Heirloom Apples
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Cider Tree Pruning at Poverty Lane Orchards
Sawyer Broadley, our talented, helpful and patient video guy, recently finished work on a new Poverty Lane pruning video. I like the contrast between the steamy raspberry picking weather and the wintry orchard scenes. Take a look at it if you’re feeling a bit hot today! -Corrie
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Idaho Ciders and the Right Fruit
From Idaho, writer Guy Hand makes the case for American ciders. His article appeared recently in Boise Weekly: After all, we’re not tasting beer or wine here. It’s bright, slightly sweet, but far from cloying, and as Oates says, makes a U-turn on the tongue toward a kind of fruity astringency. I don’t know much [...]
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Holiday Gifts: Land Protection, Cider Apples
Happy holiday news for the Upper Valley, from the Upper Valley Land Trust website: The Plainfield Cider Orchard has been protected through a conservation easement purchased from landowners Steve Wood and Peter Williamson in a bargain sale, with support from the New Hampshire Land & Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) [see New Hampshire Partners with [...]
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Cider and Apple News Roundup
Yup, it’s fall! So the cider news ticker is exploding. Some of our recent mentions for your perusal follow… From the lovely and talented Sarah Chappell on Palate Press, an overview of cider today in the US. This segment makes the cut due to David Flaherty’s spot-on description of Steve Wood, our very own grower [...]
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Xerces Society and Poverty Lane Orchards
The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Established in 1971, the Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. Recently, the Xerces Society mentioned Steve’s commitment to habitat preservation [...]
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In A Time Before Refrigeration…..
All Cider was Hard. So begins Jim Collins from Yankee Magazine, who wrote about Farnum Hill Ciders in the September/October article, First Light: A House Where Cider Rules. He visited Poverty Lane Orchards last year to interview Steve, and I remember being impressed with — or surprised by — the lead time Yankee requested. But [...]
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New York and New Jersey, here we come!
Another week at Poverty Lane Orchards and Farnum Hill Ciders is concluding in a flurry of work. I have just the smallest sense of what it means to move an army — as we’re deploying three people in three different locations Monday and Tuesday of next week. We’ll be working in New Jersey with Hunterdon, [...]
