I’m writing this with a huge grin on my face — still glowing after returning from Maine Apple Camp 2022. One of my favorite gatherings of all within the apple and cider world. Check out the latest Instagram post for more details. The sound of rain outside the windows sounds Read more…
Hello all my wild apple folks! Been a minute on here. I’m taking some time to write a new post to articulate a couple of things, but most notably a piece of frustration that has been a constant itch for the past couple of years! There has been a Gnarly Read more…
BUT FIRST! Announcing…. 2nd Wild and Seedling Pomological Exhibition Listen up! The second pomological exhibition of exclusively wild and seedling apples will be taking place on Friday November 5th at the Ashfield Community Hall in Ashfield, Massachusetts from 10AM-7PM. This is an exciting opportunity to taste over 100 wild seedling Read more…
Hey all, it’s been a minute. Throughout the last several months since I’ve made a post on here, I’ve been continuing to realize just how big of an impact these past 8 months of relative isolation have had. We have had habits form, we’ve normalized something which is, entirely, not Read more…
Hello all you beautiful apple tree people I first must apologize that it has been so very long since I’ve made a formal blog post. It has been many months, and I am certain that I don’t need to tell you in great detail why things have been silent from Read more…
GREETINGS ONCE AGAIN Hello my dear friends! Happy new year and happy new decade. I hope all of you had great celebrations during the holiday season and have begun making new year’s resolutions that involve planting and caring for trees, and one another. First off, I want to say loudly Read more…
Greetings again my dear apple fam ! Turning another page on the calendar, we are now looking toward the Winter’s work; the exploits of dormant life, if you will. For me, and for many of those reading this, that means pruning fruit trees, planning for next year, and, come the Read more…
“Gnarly Pippins” is a loving nod to the untamed, indigenous apple of the temperate world. Limitlessly adaptable to its present surroundings, the genus Malus encompasses as much variation among its denizens as we the humans do. The image of the wild apple tree is not refined, not cultivated, but rather a raw notion of abundance and self-reliance. In this sense, Gnarly Pippins connects us to the wilderness of the untended landscape in how we relate with these special trees. Those who favor the natural apple, with all its blemishes and pride, over the ostensibly “civilized” apple of modern growing practices, bear the badge and attitude of Gnarly Pippins.