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Zohbug- did you parathyroid levels come down with the higher doses? Have you heard anywhere why some people find it hard to keep the Vit D level up?

Really- if you don't like your apple tree, CHANGE IT! It is pretty easy to gather some scion wood from a friend's good variety and whack off the old tree and do an interstem graft. Voila- the right tree with a running start as it already has a good root system. No cost- just a little patience.

I can't believe that someone from Maine could help me with an apple problem. I have a small tree of Alaska- which I did not know was an Etter apple til I looked at that site. It was a gift from the man who gave me the plum and I did not get a history on it. It is my favorite apple for...

Do you sleep? I thought I was up late. :) A few years ago I'd heard that a lady had purchased Etter's farm with the intention of preserving his stock but I had not heard anything more. I'm glad to know that it's in production. The man who gave be the plum scion wood knew the Etter's. He's...

Hi there- wow- an orchard of heirlooms. I'm jealous. If I can ever get it started well again, I would love to know if you know it's true name. It's a plum with a sweet skin that is of an unknown variety. I don't know if it is commercial production somewhere. But it is the only plum I'd...

I don't consider "Merry Christmas" an insult- it simply means I enjoy a time where people behave with more attention to others and cheer than at other times and I wish you part of that too. It would not matter that you don't share my religious beliefs- I still use this time of the year to let...

Merry Christmas to all.

One of my favorites is my 4ft really dwarfed apple known as Alaska- I've grown some root stook this year to graft for a semi-dwarf. Since I haven't been able to locate Alaska on any list, I'm afraid that my elderly little tree will die and leave me with no apples of that variety. I have a...

Every time I read about another life disrupted by a lay off, I get so angry. I'm so sorry about this, especially about your animals.

I was so hoping to read he was back- please let her know we are all so concerned for her and her pet.

Funny thing at the doctor's this week. I had seen him a couple of weeks ago at which point he told me I was taking too much and that there was no reason to think that vitamin D levels could effect my joints. I told him that my levels were below normal at 2000 IU/day and it did effect my...

Don't worry- It was just a remark about the wonderful apples that are out there- Red Delicious was at one time a pretty good apple but was "refined" buy commercial breeders to be really red, have a pleasing shape and ship well so as to look good at the grocers. They seemed to have forgot the...

I guess that is why I raise my own meat mostly. I don't grain except for those does who need the extra energy in the last month of pregnancy or while nursing. However I do believe in chemical worming for the health of the animal and the safety of the consumer. Even if you have a lot of land to...

I can only hope that the CEO is trying to find a way out of this and really doesn't know what the bottom line will be. In our area the pulp mill was sold to a chinese company, who went bankrupt without paying bills due then a group of local people bought it, intending to process pulp as tissue...

noobie- very interestings article- thanks.

I would be right with you in the worry party. Maybe not hiding your lack of experience in certain ways would work well- it is usually possible to point out that your skills are transferable. Organizational skills apply everywhere. So do people skills. Also can anyone use personal contacts to...

Gee Farmfresh- I was going to post a semi-apology for being so cranky with my post. But your kindness has certainly turned away rath- I'm really sorry for raining on the parade. I have heard most of those things too. I wish that people could find some middle ground between spraying the heck...

Well- if that's a pie plate in the middle, those are some big potatoes. :) A harvest is a harvest- I have been skunked more than once- my favorite were the onions that produced foot high green growth and not one bulb. Next year seed potatoes?

OK- contrarian to some extent. I usually look at anything reporting handi-dandi factoids as usually incomplete and frequently wrong. So why the rush to believe all this with at least some citing of studies comfirming? I have been around University people for decades and find that the level of...

Dabbling is like learning to swim- you don't need to swim the English channel but you will be so glad you know how to swim when the creek rises.