It is official. After many months of back and forth, we have finally settled on a name for the farm. It really found us while we were finding trees for the preservation orchard portion of the farm.
We found an old orchard with original trees more than 130 years old (which is a very very rare thing, the equivalent of you living to be 115 years old) - more information coming soon in video form. It led us on a mission to find the story on them. In our research we discovered an old plat map from 1897 which had the land that was planted with our trees. It was a waterfront community named Idlewild, and had a southern portion named Shadyside. The original owner had a 100 acre farm on the river and against all odds, 3 varieties of 8 trees remained, zero name ever given, and over 130 years later. Old, beaten, rotten, and clearly weathered, they provided us with nearly 13 perfect scions for grafting, in what will be the focal point of the farm, they will be 1. Potter’s Reliant 2. Mrs. Lee Potter and 3. Idlewild.
Which will be the official name of the farm and orchard. We will always be MIgardener and again, nothing is changing here. But the name of the farm will be Idlewild Farm and Orchard
MIgardener
It is official. After many months of back and forth, we have finally settled on a name for the farm. It really found us while we were finding trees for the preservation orchard portion of the farm.
We found an old orchard with original trees more than 130 years old (which is a very very rare thing, the equivalent of you living to be 115 years old) - more information coming soon in video form. It led us on a mission to find the story on them. In our research we discovered an old plat map from 1897 which had the land that was planted with our trees. It was a waterfront community named Idlewild, and had a southern portion named Shadyside. The original owner had a 100 acre farm on the river and against all odds, 3 varieties of 8 trees remained, zero name ever given, and over 130 years later. Old, beaten, rotten, and clearly weathered, they provided us with nearly 13 perfect scions for grafting, in what will be the focal point of the farm, they will be 1. Potter’s Reliant 2. Mrs. Lee Potter and 3. Idlewild.
Which will be the official name of the farm and orchard. We will always be MIgardener and again, nothing is changing here. But the name of the farm will be Idlewild Farm and Orchard
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