Rood Remarks: A weekly blog about home orcharding, urban homesteading, and matters of frugal living.

He who owns a rood of proper land in this country, and in the face of all the pomonal riches of the day, only raises crabs and chokepears, deserves to lose the respect of all sensible men. –Andrew Jackson Downing

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The Cultivation of Rachael Field

October 20, 2015by timhensley Leave a comment

My new book, The Cultivation of Rachael Field, is now available at Amazon.com. For more information check out http://www.littlefoxpress.com

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Pawpaw Puddin’

September 19, 2015by timhensley Leave a comment

If you have pawpaws ripening, give Aubrey’s pudding recipe a try. And cut the ginger to a pinch, rather than the quarter teaspoon.  Our Overlease and Mango trees have just finished […]

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'Mango' Pawpaw

New Book: The Cultivation of Rachael Field

February 16, 2015by timhensley Leave a comment
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Farm Diary, Memoir, New Books

Fall Planting 2014 Just Around the Corner / Good Crop of Trees

November 6, 2014by timhensley Leave a comment
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Your “Favorite” Apple and the Stark Red Delicious

September 12, 2014by timhensley Leave a comment
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Apple Tasting, Disease Resistance, Fall Apples, Red Delicious, Stark Brothers, Your Favorite Apple

Update on Top Working Failed Apple Tree

August 2, 2014by timhensley Leave a comment
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Cleft Graft, Espalier, Grafting

Pruning Apple Trees: The Question of Form

March 24, 2014by timhensley Leave a comment
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Espalier, Pruning Apple Trees

Gathering Apple Scions for Grafting

March 24, 2014by timhensley Leave a comment
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Collecting Scions, Grafting, Uncategorized

How to Propagate Grapes from Cuttings by Lon Rombough

February 19, 2014by timhensley Leave a comment

We are propagating several heirloom grapes this year: Deleware, Vincent, Campbell Early, Salem, Isabella, Agawam, Eaton, Green Mountain, Lindley, Barry, Brighton, Perkins, and Wilder.  In boning up on the process–we […]

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Heirloom Grapes, Propagating Grapes

Englishman and Youtube Sensation Steven Hayes

January 13, 2014by timhensley Leave a comment

Check out Steven’s essay, “The Story of Our Orchard” here.

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Commercial Orcharding, English Apples, Home Orcharding, Self-sufficiency, Steven Hayes, The Evolution of an Orchard

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