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Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard You're Never Too Old To Learn The month of May has been full of new and exciting experiences. The first day of work we attended tractor college, meaning my boss Bill taught two...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Farm Life and Every Thing After 7 months seemed like a lifetime when I told my boyfriend what I might be doing for the rest of 2019 in April of this year. I couldn't imagine what...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Hi, I'm Jojo! Hi! My name is Jojo, short for Joanne, and I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I recently graduated in April of 2019 from Fort Lewis College in...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Why Organic Farming Matters To Me I started my apprenticeship with Apple Acres in May of 2019 and I’m so grateful I took this opportunity to discover the world of farming and...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Life in Beautiful Places While fall brings the height of Apple season, it also brings the reminder that this apprenticeship will end soon and I have to plan for what comes...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Semesters, Seasons, and Other Passings of Time I thought the busiest time of this apprenticeship would have been the weeks before and during the Ossipee Valley Music Festival. Looking back at...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Music Festival Prep 101 I was drawn to this apprenticeship at Apple Acres specifically because it was marketed as a "farm and music apprenticeship." Through July a lot of...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Driving Tractors and Other Things I Never Thought I Would Do We’re now a month into this experiment, and I’m starting to feel more comfortable in my routines and role on the farm. But little did I know that...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Why I Am An Apprentice Hello, Apple Acres friends and fam! I'm Caitlin and I come here from Rochester NY, fresh off 3 years of working as a public radio reporter and host...... read more »
Posted: 5.12.2016 | Category: The Organic Orchard Yoga Is Everywhere Whenever I move to a new place, I seem to come back to yoga. Whether it's New York City, rural Alaska or Southern Maine, yoga is always there for me...... read more »