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Inspiring Gardens ~ Vegetable, Flower, Potager and More!

April 12, 2021 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

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When I was in 3rd grade my teacher read The Secret Garden to our class. To say I was captivated would be an understatement. I could so clearly see that garden in my mind. From the first description of its neglected state to its revived glory later in the book, it was vivid in my…

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Filed Under: Gardening

Gift Guide For Gardeners

December 9, 2020 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

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Are you looking for a gift guide for gardeners? One of the positive things that has come from the pandemic is an increase of interest in gardening. In fact, early in the spring it was challenging to find seeds and other gardening supplies. Of course there are many lifetime gardeners but if you have a…

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Filed Under: Gardening, Gift Guide, Holidays

Victory Gardens: Is It Time For Them Again?

April 24, 2020 By Deanna Piercy 5 Comments

Victory Gardens

I love the idea of Victory Gardens. During WWI and WWII, people were encouraged to plant gardens to supplement their rations, reduce pressure on the public food supply, and to boost morale. What a lovely…and important…way for individual families to do their part to support a cause larger than themselves.  Is it possible to bring…

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Back to Basics on Apple Tree Farm

January 17, 2018 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

Back To Basics on Apple Tree Farm

“The business of procuring the necessities of life has been shifted from the wood lot, the garden, the kitchen and the family to the factory and the large-scale enterprise. In our case, we moved our center back to the land.” ~Helen Nearing   Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read more here. When I was…

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Filed Under: Country Living, Dee's Life, Gardening

LWD Book Club ~ June 2017

June 1, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

LWD Book Club June

I’m back! Did you miss me? We are still in recovery mode following our 10th annual Happyland Music Fest. I’ll share some photos soon – hopefully tomorrow. We had the most amazing time. Everyone seemed to agree it was the best HMF thus far. But now it’s time to get back to whatever passes for…

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Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Country Living, Gardening, Home & Garden

Here on Apple Tree Farm

July 9, 2012 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

I’ve got a busy, busy day ahead of me (Meals On Wheels, hair appointment, errands and a meeting of our city’s Multicultural Committee) so I’ll just share a few pictures this morning: My tomato plants are loaded and that makes me happy: I took this Sunday morning while walking Shiloh before church: And this one….

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Filed Under: Country Living, Gardening, Home & Garden, Pets Tagged With: cats, Fitzgerald, Life on Apple Tree Farm, Pirates, Shiloh, tomatoes

And then there were nine…

April 11, 2012 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

I had been planning to get Dharma spayed after we get back from New Orleans. However I noticed this past week or two that she looked a little, um, broad? I was hoping she was just fat but this morning she presented us with five kittens (plus one that didn’t make it). Along with Tillie’s…

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Filed Under: Country Living, Dee's Life, Gardening, Home & Garden, Pets Tagged With: Apple Tree Farm, cats, chickens, country living, dog, gardening, kittens, Life on Apple Tree Farm, Shiloh

Spring is busting out all over Apple Tree Farm

March 27, 2012 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Last week Gentilly (aka “Tilly”) had her babies. I’d been suggesting she just have three rather than the five or six our cats generally like to have. She did pretty good and just had four. Most of our cats have been mostly black. We’ve had the occasional striped kitty and a gray one (poor Gracie…

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Filed Under: Country Living, Dee's Life, Gardening, Home & Garden, Pets, Uncategorized Tagged With: Apple Tree Farm, cats, chickens, gardening, Life on Apple Tree Farm, pets, Shiloh, Spring, springtime

Morning Harvest

July 11, 2011 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

My plans for a big vegetable garden haven’t quite panned out due to extreme heat and no rain. However, I did plant some potatoes a couple of months ago and today I decided to see what might be lurking beneath the soil. I pulled out a few small potatoes from one of the buckets. I…

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