tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68266667499824483242024-02-19T06:14:08.449-05:00Kaleidoscope FarmsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-21098838013558816992018-11-13T22:09:00.002-05:002018-11-13T22:09:33.372-05:002018 Christmas Tree Season details<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;">2018 </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Season Hours will be as follows:</span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;">Sun Nov. 18 2-5:00 pm<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Friday November 23 10-6:00pm</span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Thursdays and Fridays 4-6:00pm </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Saturdays 10-6:00pm </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Sundays 2-6:00pm </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">The last day tree farm will be open is Sunday Dec. 16 when hours will be 2-4:00pm. Call or send a FB message for availability after the 16<sup class="">th</sup>.</span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">From Findlay: </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Route 12 W to St Rt 235 S to County Road 37 and go left (East) Take the fork to the left (County Road 54) and the farm will be in .25 miles </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">From I75: </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Mt Cory exit 235 N through Mt Cory to County Road 37 go right (East) take the fork to the left and farm is .25 miles </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">N-40.95612 W-083.81799 </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">14841 CR 54 </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Mt. Cory, Ohio 45881 </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Our trees are priced individually based on tree type and size. Trees range from $35-$110. Field grown trees are up to 8.5 feet tall and pre-cut trees are up to 11-12 feet tall. We also offer horse drawn wagon rides, nativity, scavenger hunt, hot cider and peanuts. These are all part of the Kaleidoscope experience and we welcome you and your family to come spend some time visiting the farm and our gift shop. Listed below are the varieties of trees we have on the farm. </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Fir: Canaan, Concolor, Fraser</span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Spruce: Blue, Norway </span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">Pine: White, Scotch</span><span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15pt;">We have a Pre-Cut tent and over 20 acres of trees that you can choose and cut your own tree. All of our trees will be shaken baled and tied on your vehicle. We also offer tree delivery. Want a real tree but not a full size? We have Fraser fir table topper trees that come with a stand and cost $35. If you have questions feel free to call 419-722-1154 or send us an FB message.</span></div>
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Join us at Kaleidoscope Farms as we bring back our Fall Festival and Tree Tagging event on October 28th, 2 to 5 pm. Bring the whole family to tag your family's Christmas tree, pick out pumpkins and gourds for your Halloween decorations, shoot pumpkins out of our pumpkin launcher, enjoy the bounce house, visit our concession stand, and take your fall family pictures. We hope to see you there.</div>
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An additional pre-tagging event day will take place on Veteran's Day, November 11 from 2-5pm following our 2018 Operation Evergreen tree selection program. We open for the season the weekend before Thanksgiving.</div>
Matt Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915530901689631038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-13767707563631435012018-07-24T11:59:00.002-04:002018-07-24T11:59:39.150-04:00Kaleidoscope Farms Christmas tree named 2018 Grand Champion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kaleidoscope
Farms is once again bringing home the Grand Champion banner from the Ohio State
Fair. This year’s single entry from the farm was a stunning blue-green Caanan
fir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“My grandson
Parker and I went out the other day and we picked out three or four trees that
we thought could work and then narrowed it down to just one to enter in the
State Fair,” said Dave Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms. “We trimmed it up a
little, but not really too much. The competition at the State Fair this year
was the toughest it has been in a really long time but the judges finally
decided on ours. I guess we picked the right one.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Known for its
needle retention, fragrance, shape, and color, the Canaan fir is the most
popular tree sold at the farm and throughout the state of Ohio. The 2018 Grand
Champion Christmas Tree from Kaleidoscope Farms is on display throughout the
Ohio State Fair in the Ag and Hort Building at the Ohio Christmas Tree
Association booth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Ohio
Christmas Tree Association learns about what the general public is looking for
in terms of tree preference by looking at which trees get the most votes from
fairgoers for the People’s Choice Award. Votes are tabulated daily throughout
the fair and the tree with the most votes during the event is named the
People’s Choice Winner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kaleidoscope
Farms also had the Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Christmas Tree in 2014 with a
black hills spruce and 2004 with a white pine entry. The farm had the Reserve
Champion in 2016 with a black hills spruce and in 2012 with a Canaan fir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The 12-day Ohio
State Fair starts July 25 and runs through Aug. 4. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Matt Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915530901689631038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-48681226136132096592017-10-01T21:48:00.001-04:002017-11-14T10:20:09.520-05:00Hours and directions for the 2017 season<br />
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2017 <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Season Hours will be as follows: </span><br />
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Sun Nov. 19 2-5:00 pm<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Friday November 24 10-6:00pm</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Monday-Friday 4-6:00pm </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Saturdays 10-6:00pm </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Sundays 2-6:00pm </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The last day tree farm will be open is Sunday Dec. 17 when hours will be 2-4:00pm</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Directions</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">From Findlay: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Route 12 W to St Rt 235 S to County Road 37 and go left (East) Take the fork to the left (County Road 54) and the farm will be in .25 miles </span><br />
<br style="color: #111111; font-family: georgia, utopia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">From I75: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Mt Cory exit 235 N through Mt Cory to County Road 37 go right (East) take the fork to the left and farm is .25 miles </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">GPS Coordinates: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">N-40.95612 W-083.81799 </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Address: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">14841 CR 54 </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Mt. Cory, Ohio 45881 </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Our trees are priced individually based on tree type and size. Trees range from $35-$110. Field grown trees are up to 8.5 feet tall and pre-cut trees are up to 11-12 feet tall. We also offer horse drawn wagon rides, nativity, Santa’s reindeer , scavenger hunt, hot cider and peanuts. These are all part of the Kaleidoscope experience and we welcome you and your family to come spend some time visiting the farm and our gift shop. Listed below are the varieties of trees we have on the farm. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">4 varieties of Fir: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Canaan, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Concolor, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Fraser</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">3 varieties of Spruce: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Black Hills, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Blue, Norway </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">3 varieties of Pine: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">White,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Scotch</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">We have a Pre-Cut tent and over 20 acres of trees that you can choose and cut your own tree. All of our trees will be shaken baled and tied on your vehicle. We also offer tree delivery. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Want a real tree but not a full size? We have Fraser fir table topper trees that come with a stand and cost $35. Perfect for work, kid’s rooms or for smaller spaces. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">If you have questions feel free to call 419-722-1154.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Friday November 25 10-6:00pm</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Monday-Friday 4-6:00pm </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Saturdays 10-6:00pm </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Sundays 2-6:00pm </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The last day tree farm will be open is Sunday Dec. 18 when hours will be 2-4:00pm</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">From Findlay: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Route 12 W to St Rt 235 S to County Road 37 and go left (East) Take the fork to the left (County Road 54) and the farm will be in .25 miles </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">From I75: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Mt Cory exit 235 N through Mt Cory to County Road 37 go right (East) take the fork to the left and farm is .25 miles </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">N-40.95612 W-083.81799 </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">14841 CR 54 </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Rawson, Ohio 45881 </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Our trees are priced individually based on tree type and size. Trees range from $35-$120. Field grown trees are up to 9 feet tall and pre-cut trees are up to 11 feet tall. We also offer horse drawn wagon rides, nativity, Santa’s reindeer , scavenger hunt, hot cider and peanuts. These are all part of the Kaleidoscope experience and we welcome you and your family to come spend some time visiting the farm and our gift shop. Listed below are the varieties of trees we have on the farm. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">4 varieties of Fir: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Canaan, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Concolor, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Fraser</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">3 varieties of Spruce: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Black Hills, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Blue, Norway </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">3 varieties of Pine: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">White, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Austrian, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Scotch</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">We have a Pre-Cut tent and over 20 acres of trees that you can choose and cut your own tree. All of our trees will be shaken baled and tied on your vehicle. We also offer tree delivery. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Want a real tree but not a full size? We have Fraser fir table topper trees that come with a stand and cost $30. Perfect for work, kid’s rooms or for smaller spaces. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: georgia, utopia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">If you have questions feel free to call 419-722-1154.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: georgia, utopia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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come out and tag trees early. On Nov. 6 you can tag trees following our ceremony honoring veterans who select trees for the Operation Evergreen Program. The Operation Evergreen Program will begin <br />
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at 2 p.m. and the tagging will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">And for those who want to get a jump on the holiday season we will be</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> open the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Nov. 20 to come out and tag or cut your tree. No pre-cut trees will be available but the fields will be open. The hours on Nov. 20 will be 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Then we will have our typical holiday schedule from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Nov. 25. After that, Saturday hours will be 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Sunday hours will be 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. and weekdays will be 4 p.m. until 6 p.m.</span><br />
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A beautiful, deep green black hills spruce from Kaleidoscope
Farms in Hancock County was selected as the 2016 Reserve Grand Champion
Christmas Tree at the Ohio State Fair. Then it was voted the People’s Choice
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The Ohio Christmas Tree Association learns about what the
general public is looking for in terms of tree preference by looking at which
trees get the most votes from fairgoers for the People’s Choice Award. Votes
are tabulated daily throughout the fair and the tree with the most votes during
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“It’s great that we got so many votes from visitors at the
Ohio State Fair who liked our tree the best,” said Dave Reese, owner of
Kaleidoscope Farms. “The judges liked our tree, but in some ways it is even
more fun knowing that it was the People’s Choice too.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The tree from Kaleidoscope Farms was on display throughout
the Ohio State Fair in the Ag and Hort Building at the Ohio Christmas Tree
Association booth. Kaleidoscope Farms also had the Ohio State Fair Grand
Champion Christmas Tree in 2014 with a black hills spruce and 2004 with a white
pine entry. The farm had the Reserve Champion in 2012 with a Canaan fir. <o:p></o:p></div>
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COLUMBUS, OH — A beautiful, deep green black hills spruce
from Kaleidoscope Farms in Hancock County was selected as the 2016 Reserve
Grand Champion Christmas Tree at the Ohio State Fair.<br />
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“We really enjoy taking a tree to the State Fair because it
is a fun way to showcase the hard work that goes into growing high quality
Christmas trees,” said Dave Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms. “We entered one
tree this year and were fortunate that it was selected. It is a real honor.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Reserve Champion Christmas Tree from Kaleidoscope Farms is
on display throughout the Ohio State Fair in the Ag and Hort Building at the
Ohio Christmas Tree Association display. Kaleidoscope Farms also had the Ohio
State Fair Grand Champion Christmas Tree in 2014 with a black hills spruce and
2004 with a white pine entry. The farm had the Reserve Champion in 2012 with a
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The 2016 Ohio State Fair runs from July 27 to Aug. 7. For
more about Kaleidoscope Farms, visit kaleidoscopefarms.com or call Reese at
419-722-1154.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Matt Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915530901689631038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-79641271957034223642015-12-22T13:55:00.001-05:002015-12-22T13:55:59.321-05:00Thanks for a great season!We are so blessed to have wonderful customers like you. Thank you all for another great season and allowing our family to be a part of your family's Christmas tradition. Here are some aerial tours of the farm to recap some of the fun of the season. Thanks to one of our customers for sharing his videos with us.<br />
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<br />Matt Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915530901689631038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-38976524578570469732015-11-14T08:53:00.004-05:002015-11-14T08:57:02.185-05:00Kaleidoscope Farms opening early this year<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">It seems that
every year people want to get in the holiday spirit sooner and make their
annual trip to Kaleidoscope Farms earlier in the season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“It used to be
that our busiest days were on that first weekend in December but that has
really shifted to the weekend after Thanksgiving in recent years,” said Dave
Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms. “To accommodate those who are wishing to
get their tree earlier we are trying something different this year by opening
for business the weekend before Thanksgiving.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "times new roman";">For
the first time ever Kaleidoscope will be open the Saturday and Sunday prior to
Thanksgiving, Nov. 21 (10 a.m. until 5 p.m) and Nov. 22 (2 p.m. until 5 p.m.).
Then, after Thanksgiving, the farm will be open for the normal hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "times new roman";">Nov.
27: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "times new roman";">Nov.
28: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "times new roman";">Nov.
29: 2 p.m.-6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "times new roman";">Following
that weekend the farm will be open from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, 10 a.m. -
6 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. on S<o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCpUx2D6WCGPmyfAGx59YERxl1hVi70GfnTEGOPAx4nwDF6J-HO6uppHuMOURcjGvtsdY658B4eInTCdD7gRWeINrTk36nxr07NGgFiH0e-tHOLi8OJJ5IBaceoPOr8dUquxwUbwxpdhu/s1600/tree+sled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e0e0e;">undays until the last day for the
season, Dec. 19. </span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "times new roman";">Getting
Christmas trees earlier in the season increases the importance of proper tree
care. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">It is very important
to keep them well watered. They will take up more water than many people think.<span style="color: #0e0e0e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Here are some
additional tree care tips from the National Christmas Tree Association.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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traditional reservoir type stand is the most effective way of maintaining their
freshness and minimizing needle loss problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thick disk of wood from the base of the trunk before putting the tree in the
stand. Make the cut perpendicular to the stem axis. Don't cut the trunk at an
angle, or into a v-shape, which makes it far more difficult to hold the tree in
the stand and also reduces the amount of water available to the tree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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soon as possible. Most species can go 6 to 8 hours after cutting the trunk and
still take up water. Don't bruise the cut surface or get it dirty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55tIo4gu7RDjtdNnXrwjX_UVG11E7a8s_IKdR-G6B7py7jPm8MSY9sfkCuQqNhKaBZ2c3_bcKdda1tnudI-FGRxTOvzrKaDJWI_hdJfGPr2k7pi04ByqieDpeu6W0DRMQROTZE5vyZLAy/s1600/Operation+evergreen+2+2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55tIo4gu7RDjtdNnXrwjX_UVG11E7a8s_IKdR-G6B7py7jPm8MSY9sfkCuQqNhKaBZ2c3_bcKdda1tnudI-FGRxTOvzrKaDJWI_hdJfGPr2k7pi04ByqieDpeu6W0DRMQROTZE5vyZLAy/s320/Operation+evergreen+2+2015.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In the days leading up to Veteran’s Day each year, veterans
are invited select Christmas trees from the tree farm to cut for the
Operation Evergreen program. Elementary students, high school students and
community groups also participate by making ornaments.This year groups from Bluffton, Cory-Rawson, Hardin Northern, and Tiffin participated. The Lima Beane Chorus also stopped by to perform a some religious and patriotic songs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The trees and ornaments
then go from the farms to the Ohio Department of Agriculture where they are
inspected and shipped to U.S. troops stationed overseas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This year’s Operation Evergreen tree inspection and loading
event is at the Ohio Department of Agriculture on Nov. 13. Operation
Evergreen is possible thanks to $16,000 in donations to cover the shipping cost
of the program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more on Operation Evergreen, contact Amy Galehouse at
Galehouse Tree Farms at 330-658-2480 or </span><a href="mailto:galehousetreefarms@bright.net"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">galehousetreefarms@bright.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
or the OCTA office at 740-828-3331 or </span><a href="mailto:val@ohiochristmastree.com"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">val@ohiochristmastree.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Matt Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915530901689631038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-22752837518724532482015-10-01T11:41:00.001-04:002015-11-13T22:56:03.620-05:00Tree tagging opportunities just around the corner for 2015<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Interested in tagging a tree early this year? If so, there are a few important dates to note. We will be available for tagging trees Sunday Oct. 25 from 2 to 5 p.m., and Sunday Nov. 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. (following a Veteran's Day event starting at 2 for the Operation Evergreen Program). See you there!</span><br />
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In addition, for the first time ever we will be opening up a week early this year. We will be open the Saturday and Sunday prior to Thanksgiving, Nov. 21 (10 a.m. until 5 p.m) and Nov. 22 (2 p.m. until 5 p.m.). Then, after Thanksgiving, will be open for our normal hours.</div>
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Nov. 27: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.</div>
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Nov. 28: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.</div>
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Nov. 29: 2 p.m.-6 p.m.</div>
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Following that weekend we will be open from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. on Sundays until our last day for the season, Dec. 19. </div>
Matt Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915530901689631038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-15900847270001404442014-11-11T13:37:00.000-05:002014-11-11T13:37:02.717-05:00Celebrate 2014 Christmas with Kaleidoscope Farms
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year, Kaleidoscope Farms will be open on Friday, Nov. 28 from 10:00 a.m. to
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us on Facebook for regular updates throughout the Christmas season and all year
long. Pre-season tree tagging is available by calling Dave at 419-722-1154.
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A
beautiful, deep green black hills spruce from Kaleidoscope Farms in Hancock
County was selected as this year’s Grand Champion Christmas Tree at the Ohio
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“We
really enjoy taking a tree to the State Fair because it is a fun way to showcase
the hard work that goes into growing high quality Christmas trees,” said Dave
Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms. “We entered one tree this year and were
fortunate that it was selected for the top prize. It is a real honor.”<u9:p></u9:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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tree was also the champion spruce in the competition of trees submitted from
around the state. The Grand Champion Christmas Tree from Kaleidoscope Farms was
on display throughout the Ohio State Fair in the Ag and Hort Building at the
Ohio Christmas Tree Association display. <u9:p></u9:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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If you have
an interest in herbs and a good tale of mystery, give us a call about “The
herbal mysteries of Purselaine Speedwell” event for small groups. The event
will feature herb-inspired refreshments, an informational herb presentation, a
farm tour and answers about the mysterious (and dangerous) heroine of the
story, Purselaine Speedwell. Call Jan at 419-722-0379 for a customized small
group event at the farm.<o:p></o:p><br />
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People were
naturally drawn to Purselaine Speedwell, who usually went by Lanie. She had
grown up in a small, but quaint and well-made cottage that backed up to a
thickly wooded swamp. Her father had been a successful farmer who had amassed
substantial wealth. Her mother was a great beauty from a family line with a
dark past of witchcraft. But, the happy couple had become a respected staple of
the community before they were both tragically killed in a terrible carriage
accident when Lanie was 14.<o:p></o:p></div>
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From then
on, Lanie, an only child, was the master of the house. From all outward
appearances, Lanie was a strong, successful young woman in an age when that was
a rarity. Her striking beauty, well-kept home and remarkable gardens gave the
impression that all was well with Lanie, but she harbored a crippling hurt from
the untimely death of her happy family and the suddenness at which she was
thrust into the harshness of the cruel world on a farm in the late 1800s.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the age
of 16, Lanie’s beauty had fully blossomed and was unparalleled by any woman in
the small rural community. Her body was lithe and strong from caring for the
stock and her ambitious gardening of the rich soil on the sprawling farmland
she had inherited. She spent her days doing most of the chores of hard working
men and women on the farm in those days.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The most
noteworthy thing about Lanie, even more than her incredible beauty and her
early independence, was her meticulous garden. Gardens for aesthetic appeal
were an impractical rarity in those days. There was too much work to do on the
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Lanie’s
gardens were quite beautiful and practical, being filled with useful plants and
herbs. There was never a weed present, though many of the plants she groomed,
like milkweed, would be considered weeds today. She loved using the sage,
chives and parsley in her home and cooking, but her favorite herb was lavender
for all of its wonderful attributes. Even casual garden viewers were
immediately drawn to the beauty and noticeable tranquility of the simple but
stunning gardens around the cottage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
neighboring farm family, the Bergamots, generously helped her with the more
physically demanding tasks on the farm and often served as an extended family
for Lanie. She deeply appreciated this and grew to love them dearly. The
Bergamots had 6 children and most all of them helped Lanie out at one point or
another. As she grew into a young woman, it was the youngest son, Carey who
most often helped at the farm.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carey was
two years older than Lanie and devastatingly handsome. His frame had been
hardened from long hours of work on the farm and the beauty of his blue eyes,
paired with a shock of dark hair, were rivaled only by the piercing blue eyes
of Lanie herself. As the girl and the boy spent more time working together on
Lanie’s farm, it seemed destined that they would be wed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He would
pick her up for church in his carriage every Sunday, he would come over two or
three days during the week to help with farm chores and the two could often be
seen taking twilight walks through the wild iris meadow at the swamp’s edge. As
could be expected, the couple soon fell deeply in love with each other.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because of
the hurt in her life, Lanie had built up emotional layers of defense that were
gradually falling away in the presence of the boyish grin and smiling eyes of
her handsome young neighbor. She had secrets from her past, though, dark
secrets that she had shared with no one, especially the very conservative and
highly respected Bergamots.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a young
girl, Lanie’s mother, Hazel, shared with her the secrets of the swamp flora
that grew in the tangled marsh near their home. While this was not quite the
same as the witchcraft of her ancestors, it was understood that such things
would be viewed as unacceptable by the community. There was no sense in
dredging up the black history of the family and reinforcing their reputation
for witchcraft, so the secrets were confined to mother and daughter alone. Not
even Lanie’s father knew.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One night,
to see how he would react, Lanie tugged on Carey’s hand as they walked through
the meadow in the direction of the swamp. The warm twilight darkened into a
muggy gloom as they wound between the trunks of massive trees springing up from
the soggy ground.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I love it
here in the bog,” Lanie replied. “I feel at home here. I would always come out
her with my mother as a girl. There is so much to explore and learn about out
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“This is no
place for a lady,” Carey said sternly, recalling the rumors he had heard about
Lanie’s family history. “There is nothing out here but bugs, weeds and witches.
I certainly do not think it is appropriate for you to be out here.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He glared
at Lanie, but saw that the glow of her porcelain complexion actually brightened
the gloom of the swamp. He could not help but smile at her incredible beauty in
contrast to the dismal swamp — like a jack-in-the-pulpit amid the mire. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Come on my
love, it is time I get you back home,” he said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Her cheeks
reddened as he gently tugged on her hand and led her back to the meadow. By now
the almost full moon had risen into the evening sky and the handsome couple was
a breathtaking sight in the rural moonlit meadow — her dark wavy hair fluttered
in the gentle summer breeze and blue eyes pierced through the darkness. His
chiseled frame formed a perfect silhouette against the fading colors of the
sunset.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The stars
were poking through the deep blues of the night sky as they walked hand in hand
to Lanie’s cottage. The heat of the day had given way to cool and pleasant
breezes that stirred the trees and accompanied the night birds’ calls from the
swamp. By day, the small but meticulously groomed gardens around Lanie’s
cottage were stunning and incomparable with anything else in the community. In
the moonlight, however, they were nothing short of magical in both visual
appeal and fragrance. The heart shaped leaves of the moon flower,
sometimes called witches weed, had opened their flowers one minute after
sundown as if to keep an eye on everything. The huge white flowers of the
Angel’s Trumpet, though very poisonous, were glowing in the soft moonlight, and
their spicy scent of the evening filled the air. Carey and Lanie stood in the
glow of the garden beneath the moon and talked for another hour or so before
they reluctantly parted their intertwined fingers and Carey went home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Their love
grew through the harvest and the first autumn frost had quelled the summer’s
heat. Lanie grew nervous, as she was sure Carey was going to propose any day.
She loved him deeply and could not wait for the rest of her life to begin with
him. She was so aflutter that, as of late, she was letting her girlish
fantasies get the best of her — something she had never permitted herself to do
because there simply was no time for daydreaming in her hard life alone on the
farm. Day by day, she was having more lapses in her normally sound farm
judgment because of the growing distraction of Carey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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New growth
was coming out after the first hard frost on the pasture mixed with sorghum,
alfalfa and orchardgrass. She normally would have known better, but she did not
give a thought to letting the dairy calves out into the pasture. Of all the
animals on the farm, Lanie loved her dairy cattle the best. Not only did they
provide vital beef and milk for her, and some income, but she loved their
personalities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She opened
up the gate and let the animals out into the pasture to graze in a heavy autumn
mist that hung in all of the low areas of the rural landscape. The bell of her
favorite cow, Lavender, could be heard clanging flatly in the mist.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon the
sound of rapid heavy footfalls in the autumn mud thudded through the thick air
as Carey ran into the barn and forcefully grabbed Lanie by the arm.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lanie what
have you done? The frost on the pasture!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once she
heard the word “frost” Lanie knew her grave error. The pair of them ran out
into the fog and quickly corralled most of the stock. They could not, however,
find Lavender and her calf. Then they heard the calf’s cry through the fog.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie spun
around, trying to get her bearings in the fog, frantically calling for Lavender.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A dark form
materialized in the fog. It was Carey running with the calf.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I think
she will make it,” he said, but his eyes betrayed the answer to Lanie’s real
question.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lavender?”
she pleaded, her eyes filling with tears.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carey
looked down and shook his head.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie was
fortunate that most of her livestock was unharmed by compounds that converted
to cyanide in her pasture plants after the stress of the frost, particularly
the sorghum, though she bitterly mourned the loss of her favorite cow. She
named the young heifer calf that Carey had saved Lavender in honor of her
mother.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I am
sorry,” Carey said as he put a strong comforting arm around Lanie. “She was a
good cow, and it was an honest mistake my dear. I beg you to not be too hard on
yourself over this.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie
hugged him and their blue eyes met.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I— umm —
I, I came over here to talk with you about something very important this
morning my darling,” Carey said, as they walked from the barn to the cottage
after finishing the morning chores and double checking the animals were not in
the pasture.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The fog had
mostly lifted, revealing a clear, blue-sky morning with the trees of the swamp
clad in dazzling autumn hues. She went to step up onto the porch when he gently
tugged on her hand. She turned and he got down on one knee, just on the fringe
of her stunning autumn garden. He proposed. She accepted. The chrysanthemums
seemed to nod in approval.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Weddings
were simple things back in those days and the big event was planned for just a
few short weeks away, to allow time to finish the harvest. Lanie, though, could
hardly concentrate upon the many tasks at hand. After all, she was engaged to
the handsome Caraway Bergamot. But, not only was he handsome, he was widely
known as a young man of uncompromising integrity, religious piety, and honesty,
with a sharp mind and hard work ethic. In addition, the Bergamots were a
wealthy and powerful family that was the envy of most everyone in the county.
And, most importantly, the love of the young couple was deep, and true.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As harvest
neared its conclusion, the weather took a turn for the worse. A severe wind
whipped through the area and several large trees fell in the swamp and around
Lanie’s cottage. One small tree landed in her prized garden amid the plants she
had been grooming for the wedding — simple bouquets of lavender and mums. Carey
came over to help with chores and saw that his bride-to-be was upset.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What is
wrong my darling?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh, it is
nothing. There is so much else to worry about around here with the harvest and
the wedding. It’s — it’s nothing,” Lanie said unable to mask how upset she
really was.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What is
it? Just tell me.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She
explained the situation to Carey. He looked at the tree, which just a bit too
large for them to move, he thought, but there would be no way to get enough
help during the scramble of harvest for at least a few days. That of course,
would do no favors for Lanie’s gardens.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I think
that we can move it,” he said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Together,
they wrestled the tree up off the plants. Lanie lost her footing, slipped and
she fell, leaving the full weight in Carey’s arms. He stumbled too and, left in
an awkward position gave a desperate heave to drop the tree clear of the
garden. The action left him crumpled in agony on the ground.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“My back!
My back!” he groaned.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Don’t
move!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie
ran round the cottage to the fringe of the swamp.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Nettles,
where is that patch of nettles?” she thought to herself, her heart pounding.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie knew,
from her childhood memories with her mother, that the diuretic nature of
stinging nettles could do wonders for Carey’s ailing back. She also knew that
Carey would not approve of these methods she learned from the black history of
her mother’s family. She stopped for a moment to consider the situation. Should
she lean on her past to jeopardize her future by helping the man she loves?
There was no question.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Find the
nettles,’” she said under her breath. “There.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She tore
strips of fabric off of her work dress and wrapped them around her hand to
avoid the sting of the nettles she grabbed. She was tearing out the plants as
quickly as she could — the stinging leaves affecting her arms and face that
quickly got red and blotchy. Her eyes were watering when she heard an unearthly
chipping noise coming from overhead. A curious screech owl starred and her with
its bulbous eyes gleaming through the gloom of the swamp. The wild bird bobbed
its head back and forth a few times watching her closely. The eyes and the
unusual call of the bird momentarily entranced her, but she continued the task
at hand. She snapped a large clump of the plants and hurried back to Carey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When she
returned, he laid crumpled on the ground in agony. She tore off his shirt and
yelled, “Where does it hurt?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What are
you doing?” Carey groaned and looked at the stinging plants she held. “What is
this witchcraft?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Where does
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“My back —
ahhh — my lower back!” Carey said, trying not to pass out from the pain.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie took
the fistfuls of nettles she had and began flogging Carey’s lower back with the
stinging weeds. To a person passing by, it would have appeared that she was
severely beating the man, until they realized it was just a clump of weeds.
Nonetheless, Carey finally succumbed to the tremendous pain and passed out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He awoke in
bed in Lanie’s cottage. His skin was on fire on his lower back, but the deeper
pain of the original injury was much better. There was a broad cloth bandage
wrapped around his waist with ground nettle leaves pressing on his back.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie was
sitting and watching him with her beautiful, and haunting, blue eyes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carey sat
up and winced, though he did feel much better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You just
need a few days of rest,” Lanie said softly, waiting to see how he would react.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What
witchcraft have you done? What have you done?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carey tried
to sound stern, but his words came out sounding only sad and hurt. Carey was a
good man of integrity — a man who had no place for witches, no matter how much
he loved them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He got up
and weakly left the room. At the door he turned, with a tear in his eye, and
said, “It is done, my dear. The engagement is done. There will be no wedding.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie got
up to stop him, but she could not speak. She ran after him as he clambered up
on his horse and trotted off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Wait,
Carey, wait…”<o:p></o:p></div>
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But he
didn’t.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every day
that Carey did not drop by to help, she sat on an aging bench beneath an apple
tree, heavy with ripening fruit, and wept bitterly. One evening she again sat
with her head buried in her hands when an unearthly chattering from above
startled her. She looked up, her face puffy with grief, and was taken aback by
two round, yellow eyes staring back at her from the apple tree.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You’re the
screech owl from the swamp by the nettle patch.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The bird
poofed up its feathers and rocked back and forth — lifting one leg up and then
the other — chattering a lengthy string of gibberish. For the first time
in days, a slight grin graced Lanie’s lips.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Nettles, I
think I’ll call you nettles.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The bird
bobbed its head in agreement.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Weeks
passed, and autumn turned to winter. Some of the Bergamot family stopped by
fairly regularly to check on Lanie and help with some of the endless tasks on
the farm. They offered their apologies, but no explanation for Carey’s actions.
They all said that: “He has given not one cross word about you, nor about why
he cancelled the wedding.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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While Lanie
needed and appreciated the help they offered, she just preferred to be alone,
or in the company of Nettles, who was becoming a regular visitor to the apple
tree. When the Bergamots, or anyone, stopped by, she maintained a reserved
composure and quiet disposition. She seemed almost tranquil on the surface,
though she was deeply wounded emotionally.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She had
rarely left the farm before the engagement had been broken, other than to go to
church or to town with Carey. Now she almost never left at all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The cold
winter passed slowly as Lanie spent much of her free time in a dark corner of
her cozy cottage and focused on the hurting of her heart — often silent,
sometimes weeping quietly. She would have stretches of necessary winter work
that temporarily distracted her from the misery in her mind. She ate little and
grew more bitter by the day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The only
highlights of her life were when she would bundle up on the sunny, comparably
mild winter days and visit the bench beneath the bare limbs of the apple tree.
She would share her troubles with Nettles, who would whinny and purr his
sincere condolences and blink his bright yellow eyes in sympathy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Spring
finally arrived. Lanie poured herself into the care of her farm and gardens.
Nettles became an almost constant outdoor companion, swiping troublesome
insects and even the occasional rabbit that would threaten the garden plants.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As spring
bloomed and her garden grew, it was more beautiful than ever before. The plants
seemed to radiate an inner glow. Some even had a unique iridescence about them.
It was nothing short of magical, though few saw it. The few who did see it were
members of the Bergamot family, who were so impressed they told others about it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie
herself, had been looking withered and frail at winter’s end, but the sunshine
and labor out of doors had enhanced her looks to make her nothing short of
stunning. Her cheeks were sun kissed, and her slender frame had been hardened
and defined by her labor, though it still possessed ample softness of feminine
beauty. Her blue eyes possessed a fierceness that was not present before, yet
retained the friendly, innocent and inviting quality that had always been there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As news of
the beauty of Lanie and her gardens, along with her heartbreak, spread around
the community, visitors began to stop by more regularly. Lanie was always
polite, but quiet and distant. For the young suitors that did not get the hint
that she was not interested in their advances, Nettles would make an appearance
with a few well timed swoops with his talons at their hats or faces to send
even the boldest suitors scurrying off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The farm
crops and gardens were planted on the farm and the growing season was ideal.
Rains came when needed and temperatures were moderate. But Lanie still cried
almost daily about her hurting heart. She still loved Carey deeply and, to make
matters worse, she had gotten word that he was courting the lovely Persimmon
Langely, a beauty from the southern part of the county. There was speculation
that an engagement was right around the corner.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After she
heard this news, Lanie became even more withdrawn. She would spend the twilight
and early evening hours gliding through the trees gracefully on the fringe of
the swamp, with Nettles following along from perch to perch in the trees above.
She looked more ghostly than human as she flickered between the patches of
moonlight scattered between the black, dense shadows of the trees. The
mosquitos and ticks left her alone. It was as if she was just another part of
the swamp, and not a human intruder to the ecosystem of the mire. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She was
weeping on her bench one night, beneath a crescent moon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh
Nettles, will I ever stop hurting so?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The bird
ruffled his feathers and scrunched down in to a ball.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I love
him. I love him, but SHE has him. That is something I cannot live with. Maybe I
should end my life. Maybe that would be best.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nettles
slowly closed his bold golden eyes with concern and made the saddest whirring
purr that ever haunted the swamp trees behind the cottage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well then
what do you suggest for this hurting heart of mine?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She looked
up into the yellow glowing eyes of the owl, unblinking now. He bent down on his
perch and his pupils narrowed. He emitted a low, unearthly growl and bolted off
into the trees in search of his evening meal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You’re
right. There really is only one thing to do. Just one thing.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Her
beautiful face hardened in the dim moonlight. Nettles returned to his perch
with a rodent in his talons.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
following late summer days brought a renewed fervor to the cottage. Harvest was
coming soon. There was much to be done. Members of the Bergamot family
continued to come over and help. They rarely spoke of Carey any more, though
Lanie listened closely when they did. One day, fairly late into harvest,
Carey’s brother Edward was over helping pick corn. The days were getting cold,
but there had not been a hard frost yet. Edward did not possess the regal air
of most of the rest of his family, particularly Carey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie knew
that Edward was interested in her. Though she had no romantic interest in him,
she found that he was a great source of information, if she listened carefully.
She was also learning that she could easily manipulate him. Thus far, the men
in her life had always been powerful and dominating — her father, Mr. Bergamot,
and Carey. With Carey, it had been more of a mutual sway over each other, but
she had little influence over the others. Edward (and she would later find the
vast majority of men she met) was different. Lanie’s beauty enchanted him and
he could hardly even speak when he was around her. When he did, it was in
nervous, simple statements that he awkwardly blurted out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They were
carrying corn to the crib when Lanie broke the long silence of their work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I know I
shouldn’t ask, but how’s Carey?” Lanie said in her sweetest voice.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Uh — well,
I mean, uh, not…not well. Uh…” Edward said. “He’s been real, uh, sick-like the
past few weeks. Shame too, he was just engaged to Miss Langely.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Edward
quickly dropped his head as though he’d said too much. He had. Lanie saw
opportunity here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh no! Oh
dear, that is terrible,” she said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“They say
it’s cause he still loves you — nobody knows why he picked her over you. A, uh,
uh, real head scratcher you know.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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This time
Edward’s cheeks reddened at the obvious slip of information.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well,
maybe I should talk to him. Maybe I can help,” she said, honestly concerned,
and just a bit hopeful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Uh, maybe,
I guess. I gotta’ go now Lanie.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next
day, bright and early, Lanie was out tending to the livestock when in rolled a
fine carriage carrying none other than Mr. Bergamot himself. Though he had
grown more robust with age, he was still a striking, strong, barrel chested man
with a booming voice and a powerful personality. He walked purposefully to the
cottage and knocked on the door politely.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Miss
Lanie,” he called.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She came
around through the garden to meet him at the door. He promptly took off his hat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“My, my,
you are prettier than ever Miss Lanie, I do say. You have grown into quite a
woman,” he said. “We miss seeing you at church as of late.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well it is
nice to see you too, Mr. Bergamot. How can I help you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well, I
guess it is no secret that our Caraway has fallen ill, and I can’t help but
feel as if it might help him if you could just come over for dinner and maybe
have a talk with him. You are a fine young lady and, quite frankly we are all a
bit confused as to what it is that happened between you two. Edward said he’d
talked with you about it and, well, Mrs. Bergamot and I thought it might be a
good idea or, rather, it sure doesn’t seem like it would hurt a thing, anyway.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well, I am
happy to try, but I really don’t know that there is much I can do about it.
Even so, it would be good to see all of you again. And, after all that your
family has done for me, it seems the very least I could do.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Very well
then Miss Lanie, I will be by to pick you up at 6 ‘o clock.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
Bergamot home was a beautiful sprawling colonial style brick farmhouse with two
massive a meticulously cared-for white barns. The house sat atop of a small
hill and the front yard was dotted with oak and maple trees that were just
starting show signs of autumn glory. The night was cool, but there was still
just a touch of summer left in the breeze as the carriage approached the home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The entire
boisterous family, with the exception of Carey, surrounded the large table and
had plenty of tales to share with their friend and neighbor. For the occasion,
Lanie had dressed up a bit. She wore a simple but pretty dress she had made the
previous winter. She had washed her wavy hair and let it fall down to tumble
over her shoulders. She had even put some lavender oil (her favorite scent)
behind her ears for the first time since the last time she saw Carey. She was
nothing short of stunning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The whole
family was quite talkative with the exception of Edward who sat two seats away
with red cheeks and his head down for most of dinner. There was a joyful and
welcoming mood for most of the meal, until the conversation inevitably turned
to Carey. Gradually all of the Bergamot children found some other pressing task
to do around the farm and politely excused themselves as Mr. Bergamot told the
tale of how Carey had courted Miss Langely and then, just a few weeks prior,
had proposed. Soon after, Carey had become forgetful and started eating less.
In the following days he had grown weak and pale and feverish. He hadn’t gotten
out of bed for three days now. He had been moved to the guest room on the first
floor so Mrs. Bergamot could tend to him more easily. Mostly, though, he said
he wanted to be alone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We think
you should talk to him,” said Mrs. Bergamot. “Please help our dear Caraway.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She stood
and gently grabbed Lanie by the arm and led her to Carey’s door.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We’ll
leave you two alone.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The door
shut behind Lanie and her body trembled as she gazed at Carey, sleeping, pale
and sickly, though still strikingly handsome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Carey,”
she said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the
sound of her musical voice and the scent of the lavender upon her skin, his
eyes fluttered open, piercing and blue and very sad.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lanie, why
have you come? Do you wish to torment my soul further?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No, not at
all. I love you Caraway.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“And I love
you, more than I can tell you, but you know that, no matter what, I will not,
cannot and shall not ever marry a woman of witchcraft,” he said, his voice
gaining some strength. “You misled me and never told me the truth about your
interest in that swamp and its black magic.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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After this,
he reached for the crock of vegetable soup his mother had prepared sitting on
the nightstand. He took a mouthful and it warmed him. His blue eyes flashed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Though
love you I do, I shall never marry a witch.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“But Carey?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Do not
worry, Lanie. I have spoken not one ill word of you to a soul, and I will not,
but please, you must leave me now. Please…”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lanie dried
her tears as Mr. Bergamot dropped her off at her cottage. She had much to do to
enact the only solution to healing her broken heart. There was an ominous low
whirring sound and a ruffle of feathers from the direction of the apple tree,
heavy with fruit, as the carriage headed down the dusty road in the moonlight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Four days
later, the Bergamot carriage once again rolled away from Lanie’s cottage. Even the
horses hung their heads with sorrow. Mr. Bergamot had stopped by to tell Lanie
of Carey’s death. Though she expected the visit, she wept, and her body shook
with sobs of grief upon receiving the news. She cried for days. And, for Lanie,
each tear carried with it a bit of humanity, compassion and caring. And, when
she had finally wept out the last of her soul, she stopped, sat up, and smiled.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She dried
her eyes and stumbled out into the crisp night air. She sat on her bench and
gazed up at the full moon. She sat silent for a few moments. Then it came — a
soft and sinister “whirrrrrr.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nettles
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Lanie went
in and wrote in her journal:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Caraway Bergamot, the love of my life,<o:p></o:p></div>
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My existence fulfilled if I were his wife.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But that could not be, and Nature knows no pause.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And so he had to die from my Natural Cause.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You be the detective. How did Carey die? <o:p></o:p></div>
<u5:p></u5:p><!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-12567853317120261992014-04-14T08:35:00.000-04:002014-04-14T09:18:19.093-04:00Planting the next generation
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roots are almost as large as the tree!</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
was a long and cold winter, but we were very fortunate to have the most
beautiful few days of the year to get the 2014 crop of Christmas trees planted.
So far we have planted around 2,000 trees including Canaan fir, White Pine, and
Norway Spruce. We are planting some Scotch Pine as well, but as of last week
they were still frozen in at the nursery! <o:p></o:p></span><br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We dig a hole with an auger and then carefully place the <br>
little tree in the hole. </td></tr>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
had the next generation of tree planters at work "helping" to get a
great batch of trees started for you to cut in the next 7 to 10 years. We
use a six-inch auger to drill holes into the ground and carefully plant the
trees in the hole, making sure to pack in the dirt around the trees. When
planting in the open field, we can use a tree planter pulled behind a tractor,
but this year we were filling in fields that already had trees planted in them
so these were all planted by hand. It is hard work, but we try to have some
family fun too. Hopefully, with a good growing season, this will be another
great crop of Christmas trees at Kaleidoscope Farms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we pack the dirt around the little tree and it is ready to grow!<br>
We did this 2,000 times!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-68878423925885721892013-11-12T15:41:00.001-05:002013-11-12T15:41:09.776-05:00Fraser firs a customer favorite
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Every
year there are questions from customers about the beautiful pre-cut Fraser fir
trees for sale at Kaleidoscope Farms.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Though
we have tried for years, we have a hard time growing Fraser firs in many of our
soil types on the farm, but many of our customers specifically ask for them,”
said Dave Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms. “To remedy that situation several
years ago we started working with Hudler Farms — the best in the business of
growing Fraser firs.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reese
has known Dale Hudler and his family for many years and has long admired the
consistent quality of the Fraser firs that they grow 3,000 feet above sea level
in the spectacular Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Fraser firs are
considered by many to be the best type of Christmas tree for their deep blue
green color, fragrance and needle retention, and nobody grows them better than
Hudler farms, Reese said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I
personally spend the greater amount of the summer and fall walking the fields
and grading every tree we sell,” Hudler said. “We offer 100 percent
satisfaction and I want to be sure that the trees are properly graded for
height and grade. We have taken the tree to the White House in 1995 as
national grand champion. I also won the 2013 tree contest and am the national
grand champ wreath maker this year as well.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hudler
and his crew harvest the trees immediately before shipping. Kaleidoscope Farms
brings in multiple shipments through the sales season to ensure the best
quality and freshest cut Fraser fir trees possible.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“The
trees are cut according to ship dates. We sell to private customers only
and cut as late as possible,” Hudler said. “We take great care in storage of
the trees after they are cut in a huge naturally shaded loading area.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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This
year, in response to customer requests, the farm will feature a new dry,
covered cut-tree area with Hudler’s Fraser firs along with trees harvested at
Kaleidoscope Farms. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“We
want to offer an experience that gives people a great reason to come out to the
farm and pick out their perfect Christmas tree, whether it is a pine, spruce or
Canaan fir we grow here or one of the beautiful Fraser firs from the Hudler
family,” Reese said. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For
questions, contact Reese at 419-722-1154 or visit <a href="http://kaleidoscopefarms.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Kaleidoscopefarms.com</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
<u5:p></u5:p><u5:p></u5:p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-11785937532318064462013-10-30T14:00:00.000-04:002013-10-30T14:00:32.461-04:00Operation Evergreen 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"></span></span><span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Kaleidoscope Farms
is once again honoring U.S. troops by participating in the Operation Evergreen
program on Nov. 10.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“We get to celebrate Veteran’s Day
in a special way at Kaleidoscope Farms,” said farm owner Dave Reese. “We
participate in the </span><a href="http://ohiochristmastree.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46:operation-evergreen&catid=8:otca-giving-back&Itemid=24"><span style="color: #3c3d0b; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Operation
Evergreen</span></a><span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"> Program that sends around 100
Christmas trees, complete with handmade ornaments, to troops stationed overseas
for the holidays.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">On the Sunday prior to Veteran’s
Day, area veterans are invited to come and select Christmas trees from the farm
to cut for the program. Local elementary students, high schools students and
community groups also visit the farm to present the ornaments they have made to
the veterans. Last year there were well over 3,000 ornaments brought to the
farm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">The trees and ornaments then go
from the farm to the Ohio Department of Agriculture on Nov. 13 where they are
inspected and shipped to U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">This year’s Operation Evergreen
event will be held at the farm on Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. Operation Evergreen is
possible thanks to $16,000 in donations to cover the shipping cost of the
program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">For more information about
Kaleidoscope Farms, visit kaleidoscopefarms.com or call Reese at 419-722-1154.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-82292714588973471112013-10-03T22:21:00.004-04:002013-10-03T22:21:44.995-04:00Call for a group activity this fall
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If you
have an interest in herbs and a good tale of mystery, give us a call about “The
herbal mysteries of Purselaine Speedwell” event for small groups. The event
will feature herb-inspired refreshments, an informational herb presentation, a
farm tour and answers about the mysterious (and dangerous) heroine of the story,
Purselaine Speedwell. Call Jan at 419-722-0379 for a customized small group
event at the farm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You
can get started by reading “Natural Causes: The diaries of Purselaine Speedwell”
below. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Natural Causes: The diaries of
Purselaine Speedwell<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">People
were naturally drawn to Purselaine Speedwell, who usually went by Lanie. She
had grown up in a small, but quaint and well-made cottage that backed up to a
thickly wooded swamp. Her father had been a successful farmer who had amassed
substantial wealth. Her mother was a great beauty from a family line with a
dark past of witchcraft. But, the happy couple had become a respected staple of
the community before they were both tragically killed in a terrible carriage
accident when Lanie was 14.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From
then on, Lanie, an only child, was the master of the house. From all outward
appearances, Lanie was a strong, successful young woman in an age when that was
a rarity. Her striking beauty, well-kept home and remarkable gardens gave the
impression that all was well with Lanie, but she harbored a crippling hurt from
the untimely death of her happy family and the suddenness at which she was
thrust into the harshness of the cruel world on a farm in the late 1800s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At the
age of 16, Lanie’s beauty had fully blossomed and was unparalleled by any woman
in the small rural community. Her body was lithe and strong from caring for the
stock and her ambitious gardening of the rich soil on the sprawling farmland
she had inherited. She spent her days doing most of the chores of hard working
men and women on the farm in those days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
most noteworthy thing about Lanie, even more than her incredible beauty and her
early independence, was her meticulous garden. Gardens for aesthetic appeal
were an impractical rarity in those days. There was too much work to do on the
rest of the farm to put forth effort for a bit of prettiness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie’s
gardens were quite beautiful and practical, being filled with useful plants and
herbs. There was never a weed present, though many of the plants she groomed
would be considered weeds today. She loved using the sage, chives and parsley
in her home and cooking, but her favorite herb was lavender for all of its
wonderful attributes. Even casual garden viewers were immediately drawn to the
beauty and noticeable tranquility of the simple but stunning gardens around the
cottage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
neighboring farm family, the Bergamots, generously helped her with the more physically
demanding tasks on the farm and often served as an extended family for Lanie.
She deeply appreciated this and grew to love them dearly. The Bergamots had 6
children and most all of them helped Lanie out at one point or another. As she
grew into a young woman, it was the youngest son, Carey who most often helped
at the farm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carey
was two years older than Lanie and devastatingly handsome. His frame had been
hardened from long hours of work on the farm and the beauty of his blue eyes,
paired with a shock of dark hair, were rivaled only by the piercing blue eyes
of Lanie herself. As the girl and the boy spent more time working together on
Lanie’s farm, it seemed destined that they would be wed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
would pick her up for church in his carriage every Sunday, he would come over
two or three days during the week to help with farm chores and the two could
often be seen taking twilight walks through the wild iris meadow at the swamp’s
edge. As could be expected, the couple soon fell deeply in love with each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Because
of the hurt in her life, Lanie had built up emotional layers of defense that
were gradually falling away in the presence of the boyish grin and smiling eyes
of her handsome young neighbor. She had secrets from her past, though, dark
secrets that she had shared with no one, especially the very conservative and
highly respected Bergamots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As a
young girl, Lanie’s mother, Hazel, shared with her the secrets of the swamp
flora that grew in the tangled marsh near their home. While this was not quite
the same as the witchcraft of her ancestors, it was understood that such things
would be viewed as unacceptable by the community. There was no sense in
dredging up the black history of the family and reinforcing their reputation
for witchcraft, so the secrets were confined to mother and daughter alone. Not
even Lanie’s father knew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One
night, to see how he would react, Lanie tugged on Carey’s hand as they walked
through the meadow in the direction of the swamp. The warm twilight darkened
into a muggy gloom as they wound between the trunks of massive trees springing
up from the soggy ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Why
are we going in here?” Carey asked as he swatted a late summer mosquito.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“I
love it here in the bog,” Lanie replied. “I feel at home here. I would always
come out her with my mother as a girl. There is so much to explore and learn
about out here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“This
is no place for a lady,” Carey said sternly, recalling the rumors he had heard
about Lanie’s family history. “There is nothing out here but bugs, weeds and
witches. I certainly do not think it is appropriate for you to be out here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
glared at Lanie, but saw that the glow of her porcelain complexion actually
brightened the gloom of the swamp. He could not help but smile at her
incredible beauty in contrast to the dismal swamp — like a jack-in-the-pulpit
amid the mire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Come
on my love, it is time I get you back home,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Her
cheeks reddened as he gently tugged on her hand and led her back to the meadow.
By now the almost full moon had risen into the evening sky and the handsome
couple was a breathtaking sight in the rural moonlit meadow — her dark wavy
hair fluttered in the gentle summer breeze and blue eyes pierced through the
darkness. His chiseled frame formed a perfect silhouette against the fading
colors of the sunset.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
stars were poking through the deep blues of the night sky as they walked hand
in hand to Lanie’s cottage. The heat of the day had given way to cool and
pleasant breezes that stirred the trees and accompanied the night birds’ calls
from the swamp. By day, the small but meticulously groomed gardens around
Lanie’s cottage were stunning and incomparable with anything else in the
community. In the moonlight, however, they were nothing short of magical in
both visual appeal and fragrance. The heart shaped leaves of the moon
flower, sometimes called witches weed, had opened their flowers 1 minute after
sundown as if to keep an eye on everything. The huge white flowers of the
Angel’s Trumpet, though very poisonous, were glowing in the soft moonlight, and
the spicy scent of the evening filled the air. Carey and Lanie stood in the
glow of the garden beneath the moon and talked for another hour or so before
they reluctantly parted their intertwined fingers and Carey went home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Their
love grew through the harvest and the first autumn frost had quelled the
summer’s heat. Lanie grew nervous, as she was sure Carey was going to propose
any day. She loved him deeply and could not wait for the rest of her life to
begin with him. She was so aflutter that, as of late, she was letting her
girlish fantasies get the best of her — something she had never permitted
herself to do because there simply was no time for daydreaming in her hard life
alone on the farm. Day by day, she was having more lapses in her normally sound
farm judgment because of the growing distraction of Carey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New
growth was coming out after the first hard frost on the pasture mixed with
sorghum, alfalfa and orchardgrass. She normally would have known better, but
she did not give a thought to letting the dairy calves out into the pasture. Of
all the animals on the farm, Lanie loved her dairy cattle the best. Not only
did they provide vital beef and milk for her, and some income, but she loved
their personalities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
opened up the gate and let the animals out into the pasture to graze in a heavy
autumn mist that hung in all of the low areas of the rural landscape. The bell
of her favorite cow, Lavender, could be heard clanging flatly in the mist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Soon
the sound of rapid heavy footfalls in the autumn mud thudded through the thick
air as Carey ran into the barn and forcefully grabbed Lanie by the arm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Lanie
what have you done? The frost on the pasture!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Once
she heard the word “frost” Lanie knew her grave error. The pair of them ran out
into the fog and quickly corralled most of the stock. They could not, however,
find Lavender and her calf. Then they heard the calf’s cry through the fog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
spun around, trying to get her bearings in the fog, frantically calling for
Lavender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A dark
form materialized in the fog. It was Carey running with the calf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“I
think she will make it,” he said, but his eyes betrayed the answer to Lanie’s
real question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Lavender?”
she pleaded, her eyes filling with tears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carey
looked down and shook his head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
was fortunate that most of her livestock was unharmed by compounds that
converted to cyanide in her pasture plants after the stress of the frost,
particularly the sorghum, though she bitterly mourned the loss of her favorite
cow. She named the young heifer calf that Carey had saved Lavender in honor of
her mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“I am
sorry,” Carey said as he put a strong comforting arm around Lanie. “She was a
good cow, and it was an honest mistake my dear. I beg you to not be too hard on
yourself over this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
hugged him and their blue eyes met.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“I—
umm — I, I came over here to talk with you about something very important this
morning my darling,” Carey said, as they walked from the barn to the cottage
after finishing the morning chores and double checking the animals were not in
the pasture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
fog had mostly lifted, revealing a clear, blue-sky morning with the trees of
the swamp clad in dazzling autumn hues. She went to step up onto the porch when
he gently tugged on her hand. She turned and he got down on one knee, just on
the fringe of her stunning autumn garden. He proposed. She accepted. The
chrysanthemums seemed to nod in approval.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Weddings
were simple things back in those days and the big event was planned for just a
few short weeks away, to allow time to finish the harvest. Lanie, though, could
hardly concentrate upon the many tasks at hand. After all, she was engaged to
the handsome Caraway Bergamot. But, not only was he handsome, he was widely
known as a young man of uncompromising integrity, religious piety, and honesty,
with a sharp mind and hard work ethic. In addition, the Bergamots were a
wealthy and powerful family that was the envy of most everyone in the county.
And, most importantly, the love of the young couple was deep, and true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As
harvest neared its conclusion, the weather took a turn for the worse. A severe
wind whipped through the area and several large trees fell in the swamp and
around Lanie’s cottage. One small tree landed in her prized garden amid the
plants she had been grooming for the wedding — simple bouquets of lavender and
mums. Carey came over to help with chores and saw that his bride-to-be was
upset.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“What
is wrong my darling?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Oh,
it is nothing. There is so much else to worry about around here with the harvest
and the wedding. It’s — it’s nothing,” Lanie said unable to mask how upset she
really was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“What
is it? Just tell me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
explained the situation to Carey. He looked at the tree, which just a bit too
large for them to move, he thought, but there would be no way to get enough
help during the scramble of harvest for at least a few days. That of course,
would do no favors for Lanie’s gardens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“I
think that we can move it,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Together,
they wrestled the tree up off the plants. Lanie lost her footing, slipped and
she fell, leaving the full weight in Carey’s arms. He stumbled too and, left in
an awkward position gave a desperate heave to drop the tree clear of the
garden. The action left him crumpled in agony on the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“My
back! My back!” he groaned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Don’t
move!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Lanie
ran round the cottage to the fringe of the swamp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Nettles,
where is that patch of nettles,” she thought to herself, her heart pounding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
knew, from her childhood memories with her mother, that the diuretic nature of
stinging nettles could do wonders for Carey’s ailing back. She also knew that
Carey would not approve of these methods she learned from the black history of
her mother’s family. She stopped for a moment to consider the situation. Should
she lean on her past to jeopardize her future by helping the man she loves?
There was no question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Find
the nettles,’” she said under her breath. “There.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
tore strips of fabric off of her work dress and wrapped them around her hand to
avoid the sting of the nettles she grabbed. She was tearing out the plants as
quickly as she could — the singing leaves affecting her arms and face that
quickly got red and blotchy. Her eyes were watering when she heard an unearthly
chipping noise coming from overhead. A curious screech owl starred and her with
its bulbous eyes gleaming through the gloom of the swamp. The wild bird bobbed
its head back and forth a few times watching her closely. The eyes and the
unusual call of the bird momentarily entranced her, but she continued the task
at hand. She snapped a large clump of the plants and hurried back to Carey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When
she returned, he laid crumpled on the ground in agony. She tore off his shirt
and yelled, “Where does it hurt?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“What
are you doing?” Carey groaned and looked at the stinging plants she held. “What
is this witchcraft?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Where
does it hurt?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“My
back — ahhh — my lower back!” Carey said, trying not to pass out from the pain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
took the fistfuls of nettles she had and began flogging Carey’s lower back with
the stinging weeds. To a person passing by, it would have appeared that she was
severely beating the man, until they realized it was just a clump of weeds.
Nonetheless, Carey finally succumbed to the tremendous pain and passed out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
awoke in bed in Lanie’s cottage. His skin was on fire on his lower back, but
the deeper pain of the original injury was much better. There was a broad cloth
bandage wrapped around his waist with ground nettle leaves pressing on his
back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
was sitting and watching him with her beautiful, and haunting, blue eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carey
sat up and winced, though he did feel much better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“You
just need a few days of rest,” Lanie said softly, waiting to see how he would
react.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“What
witchcraft have you done? What have you done?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carey
tried to sound stern, but his words came out sounding only sad and hurt. Carey
was a good man of integrity — a man who had no place for witches, no matter how
much he loved them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He got
up and weakly left the room. At the door he turned, with a tear in his eye, and
said, “It is done, my dear. The engagement is done. There will be no wedding.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
got up to stop him, but she could not speak. She ran after him as he clambered
up on his horse and trotted off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Wait,
Carey, wait…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But he
didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Every
day that Carey did not drop by to help, she sat on an aging bench beneath an
apple tree, heavy with ripening fruit, and wept bitterly. One evening she again
sat with her head buried in her hands when an unearthly chattering from above
startled her. She looked up, her face puffy with grief, and was taken aback by
two round, yellow eyes staring back at her from the apple tree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“You’re
the screech owl from the swamp by the nettle patch.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
bird poofed up its feathers and rocked back and forth — lifting one leg up and
then the other — chattering a lengthy string of gibberish. For the first
time in days, a slight grin graced Lanie’s lips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Nettles,
I think I’ll call you nettles.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
bird bobbed its head in agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Weeks
passed, and autumn turned to winter. Some of the Bergamot family stopped by
fairly regularly to check on Lanie and help with some of the endless tasks on
the farm. They offered their apologies, but no explanation for Carey’s actions.
They all said that: “He has given not one cross word about you, nor about why
he cancelled the wedding.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">While
Lanie needed and appreciated the help they offered, she just preferred to be
alone, or in the company of Nettles, who was becoming a regular visitor to the
apple tree. When the Bergamots, or anyone, stopped by, she maintained a
reserved composure and quiet disposition. She seemed almost tranquil on the
surface, though she was deeply wounded emotionally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
had rarely left the farm before the engagement had been broken, other than to
go to church or to town with Carey. Now she almost never left at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
cold winter passed slowly as Lanie spent much of her free time in a dark corner
of her cozy cottage and focused on the hurting of her heart — often silent,
sometimes weeping quietly. She would have stretches of necessary winter work
that temporarily distracted her from the misery in her mind. She ate little and
grew more bitter by the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
only highlights of her life were when she would bundle up on the sunny,
comparably mild winter days and visit the bench beneath the bare limbs of the
apple tree. She would share her troubles with Nettles, who would whinny and
purr his sincere condolences and blink his bright yellow eyes in
sympathy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Spring
finally arrived. Lanie poured herself into the care of her farm and gardens.
Nettles became an almost constant outdoor companion, swiping troublesome
insects and even the occasional rabbit that would threaten the garden plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As
spring bloomed and her garden grew, it was more beautiful than ever before. The
plants seemed to radiate an inner glow. Some even had a unique iridescence
about them. It was nothing short of magical, though few saw it. The few who did
see it were members of the Bergamot family, who were so impressed they told
others about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
herself, had been looking withered and frail at winter’s end, but the sunshine
and labor out of doors had enhanced her looks to make her nothing short of
stunning. Her cheeks were sun kissed, and her slender frame had been hardened
and defined by her labor, though it still possessed ample softness of feminine
beauty. Her blue eyes possessed a fierceness that was not present before, yet
retained the friendly, innocent and inviting quality that had always been
there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As
news of the beauty of Lanie and her gardens, along with her heartbreak, spread
around the community, visitors began to stop by more regularly. Lanie was
always polite, but quiet and distant. For the young suitors that did not get
the hint that she was not interested in their advances, Nettles would make an
appearance with a few well timed swoops with his talons at their hats or faces
to send even the boldest suitors scurrying off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
farm crops and gardens were planted on the farm and the growing season was
ideal. Rains came when needed and temperatures were moderate. But Lanie still
cried almost daily about her hurting heart. She still loved Carey deeply and,
to make matters worse, she had gotten word that he was courting the lovely
Persimmon Langely, a beauty from the southern part of the county. There was
speculation that an engagement was right around the corner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">After
she heard this news, Lanie became even more withdrawn. She would spend the
twilight and early evening hours gliding through the trees gracefully on the
fringe of the swamp, with Nettles following along from perch to perch in the
trees above. She looked more ghostly than human as she flickered between the
patches of moonlight scattered between the black, dense shadows of the trees.
The mosquitos and ticks left her alone. It was as if she was just another part
of the swamp, and not a human intruder to the ecosystem of the mire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
was weeping on her bench one night, beneath a crescent moon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Oh
Nettles, will I ever stop hurting so?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
bird ruffled his feathers and scrunched down in to a ball.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“I
love him. I love him, but SHE has him. That is something I cannot live with.
Maybe I should end my life. Maybe that would be best.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Nettles
slowly closed his bold golden eyes with concern and made the saddest whirring
purr that ever haunted the swamp trees behind the cottage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Well
then what do you suggest for this hurting heart of mine?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
looked up into the yellow glowing eyes of the owl, unblinking now. He bent down
on his perch and his pupils narrowed. He emitted a low, unearthly growl and
bolted off into the trees in search of his evening meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“You’re
right. There really is only one thing to do. Just one thing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Her
beautiful face hardened in the dim moonlight. Nettles returned to his perch
with a rodent in his talons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
following late summer days brought a renewed fervor to the cottage. Harvest was
coming soon. There was much to be done. Members of the Bergamot family
continued to come over and help. They rarely spoke of Carey any more, though
Lanie listened closely when they did. One day, fairly late into harvest,
Carey’s brother Edward was over helping pick corn. The days were getting cold,
but there had not been a hard frost yet. Edward did not possess the regal air
of most of the rest of his family, particularly Carey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie knew
that Edward was interested in her. Though she had no romantic interest in him,
she found that he was a great source of information, if she listened carefully.
She was also learning that she could easily manipulate him. Thus far, the men
in her life had always been powerful and dominating — her father, Mr. Bergamot,
and Carey. With Carey, it had been more of a mutual sway over each other, but
she had little influence over the others. Edward (and she would later find the
vast majority of men she met) was different. Lanie’s beauty enchanted him and
he could hardly even speak when he was around her. When he did, it was in
nervous, simple statements that he awkwardly blurted out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">They
were carrying corn to the crib when Lanie broke the long silence of their work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“I
know I shouldn’t ask, but how’s Carey?” Lanie said in her sweetest voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Uh —
well, I mean, uh, not…not well. Uh…” Edward said. “He’s been real, uh,
sick-like the past few weeks. Shame too, he was just engaged to Miss Langely.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Edward
quickly dropped his head as though he’d said too much. He had. Lanie saw
opportunity here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Oh
no! Oh dear, that is terrible,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“They
say it’s cause he still loves you — nobody knows why he picked her over you. A,
uh, uh, real head scratcher you know.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This
time Edward’s cheeks reddened at the obvious slip of information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Well,
maybe I should talk to him. Maybe I can help,” she said, honestly concerned,
and just a bit hopeful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Uh,
maybe, I guess. I gotta’ go now Lanie.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
next day, bright and early, Lanie was out tending to the livestock when in
rolled a fine carriage carrying none other than Mr. Bergamot himself. Though he
had grown more robust with age, he was still a striking, strong, barrel chested
man with a booming voice and a powerful personality. He walked purposefully to
the cottage and knocked on the door politely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Miss
Lanie,” he called.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
came around through the garden to meet him at the door. He promptly took off
his hat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“My,
my, you are prettier than ever Miss Lanie, I do say. You have grown into quite
a woman,” he said. “We miss seeing you at church as of late.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Well
it is nice to see you too, Mr. Bergamot. How can I help you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Well,
I guess it is no secret that our Caraway has fallen ill, and I can’t help but
feel as if might help him if you could just come over for dinner and maybe have
a talk with him. You are a fine young lady and, quite frankly we are all a bit
confused as to what it is that happened between you two. Edward said he’d
talked with you about it and, well, Mrs. Bergamot and I thought it might be a
good idea or, rather, it sure doesn’t seem like it would hurt a thing, anyway.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Well,
I am happy to try, but I really don’t know that there is much I can do about
it. Even so, it would be good to see all of you again. And, after all that your
family has done for me, it seems the very least I could do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Very
well then Miss Lanie, I will be by to pick you up at 6 ‘o clock.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Bergamot home was a beautiful sprawling colonial style brick farmhouse with two
massive a meticulously cared-for white barns. The house sat atop of a small
hill and the front yard was dotted with oak and maple trees that were just
starting show signs of autumn glory. The night was cool, but there was still
just a touch of summer left in the breeze as the carriage approached the home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
entire boisterous family, with the exception of Carey, surrounded the large
table and had plenty of tales to share with their friend and neighbor. For the
occasion, Lanie had dressed up a bit. She wore a simple but pretty dress she
had made the previous winter. She had washed her wavy hair and let it fall down
to tumble over her shoulders. She had even put some lavender oil (her favorite
scent) behind her ears for the first time since the last time she saw Carey.
She was nothing short of stunning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
whole family was quite talkative with the exception of Edward who sat two seats
away with red cheeks and his head down for most of dinner. There was a joyful
and welcoming mood for most of the meal, until the conversation inevitably
turned to Carey. Gradually all of the Bergamot children found some other
pressing task to do around the farm and politely excused themselves as Mr.
Bergamot told the tale of how Carey had courted Miss Langely and then, just a
few weeks prior, had proposed. Soon after, Carey had become forgetful and
started eating less. In the following days he had grown weak and pale and
feverish. He hadn’t gotten out of bed for three days now. He had been moved to
the guest room on the first floor so Mrs. Bergamot could tend to him more
easily. Mostly, though, he said he wanted to be alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“We
think you should talk to him,” said Mrs. Bergamot. “Please help our dear
Caraway.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
stood and gently grabbed Lanie by the arm and led her to Carey’s door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“We’ll
leave you two alone.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
door shut behind Lanie and her body trembled as she gazed at Carey, sleeping,
pale and sickly, though still strikingly handsome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Carey,”
she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At the
sound of her musical voice and the scent of the lavender upon her skin, his
eyes fluttered open, piercing and blue and very sad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Lanie,
why have you come? Do you wish to torment my soul further?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“No,
not at all. I love you Caraway.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“And I
love you, more than I can tell you, but you know that, no matter what, I will
not, cannot and shall not ever marry a woman of witchcraft,” he said, his voice
gaining some strength. “You misled me and never told me the truth about your
interest in that swamp and its black magic.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">After
this, he reached for the crock of vegetable soup his mother had prepared
sitting on the nightstand. He took a mouthful and it warmed him. His blue eyes
flashed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Though
love you I do, I shall never marry a witch.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“But
Carey?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Do
not worry, Lanie. I have spoken not one ill word of you to a soul, and I will
not, but please, you must leave me now. Please…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
dried her tears as Mr. Bergamot dropped her off at her cottage. She had much to
do to enact the only solution to healing her broken heart. There was an ominous
low whirring sound and a ruffle of feathers from the direction of the apple
tree, heavy with fruit, as the carriage headed down the dusty road in the
moonlight.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Four
days later, the Bergamot carriage once again rolled away from Lanie’s cottage.
Even the horses hung their heads with sorrow. Mr. Bergamot had stopped by to
tell Lanie of Carey’s death. Though she expected the visit, she wept, and her
body shook with sobs of grief upon receiving the news. She cried for days. And,
for Lanie, each tear carried with it a bit of humanity, compassion and caring.
And, when she had finally wept out the last of her soul, she stopped, sat up,
and smiled.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
dried her eyes and stumbled out into the crisp night air. She sat on her bench
and gazed up at the full moon. She sat silent for a few moments. Then it came —
a soft and sinister “whirrrrrr.”</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Nettles
purred with contentment and slowly blinked his glowing yellow eyes.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lanie
went in and wrote in her journal:</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Caraway Bergamot, the love of my
life,</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My existence fulfilled if I were
his wife.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But that could not be, and Nature
knows no pause.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-37897518846454218102013-07-16T14:12:00.000-04:002013-07-16T14:12:08.556-04:00Lavender Labyrinth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Pumpkins are planted and we will be getting more details out on our fall harvest days later this summer. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-49364608166139424172013-01-01T12:44:00.003-05:002013-01-01T12:44:16.437-05:00Happy New YearHappy New Year from our Family!<br />
Thank You for a wonderful 2012 Christmas Tree Season. Many happy blessings for the year to come.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-43080268405150461312012-12-16T21:51:00.000-05:002012-12-17T21:58:54.737-05:00Merry Christmas!Thank You so very much for a wonderful season! We will be open one last day this Saturday December 22, 2012 10am-noon. We are NOT open during the week. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-87144704967635430182012-11-27T10:03:00.000-05:002012-11-27T10:03:16.760-05:00Jingle all the way to Kaleidoscope Farms<br />
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<br /><br />“Jingle-bells, Jingle-bells, Jingle all the way,<br /><br /> Oh, what fun it is to ride a one-horse open sleigh…”<br /><br />“Wait, mom, wait. What is a one-horse open sleigh?”<br /><br />“Oh, well, I think it means that one horse is pulling a sleigh with an open top.”<br /><br />“Oh, OK."<br /><br />“O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way<br /><br />Bells on bobtail ring…”<br /><br /> <span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Mom, what is a bellsonbob-tail?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Ummm…Well…Uh…I’m not really sure. You know what, let’s load up
and go to Kaleidoscope Farms, I bet they’ll know there. They have horses and a
sleigh with bells.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kaleidoscope Farms offers all of the charm of an old fashioned
Christmas, complete with a horse drawn open sleigh when the snow falls and
bells ringing on their bobbed tails. The country charm is easy to see in the
beautiful rural Hancock county setting for the farm and the rows of carefully
manicured Christmas trees spreading out in every direction. After a pleasant
winter stroll, guests are welcome to warm up in the cozy, wood-fired warm gift
shop. There are ample shopping options along with hand made wreaths and greens,
home baked cookies and cinnamon rolls and complimentary hot cider. And this
year, for the first time, the Lima Beane Men’s Barbershop Chorus will be
strolling the fields and performing at the farm on Sunday Dec. 2 to add an
additional element of Christmas cheer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“We want the people who take time to come out here and share the
holidays with our family to find the wonderful Christmas atmosphere they
usually can only sing about in all of the old Christmas carols,” said Dave
Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms. “Out here they won’t find a shopping mall
or a traffic jam, just a simple country Christmas experience on the farm.
Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and we’ll even have some snow for the
horses to pull the sleigh.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kaleidoscope Farms offers 10 varieties of fir, pine and spruce
trees, dug trees, tree delivery and plenty of decorations to Deck the Halls.
Celebrate the First Noel this year with a White Christmas in the Winter
Wonderland at the farm complete with Jingle Bells, Silver Bells, the Holly and
the Ivy, and plenty of fun Christmas tunes sung in true barbershop style.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-16986878234636164692012-11-15T20:47:00.001-05:002012-11-15T20:47:21.074-05:00Christmas tree crop strong despite the drought<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">The sale-sized trees have deep, well-developed root systems
that help them overcome short-term drought conditions experienced in much of
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">“The trees weathered the drought just fine and the late
rains through the fall have rehydrated the soils and the trees are doing really
well,” said Dave Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms just north of Mt. Cory. “If
the dry conditions would have persisted through the fall we would have been
concerned about trees being too dry, but the wet weather in the last couple of
months really took care of that concern.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">The large trees are just fine, but the young trees on the
farm suffered significantly in the dry conditions. A substantial portion of the
trees planted last spring and the spring of 2011 died in the drought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">“Unfortunately we lost quite a few of our youngest trees to
the drought this year,” Reese said. “We will have to make up for the losses by
planting more, older seedling in the next couple of years. The drought was very
tough on us, but it really did not have much effect on the trees that we will
be selling this year. In fact, we may have the best crop of trees we have ever
had for sale this year.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Whether in a dry year or a more normal year, Reese does
advise putting the fresh cut trees into water as soon as possible after
bringing them home from the farm. They will take up a surprising amount of
water, especially in the first few days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">For questions, contact Reese at 419-722-1154 or visit
Kaleidoscopefarms.com. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088150408481659168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826666749982448324.post-2431312984020046742012-10-26T21:59:00.000-04:002012-10-26T22:41:17.326-04:00Ohio State Fair Victories<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Champion Fir and Reserve <br />
Champion ove rall. Canaan Fir.<br />
2012 Ohio State Fair</td></tr>
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Two entries and two champions — not bad odds for Dave Reese, owner of Kaleidoscope Farms Christmas tree farm in Hancock County.<br />
Reese entered a black hills spruce and a Canaan fir in the Ohio State Fair Christmas tree competition. Each was the champion in its category and the fir was the reserve champion overall.<br />
“We have fun entering trees in the competition,” Reese said. “It lets us demonstrate the quality of our trees to the entire state and we enjoy the competition of it.”<br />
Reese studies the trees in his 25 acres of production to find flawless examples to submit for the competition. He carefully trims each of the trees to attain the ideal conical shape.<br />
“The State Fair trees we entered this year are both beautiful, but different,” Reese said. “The fir tree has a taller, more slender shape that really appeals to many of our customers. The incredible spruce had every branch in the right place to make it a little more curvaceous for those looking for a fatter tree.”<br />
Kaleidoscope Farms had the Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Christmas Tree in 2004 with a white pine entry. For more information about the farm, contact Reese at 419-722-1154.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Champion Spruce. This is a sample of the <br />
beautiful Black Hills Spruce we will have<br />
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