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Rollin’ On the (Colorado) River
The Grand River Diversion Dam—the irrigation icon of the Grand Valley on the Colorado River—turns 100 years old this June.… READ MORE
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Harvesting Spring in Palisade, Colorado
May days on East Orchard Mesa above Palisade are lush with post blossom greenery. Verdant grapes on the vines are… READ MORE
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Winter in Palisade’s Orchards
Palisade orchards might be six months from dripping with their famous ripe peaches, but that doesn’t mean it’s not busy… READ MORE
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The Christmas Stocking Gift
One of our family’s adopted holiday mores that developed into a favorite over the years is the Christmas stocking—it is… READ MORE
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A Cornucopia of Giving Thanks History
Thanksgiving Day is not just an isolated twenty-four hours of gratitude event, with related and unrelated hand-holding, pie-hole stuffing, and… READ MORE
and they said
“How do you not make a story out of harvesting 100,000 pounds of apples?”
~Jeff Schwartz, Delicious Orchards and Big Bs Faboulous Juices
A Bountiful Heritage
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The Western Slope of Colorado is home to an agricultural bounty. The founding pioneers began with sun-fed peach orchards, and now modern-day vintners are bottling award-winning wines. This history was distilled into the 2015 book, “Western Colorado Fruit & Wine: A Bountiful History.”
A Bountiful Heritage 