February 2017
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Week 8 ’17, Orchard Cider Year
February 22, OUTDOORS: Last week’s fluffy snow has collapsed but still covers the ground. Fitz is back to pruning! His back went out, but now it’s in! There’s a pruning video HERE for anyone who’d like to see him in action. Throughout #orchardcideryear ’16 he shows up in dozens of posts – not to mention […]
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Week 7 ’17, Orchard Cider Year
February 15, INDOORS: Jeff, Wanda, Ben & Ryan, prepared to bottle Semi-Dry: machines lined up, first sparged bottles inverted into the turntable, counterpressure filler rinsed out with cider, corks & wire hoods loaded in the corker, music turned up, and – ten little seconds sacrificed for a blog photo. Because faces don’t show once the […]
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Week 6 ’17, Orchard Cider Year
February 7, ’17 OUTDOORS: So here comes a reality-check on the nice neatnik look in the lower pic. Our first ack-it-broke-down-we-need-it-working-NOW responder is Jacques. Hence, when he observes that scattered cuttings beat up our machines much less than tidy ones, and the whole job will go more smoothly this Spring if we let the nice […]
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Week 5 ’17, Orchard Cider Year
February 2, OUTDOORS: Fallen cuttings behind Jacques, row after row, day after day. He looks small but the wood falls! These gray photos misrepresent today’s nice pearly light. Fitz is on hiatus, will be back in three weeks. (Fitz immediately centers up his cuttings for the chopper, leaving tidy lines. See Week 18, #orchardcideryear ’16. […]
