The Orchard Keeper
@keeper_orchard
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Pecan Farmer, Bibliophile, Mayberry Aficionado, fan of good music, scientist, occasional writer, author of Pecan: America’s Native Nut Tree https://t.co/w8Zvze1hgi
Georgia, USA
Joined December 2018
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
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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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The Alabama Pecan Growers Conference is my last pecan meeting of the year. And by far, they have the best meal! All you can eat BBQ and fried shrimp!
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Seems to me that our country should consider moving some of the unsustainable ag production in water-short areas of California to the grain belt of the mid-west, assist farmers in shifting to crops suitable to growing season there on awesome soils & relieve the grain drain.
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Latest ramblings of a rural curmudgeon A Man's Leisure Time
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Our ritual began simply. We hopped into Pop’s yellow LTD, he hit play on a Jerry Clower or a Chuck Wagon Gang cassette tape, and we were off. There was no need to load up our fishing rods, tackle b…
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Amazing stuff going on every day that the average person has no clue about nor cares. A shame.
With a 4-inch wing span, some green darner dragonflies can migrate more than 80 miles per day, with some traveling from Canada all the way to Mexico. Migration is more concentrated in the fall, sometimes resulting in swarms of dragonflies! 📷 Jim Hudgins/USFWS
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Story of the day
Chihuahua Joins Wolf Pack Caught on Camera In Ely, Minnesota, locals were used to a scrappy stray chihuahua roaming the streets. Despite his size, he carried himself like he owned the town—friendly, but fearless. Then one day, after more than a year of sightings, he suddenly
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Starting some new fiction tonight. This one was recommended a few months ago by @Empty_America He doesn’t recommend books often but when he does, pay attention.
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Gunner Stockton 23 of 31 304 yards Two touchdowns Zero interceptions One huge set of balls
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What a game! How Bout Them Dawgs!!!!!!
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This man has been absolutely killin’ it all week 👍
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Truth👇👇👇👇
Instead of pointing the finger at the other political side, we should turn our attention to the tech companies who make billions off our hate and rage. They literally engineer our emotions to fill their pockets and fulfill their anti-social aspirations of power and domination.
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Memoirs of a rural mailman? This sounds like a book I’d enjoy. Great review by @estice
Gifts Given, Gifts Received https://t.co/ijcH5DHVMS
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Dudes posting W’s
Found a place today that may never leave my memory. The thinnest of thin spaces. Actually (fr) electric in its mysticism. A waterfall and small creek. Superabundance of mushrooms. A weird shelter someone had made. Tiny Brook Trout with awesome par markings. Strong pull to go
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Normalize the town doctor driving his tractor through town on his way to the farm. If you need him you know where he’ll be. This was my hometown when I was a kid.
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Take a break from what the world is shoveling out and have a listen. It’ll do your soul some good. https://t.co/TlCyJexKXX
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Took this one down off the shelf for another read. The title story is my favorite of Berry’s short fiction. A beautiful story. Worse things you could do on a Thursday night.
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