Category: Learning Curve
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Work. Sleep. Clean. Repeat.
I’ve been running through a seemingly endless cycle of working three 12-hour plus days in a row and cleaning/resting/sleeping the remainder of my week. It’s an hour commute each way to the hospital I’m currently at, and I tend to arrive to work a half hour before my shift, report can take anywhere between 15-45…
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By George!
Finally, finally, FINALLY the George IV peach tree has blossomed! Before I get too excited about it we woke up this morning to frost. I haven’t been in the orchard yet today as I’m waiting for it to warm up outside. We’ve had some crazy fluctuations in weather. Last week we enjoyed high 70-mid 80…
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Get in the Zone
I have a few rules for property buying. It has to be big enough to have fruit trees and a large garden. I don’t want neighbors so close that I could reach out a window and shake their hand, which is a big reason for my previous move in the first place. I want to…
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My Bread Baking Essentials
I have a Wegmans grocery store an hour away that has gorgeous loaves of bread for about $6 each, not including fuel for the car. Since that’s the summer option and there’s still snow on the ground, I’m baking bread today. I’ll continue to do so until it’s just too hot, then off to Wegmans…
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How Soil Problems Became Our Brand
I’m sure you’ve thought, “Why Big Muddy?” Picture it: Sicily, 1922. Just kidding! Spring of 2016 was rainy, as most springs are in this region. Since I moved into the Big Muddy the previous December, I had no idea that my yard was full of clay. So, what’s wrong with that? Clay soil holds onto…
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Meet the Orchard
We moved into our house in northwestern Pennsylvania in 2015. Our little midcentury modern ranch was built in 1961 on almost 3/4 of an acre of pristine lawn. I should interject here and tell you that I hate mowing and I bought what my city kid self would think of as half a golf course.…
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