Tag Archives: Vitamin C

Winter Day Gift

Our little orange tree is loaded with golden oranges. Just what we need this time of year with cold, covid and snow.  Vitamin C on a tree.  Thank you little tree for doing your best to keep us well. Orange … Continue reading

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Kiwi Harvest

Between rain showers today we picked our crop of kiwi.  Two large bowls full, about 24 pounds.  Some we put in the cold room to keep longer, shared some with our daughters and have some in the pantry to ripen.  … Continue reading

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White Spruce

Spruce (White) Picea glauca Spruce needles produce a pungent odor when bruised and are deer proof. I guess that is why two trees have survived since 1996 when my friend dug up little seedlings from Saskatchewan and brought them to … Continue reading

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Japonica Blossom

Japonica Chaenomeles Japonicus (Ornamental Quince) Perennial Shrub. Native to Japan. Flowers: Orange to orange/red produced in profusion in early spring, Fruit: yellow fruit in autumn, small, apple-shaped, very hard and astringent.  Unpleasant to eat raw, though they do soften and … Continue reading

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