For around forty years, the provincial government has been financially supporting this method of apple growing. Looks pretty modern and efficient, doesn’t it! It’s very seductive. Bankers and government officials love it. […]
Here’s an industrial apple plantation after harvest. The trees are in long rain rows to facilitate mechanized farming, using multi-ton tractors and spraying equipment (combined weight of about 5 tonnes). After harvest, […]
Elders do math best. A living calculus. The spiders of the fruiting world! For them, life is a spray of electrons. Why not plant one today? Also great for keeping away sorceresses, […]
Nice farm, huh. What are they growing? Trouble and debt.Approximately 66,000 apple tree roots planted last spring and grafted late last summer. Subsidized by the Ministry of Agriculture. The idea is to save money: […]
The image below shows an old síyaʔ (saskatoon berry) gathering ground in the Thompson River Gorge, across the river from an ancient village site. Notice the advantage of growing fruit this way: no […]
Yesterday I showed you an image of an apple crisis. Here it is again, from a different angle. People are so hungry to connect with a farmer over a supermarket that they […]
Apples for sale by the bag. Looks nice, huh! Look more closely. Here are some Ambrosias. See all that marking? These apples are worth zero. In a modern world of cosmetic fruit, […]
You can see why Adam just had to bite. Transparents, Second Picking (in my milk pail) The greatest contribution of Russia to world civilization. The name comes from the transparent skin, […]
Here are some apple blossoms, sweet as can be.Here are some after the weaver ants got at them. They eat out the core to get at the nectar. Bees are gentler about […]
At the beginning of April? Yes? No? Well, here they are again, as April opens into the light. April 4, 2014 … Harold has gone to photograph bluebirds! And just a few days back? […]
Okanagan Okanogan 