Posts Tagged ‘Orchard’
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Four Seasons Singapore is now adopting go green concept. This luxurious hotel is combining a downtown location in the heart of Singapore’s famed Orchard shopping district with an eco-friendly, health-conscious approach that is usually only found in country resorts.
Tags: Conscious Approach, Country Resorts, Four Seasons Singapore, Health, Heart, Luxurious Hotel, Orchard, Shopping District
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
These are some of our favorite fall books we’ve reviewed . I will be editing this post as we add a few more. You can find round ups like this here on our Book Review Page “One Green Apple” by Even Bunting is a treat. The book is not about apples really at all, instead it’s about Farrah a little Muslim girl who has come to the United States from an unnamed country and her first day at school. The day is spent on a field trip to an orchard , where the children pick apples and
Tags: Apples, Bunting, Favorite Books, Field Trip, First Day At School, Green Apple, Muslim Girl, Orchard, United States, Ups
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
I promised a long time ago that I’d post a picture of the orchard we planted. Here it is, under a rainbow: It’s hard to see all of the trees, because they are still pretty small. Check back in a few years and it should be a more impressive sight! In all, we have 14 fruit trees in our orchard. We’re expecting a bit of trial and error with this process. We’re only going to let about half the trees fruit next year, leaving the other half to focus on growing strong roots. The followin
Tags: Fruit Trees, Impressive Sight, Long Time, Orchard, Rainbow, Roots, Trial And Error
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
There is nothing like a crisp apple. Now I can say with certainty that there is NOTHING like taking a bite out of an apple still attached to the tree, or picked five seconds before you eat it! We went apple picking a few days ago while driving around Maine and New Hampshire, something I had never done despite having lived in New England for four years while I was at college in the 1980’s. The apple picking season often starts around Labor Day, and we chanced upon an orchard which had just tha
Tags: Amp, Apple Picking Season, Crisp Apple, Few Days, Labor Day, Macintoshes, Maine, New England, New Hampshire, Orchard
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
You already have six loaves of zucchini bread in the freezer, you can’t think of any more stir-fry combinations, and your neighbors are ducking you… your zucchini and yellow squash plants are doing beautifully. How are you going to manage your excess harvest? Try nipping it in the bud – eat the flowers before they make too many fruits! Not Just a Pretty FaceFrom the orchard to the flower beds, the choices for edible flowers are extensive. Here some options with a description of the flowers’ tast
Tags: Bud, Choices, Combinations, Control, Edible Flowers, Flower Beds, Freezer, Fruits, Neighbors, Orchard, Squash Plants, Yellow Squash
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