All apple trees are grafted on a root. The tree is chosen for its apples and the root for its growth characteristics. These days, an apple called M9, for Malling 9, after […]
The Paradise Apple, Modern Farming and the Apple of the Celts
Wooden People in the Similkameen
After forty-five years, a change of flavour! It was the only sunny day forecast for a week, so today was the day. Up at dawn, and a two hour drive, to be […]
High Quality Apples in the Okanagan Valley?
Yesterday I showed you how the lack of art in farming, and the lack of memory, is rendering the land not only valueless but turning it into debt. Today, I’ll show you […]
Why British Columbia Needs To Extend Its Support for its Fruit Industry.
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 Best Apple Pie in the World: a Very Slow Recipe
Here’s how to bake the best apple pie ever. 1. Go for a drive on the far side of the lake towards Fintry. Be curious. Stop. First Growth Apple Orchard Gone to […]
The Non-Wage Economy and Creativity
I spoke about the non-wage economy yesterday, and how it operated by trading work for the opportunity to do more work, rather than cashing out on work produced. Such an economy draws […]
Grafting: Slow Brewing a Bottle of True Apple Cider
Sometimes, the long view is best. Thinking it would be great to knock back a cold bottle of apple cider five years from now, I’ve laid the foundation for it. If you’ve […]
