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The Orchard Keeper

2 years

Twitter’s gonna be a real mess tonight As a respite, I offer this story of my encounter with Wendell Berry. Enjoy Riding With Wendell

Riding With Wendell

As I sat in the back seat of the Buick Century, I couldn’t help but notice the odor. I discretely checked my armpits, but the smell of stale sweat greeting my nose emanated from the car itself. It …

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6 months

It cannot be overemphasized how much people who actually use trucks for work need an affordable option like this

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Toyota’s $10,000 future pickup truck is basic transportation perfection.

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Seems that I’m constantly astounded by the natural world. Found this bright blue fungus growing on a stick in the pecan orchard. No idea what it is. Any mycologists out there?

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2 months

I know I’m in the minority these days but I still believe this to be true

Prof. Feynman

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"The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think." -- A. Einstein (1879 - 1955)

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1 year

This is what the entirety of south Georgia looks like right now

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5 months

The world is in worse shape than I thought. None of the 3 contestants on Jeopardy knew who Minnie Pearl was.

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2 years

If there’s no baseball season this year can TBS just play re-runs of @Braves games from the 80s every night with Skip, Pete, and Ernie calling them? It would really help morale around here

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The Orchard Keeper

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3 months

🧵 One of my great grandfathers grew up a cowboy and sheep herder near Casper, Wyoming. When he got bored out on the range with the cattle and sheep he would carve these figures.

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1 year

If you tire of seeing photos of green budding pecan orchards full of clover just go ahead and mute me for a few weeks because it’s spring in South Georgia

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9 months

Happy 89th birthday to one of America’s best living authors and thinkers #WendellBerry

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7 months

I don’t know if people who live in places with the mountains as their backdrop truly realize on a daily basis how freaking cool that is and how awesome they have it

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@ShawnHend76

7 months

Good evening Montana!

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9 months

Ran across this beauty of a house deep in rural South Georgia today. Sign dates it to 1847. Just imagine sitting on that upper porch reading a good book on a Sunday afternoon

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1 year

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1 year

A #WendellBerry poem for the Sabbath. It’s an old classic but it’s a classic for a reason and something is telling me somebody needs it today

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2 years

I’m all for using clean forms of energy but If we’re going to go solar why not put them on the roofs of big box stores instead of on productive farmland or clearing forested land for it which if you think about it, is kind of counter-productive Just look at that footprint

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23 days

Topsoil just blowing away. Absolute tragedy but so few seem to care

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@ChetEdinger Took these from the air today, somewhere over KS, around noon.

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8 months

I certainly don’t claim to be the best or most experienced fly-fisherman in the world but I can now say I am one of the relatively few to have successfully fished the waters of Yellowstone National Park during a hurricane 😂

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9 months

Traumatized the kids this afternoon

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2 years

Good morning from South Georgia

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5 months

@JasonIsbell When AI figures out a way to rid the world of feral hogs, then I’ll be impressed

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9 months

Book of the day

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4 months

Merry Christmas Everyone!

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2 years

South Georgia agriculture mural, Colquitt, GA Mesmerizes me every time

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6 months

Harvest time is great. You can finally see the end of the road & expect to be paid for all the time, sweat, blood, and expense you have in making the crop but there’s also a deep sense of satisfaction that goes beyond the monetary in working with the land to produce a crop.

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1 month

Always worth a read when the sage of Kentucky takes pen in hand: Wendell Berry: What New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman Gets Wrong About Rural America

Wendell Berry: What New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman Gets Wrong About Rural America

If Mr. Krugman was serious about having good ideas about rural America, he would get to know the people who live there.

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3 months

🧵 In case anyone is wondering, here’s a thread about what’s going on in the orchard this time of year

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2 years

Just discovered the smallest baby turtle I’ve ever seen

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7 months

I watched 6-8 bobwhite quail working their way through the grass in the orchard this afternoon and it absolutely made my day

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6 months

28 yrs of journals. Started writing these in 1995, a yr after my Mother passed. My entire adult life. Thoughts on joys, challenges, heartbreak of life, grad school, jobs, marriage, building house, planting 1st orchard, having kids, travel, etc. All here. For my kids & theirs.

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2 months

Got yet another Bulldog in the house! Proud of my youngest. She’s worked hard for it Go Dawgs!

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1 month

Absolutely stunning day in the orchard. And to top it off I flushed a covey of 15 wild quail out of the clover. These are the days to remember

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3 months

Discussing pecan research from horseback while hunting wild quail under longleaf pines. Tough job but somebody has to do it.

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9 months

If you know what Flannery means here by “terreckly” we can be friends

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6 months

2019 (L)-2023 (R)

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3 months

🧵 Found my great grandfather’s old saddle made by AJ Williamson Saddlery in Casper, Wyoming sometime between 1920-1935

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7 months

First wagon of the year coming along nicely

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2 years

As promised. Here’s how pecans are harvested

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6 months

Yep, it’s Friday. And may I say the Hardee’s on Hwy 82 in Tifton, GA out-did themselves with this one today

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5 months

Moonrise over the fields

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10 months

About to shell peas while watching the Braves. Feels like I’m 11 years old at my grandma’s house again

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2 years

Repairing an irrigation line this morning and found this lying beside it

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9 months

Sure it’s hot as hades and you go outside and feel like you’re breathing through a wet sock but in February I’ll be missing this deep green month of late summer when the world is raging with life

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The Orchard Keeper

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1 year

Gotta brag on my youngest for a moment. She was accepted into the Governor’s Honors Program for Ag Science and Biotech. Per GHP website: GHP is a residential summer program for skilled, knowledgeable, and talented HS sophs and juniors. Out of 3200 nominations only 20% make it.

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2 years

Mary Oliver, folks....

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11 months

I’m liking this vibe Europeans give off. Late in the afternoon/early in the evening everything stops, they all go somewhere, sit down with friends and family, have a drink, hang out on a park bench and just soak up life. We Americans need to learn to slow down and enjoy it more

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2 years

I enjoy hunting and own guns. My father made his living as a gunsmith. I’m not afraid of background checks or tighter gun laws. I love my children more than my guns

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8 months

Did manage to do a little fishing in the rain today over near Soda Butte in Yellowstone. Not the best day but about a dozen cutthroat between 2 of us

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5 months

@RpsAgainstTrump I knew this 8 years ago. Why is it taking other so long to come to this realization?

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1 year

I love this hand-painted bookmark made by my youngest daughter, the satsuma farmer. It features 2 of my favorite things-trees and birds. Wonderful gift

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2 years

Struck my blow against tyranny and election deniers

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2 months

Simply astounding to think about all that has come to pass in this tree’s lifetime

bob newell

@Retriever32

6 months

#methusula on the Black River NC confirmed by ⁦⁦ @UniversityOfArk ⁩ researchers to be 2925 years old # three sisters swamp #4tholdesttree

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9 months

This tomato is appropriately named Rapunzel

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5 months

My oldest will be graduating this year. May be my last batch of pancakes cooked for the local 4H pancake supper after 6 years manning the griddle. I pass my spatula on to the next volunteer.

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1 year

As nice as this is it would be even better if the guy in the bass boat 350 yards away wasn’t blaring his bro-country

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11 months

Just arrived in Grenoble, France. 23 hours since leaving home. And over the whole trip the worst part was getting into Atlanta and through the ATL airport. I swear on my Cherokee Purple tomatoes I don’t know how some of you folks can stand to live in Atlanta, GA

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3 years

@FoxNews Fox News desperately grasping for anything. Last time I checked the President and AF1 don’t fly under the same rules. It’s not like he’s flying in to hold a rally with thousands of maskless people

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2 months

Great day planting skips in the orchard where I’ve lost trees to attrition over the last couple years. My favorite orchard task. Full of hope & promise. Notice I planted next to the old stump. Pecan trees actually grow better next to the old stump-feeds new tree as it rots

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@keeper_orchard

4 months

I second this 👇

Waffle House

@WaffleHouse

4 months

if you think grits have no flavor, you’re not eating them right.

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1 month

Limestone Creek is out of its banks but the birds don’t seem to mind. Listen to the choir sing! 🔊

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7 months

Shaking Elliot pecans. Somewhat bittersweet. I love seeing the trees loaded all summer. Sometimes I think I like the anticipation of the harvest better than the harvest itself. But this is what it’s all about. Anticipation won’t pay the bills.

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2 months

Pecan orchards have a different look in New Mexico than they do in Georgia. Any guesses which one is New Mexico?

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6 months

Beautiful day harvesting ‘Desirable’ pecans. Say hello to Early Bird, a great American

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16 days

Can we fertilize pecan trees with 82% less Nitrogen than we always have? Just by utilizing only area irrigated by micro-sprinklers? 3 yrs of anecdotal results from my own orchard say yes. Starting replicated trial today at UGA Research orchard to say conclusively

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2 years

Mary Oliver with some hard truths

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1 year

If Twitter dies I’m going to make it a point to go bream fishing with @Atticus59914029 while we listen to Tom Petty and argue over the Dawgs and Gators! Sounds better than tweeting anyway

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11 months

Well, I’d rather be in the mountains somewhere but it was the wife’s year to choose so we’re at the beach for a few days. I splurged tonight and took the family out for a gourmet meal on our 1st night of vacation

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9 months

Cross section of Pawnee pecans just beginning to lay down a thin layer of gel inside the seed coat. The gel will fill this cavity, then turn to a doughy substance toward the end of the month and then morph into the hard kernel as it matures

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4 months

If you see this tweet, you have to mention one of your favorite paintings Shuffleton’s Barbershop by Norman Rockwell

Tom, Aspiring Simpleton

@bgcts

4 months

If you see this tweet you have to mention one of your favorite paintings. Eugène Burnand

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1 year

Just thought you all might like to know that my little South Georgia town here has a “gnat drop” to ring in the New Year Yes, instead of a giant glass ball or an apple or a peach, they drop a giant replica of a gnat as the clock strikes midnight. Happy New Year from South GA!

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8 months

Got skunked today on the fishing but it’s hard to complain with this view

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1 year

My daughters and I call this tree the sitting tree. When they were little we would sit on its curved trunk/brace roots to rest as we rambled through the woods. Now they’re nearly grown. Texted this photo to them and they immediately responded “The sitting tree!” Made me smile

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5 months

Morning walk along Limestone Creek

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2 months

Today’s buried treasure unearthed from a box of old books in the building my Dad had his business in. A 1938 USDA map depicting part of our family farm in my great grandmother’s name. I’ll be framing this beauty. Interesting how they labeled wooded land as “waste land”

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11 months

Saw this at a plant nursery today and had to laugh. I’m all for native plants but honestly, who in the deep southeastern US needs to actually pay money for a sweet gum tree? They are literally everywhere. Just clear out a spot and wait. They will grow for free

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8 months

I’m a muscadine addict. A few yrs ago I planted a new variety (Paulk) at the farm because I didn’t have room in garden. Varmints have eaten them every yr. This yr I only pruned 1/2 vines. Pruned 1/2 = stripped by critters. Unpruned = lots of fruit/ 1st gallon ever picked!

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11 months

Yep, prettiest I’ve ever seen the water down here

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5 months

The Mississippi sure paints with a wide brush, doesn’t it

Lafayette Lee

@Partisan_O

5 months

River basins of the Lower 48* *pink = Mississippi River catchment area

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2 years

Wendell Berry Sabbath Poems I may have posted this one before but in honor of peach season:

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5 months

Got em up & to the cleaning plant. Few occupations leave you at the mercy of the elements, where you race against the weather to get a job done. It’s stressful to say the least. But it’s good sometimes for life to feel a little more gritty. Keeps one grounded

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2 months

May God be with the families of those touched by the tragedies of the last 24 hrs in Athens.

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2 months

Another pecan farmer near Vienna, Ga gave me this. Folks, this may be the most addictive stuff I’ve ever had. 100% pure honey. They let it crystallize at cool temps. Becomes creamy, no mess. I ate a whole jar in 2 sittings, spooning it out. Website on label. You’re welcome!

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8 months

Campus closed due to power outage and no damage at my orchard so I spent the day helping my in-laws start cleaning up their orchard in Berrien Co., GA. I’m estimating 1/3 of the trees down in this 60 acres.

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4 months

Some people are morning people. Some are night owls. I’m a night owl. You won’t catch me up @ 5 am for anything but hunting, fishing or travel. But like many introverts I need alone time. That comes after everyone else has gone to bed. Are you a night owl or morning person?

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11 months

French countryside from train between Paris and Lyon

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2 months

According to these Elliot pecans spring has arrived in south Georgia

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The garden awaits the transplanting of Cherokee Purple and Rapunzel tomatoes. Currently have onions, eggplant, Zuchinni and Yellow squash in the ground. Peas re-seeding. Muscadine vines on each side. Blueberry bushes in back. Amazing how much food you can grow in a small space.

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2 months

God bless Aunt Bee

Warren Bingham

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Last week, I stopped by Oakwood Cemetery in Siler City to pay respects to Aunt Bee. Ms. Bavier left her estate to the Siler City Police, the Moore County Hospital, and PBS North Carolina. There are always pickles at her grave. If you know, you know

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8 months

What a day! Caught ‘em in all sizes. Yellowstone River upstream from Tower Falls

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2 months

The fallow fields of South Georgia have taken on the pinkish-purple glow of purple henbit

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6 months

Golden afternoon

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8 months

I was never a big Jimmy Buffett music fan but I do recognize talent & wisdom when I see it -even a version that’s not my cup of tea-& this man had both. My Dad was a huge fan & this album always makes me think of him. He wore it out. RIP Mr. Buffet. U lived a heck of a life

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1 year

More Georgia spring for you Wisteria in bloom

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7 months

Extremely moving moment to me at end of @KenBurns American Buffalo: Referring to the future, George Horse Capture Jr., of the Aaniiih tribe remarks, “what I want for my people, I want for your people” Such a lesson. This is wisdom. This is forgiveness. The only way forward

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3 months

Limestone Creek-still flowing. Just as I left it.

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7 months

Putting Pawnee pecans on the ground today. These are the days that it’s fun to grow pecans

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10 months

First figs are ready!

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6 months

Peace and quiet

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3 months

Short 🧵 Sad day at the farm. Had to have the old commissary store building torn down. >100 yrs old. Hurricane Michael did a #on it. Checked on shoring it up but would have been too expensive. Been putting this off for years but in the last year it started sagging and leaning.

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Pecan orchards

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