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Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
Jun 17, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
May 1, 20190 min read


The Apple Blossom
Each seed that grows in an apple or pear is the result of the separate pollination of five stigmas leading to two egg cells apiece. (See...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 24, 20191 min read


Raised Beds
Raised Bed gardening has been around since 300 B.C. The basic concept is to pile up your soil after it is tilled. Once the soil is piled...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 18, 20191 min read



Chad Armentrout
Apr 15, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
Apr 15, 20190 min read


The Wasp and the Apple
The Codling Moth is the apple orchard's number one enemy. The proverbial worm in the apple is due to this destructive orchard pest. The...

Chad Armentrout
Apr 15, 20191 min read



Chad Armentrout
Mar 30, 20190 min read



Chad Armentrout
Mar 30, 20190 min read


Welcome Home!
Placed 20 new packages of bees into their new homes!

Chad Armentrout
Mar 28, 20191 min read


Time To Prune Your Apple Tree
If you have not done so, by now, the time for pruning your apple tree has come, before the trees wake up from their winter slumber....

Chad Armentrout
Mar 20, 20191 min read


Drying Out!
Raking the straw off of the garlic. Usually the straw would stay on through harvest, but it has been such a wet winter, it must come off...

Chad Armentrout
Mar 11, 20191 min read


Ramial Wood Chips
Wild apple trees originally thrived on the forest edge. The best way to recreate the forest edge for an apple tree is to place wood...

Chad Armentrout
Mar 4, 20191 min read



Chad Armentrout
Feb 12, 20190 min read


Prayers And Sayings Of The Mad Farmer By Wendell Berry
When I rise up let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall let me fall without regret like a leaf.

Chad Armentrout
Feb 11, 20191 min read
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