the MacIntosh, at least for a while. They tend to get all kinds of little finger bruises if you pick them wet.
The first batch of cider will be made Wednesday night and be available here on Thursday morning just in time for the Garage Sale. Hope to see many of you then
Not much picking got done yesterday with the rain, so we're hoping for a good day at it today. The raspberries have had a day of rest and should be looking good for picking today and tomorrow
Frank brought home some really beautiful mums from the Badgerland Produce Co-op Auction yesterday, so I used them to decorate the place...and our decorations are always for sale. (Everything's for sale except the help and the critters. And, yes, those 2 really cite little girls are part of the help.) I want to get some corn stalks cut before the weekend and I picked the first of the gourds, so the place is starting to get that wonderful fall look.
Our first tour group of the year was here yesterday. The Family Resource Center from Portage is always our first. It started to rain lightly 10 minutes before we were scheduled to begin, but we managed to get out to the orchard between showers and checked out our sorting line and cooler and talked about emus inside. Then we got another break between showers so we went outside and saw the emus and cows and some of the older kids actually took a run through the sunflowers field to see the giant sunflowers.
The sunflower field is intended to be a play place for the kids, so be sure to check it out when you're here. We planted in rows this year, and when some washed out in the heavy rains, we just left the spaces. It's kind of like the corn fields so many of us played in as kids.
Well, I think it's time to go picking. The dew is really heavy today, so we'll be avoiding the MacIntosh, at least for a while. They tend to get all kinds of little finger bruises if you pick them wet.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
A Beautiful Day for Dying
Hello Everyone! Well, Diane and I decided that we needed to spend one more day before apple season dying clothes. We did a TON of hoodies, a couple dresses, and some fun children's clothes today. It was SUPER fun as always. I love dying because I don't think about things too much and tend to get the most amazing results. It will take a few days for the wash out before we see exactly what we got but I'm sure they will be neat...if not, we can always dye them again!
I also was able to set up my jewelry/craft section a little more this morning. Things are really starting to come together.
Can't wait to see you all soon!
I also was able to set up my jewelry/craft section a little more this morning. Things are really starting to come together.
Can't wait to see you all soon!
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