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Down On The Farm -
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>>30119631 Forgot the Subject line was full; re-used the dialog box.
Anyhoo, this post is Not Fiction.
Dixon's Apple Orchard is a farm west of Santa Fe, New Mexico. For over sixty years, their fall harvest was a weekend staycation for New Mexicans: drive out, fill a couple of bags, drive back. They had dozens of cultivars.
From their website:
"First came the severe Spring Freezes that destroyed 95% of our apple crop. Come June we were still waiting for rain, which hadn’t fallen on the orchard in nearly a year. The earth all around us has been so dry for so very long. Our worst fear was Fire.
Sadly, on June 27th at 2AM, the Los Conchas Wildfire swept through our orchard, destroying our home and many of our buildings, plus 300 of our apple trees. Most devastating of all, the beautiful forest of Cochiti Canyon where our orchard resides was destroyed. What once was majestic forest is now barren, ash-ridden rock and dust. Having no protection of forest has left us victim to floods. Currently we are fighting relentlessly to save our orchard." |