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To: Diana in Wisconsin
That is a great Idea! Save that picture in the file for your future "A Wisconsin Gardener and Hunter's Cookbook"!

There was a Hollywood movie about dropping out making applesauce!

Diana Keaton making applesauce!

Somewhere in the past you read a book about a lady who actually did this to a farm with an Apple orchard. What was that book?

42 posted on 09/19/2022 7:10:44 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

That movie, ‘Baby Boom’ was on, ‘Free Government TV’ a few weeks back. Hard to believe they’d show a film about dropping out, self-sufficiency and being your own boss, LOL!

My favorite apple-related book is, ‘The Orchard: A Memoir’ by Adele Crockett Robinson

“The Orchard is an exquisitely beautiful and poignant memoir of a young woman’s single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression. Recently discovered by the author’s daughter, it tells the story of Adele “Kitty” Robertson, young and energetic, but unprepared by her Radcliffe education for the rigors of apple farming in those bitter times. Alone at the end of a country road, with only a Great Dane for company, plagued by debts, broken machinery, and killing frosts, Kitty revives the old orchard after years of neglect. Every day is a struggle, but every day she is also rewarded by the beauty of the world and the unexpected kindness of neighbors and hired workers.”

https://www.amazon.com/Orchard-Memoir-Adele-Crockett-Robertson/dp/0553378597


43 posted on 09/19/2022 7:23:14 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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