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326: Orchards & People | Stories in Ciderville

Orchards can be as small as 2, 5 or 10 trees. Get tips on how to manage a small scale orchard at CiderDays 2.0 with John Bunker on November 5th at 9am. Get updates and ticket information by following Cider Chat and signing up for the eCiderNews. Orchards in Winter with Alan Suprenant Alan was … Read more

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273: The Mountain & Tub | Stories in Ciderville

Climb Every Mountain Wendy LeBlanc and Patrick Mann met in Washington State before moving to Germany to settle into the 1785 homestead owned by Patrick’s parents. One would think that living near the 14,000 foot (4267.2 meter) mountains of the Pacific Northwest made this cidermaking couple inured to big mountains. They on the other hand … Read more

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226: Northern Spy and the Underground Railroad

Stories in Ciderville on the Northern Spy Northern Spy is a short story that weaves the tale of the early grafting of the apple known as the Northern Spy, Quaker values, and the Underground Railroad. Read and written by Ryan Monkman, for the new Cider Chat segment titled “Stories in Ciderville”. For additional reading and … Read more

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222: Ask Ryan | Quarantine Quad Series | Part 2

Part 2 of the Quarantine Quad Series called “Ask Ryan” continues with Ryan Monkman of FieldBird Cider, Ontario Canada answering questions from Cider Chat listeners. Listen Part 1 of the Quarantine Quad Series Ryan addresses: Stacking Oak Barrels At FieldBird they call climbing up stacked barrels: Monkey climbing, where they uses e barrels as a ladder. Managing … Read more