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Dear Friends of Riley's Farm:
U-Pick: All of you pie-bakers out there, this is a great apple-picking Saturday with Granny Smiths coming on and Newton Pippins still in abundance. We have flowers and PUMPKINS too, lots of live music, tomahawk-throwing, candle-dipping, archery and miles of country walking. Check out our harvest map and schedule here. Forecasts are for clear skies and highs in the low 80s. In my old age, I’ve fallen back in love with the big, juicy, quarter-pound barbecue cheeseburger with lots of dressing, pickles, tomatoes, lettuce, ketchup, mustard and grilled onions if they can be had. We are “beefing” up our prep table so you can make your own creations, and we have pulled pork sandwiches, ribs, chicken, and tri-tip as well.
This is THE PLACE to end an intermittent fast.
The Harvest Feast: It’s only seven days away! If you enjoy a served meal in an 18th century tavern, this is your chance. Join us in November on Friday and Saturday nights. Better yet, get yourself a nice room at the Yucaipa La Quinta as well. They give a very steep 20% Riley’s Farm discount.
Civil War Reenactment: We need your help spreading the word on this event: It’s Saturday November 9th with reenactors staging battles and skirmishes between Union and Confederate troops. Tickets are discounted if you buy them online. Details ♦ Tickets Back when Ken Burns wasn’t forced into apologizing for his documentary by America-hating social justice weirdoes, (back when he still had a spine), he gave us a powerful reminder that American soldiers aren’t just brave. They are motivated by love. I dare you to watch this letter home without weeping. Don’t let anyone tell you any different: We have a GLORIOUS history.
Christmas Events: The two graphics below detail our available seating for Christmas in the Colonies and A Christmas Carol. Some nights still have enough room for large church and company parties, so don’t wait!
Emerald City: the farm has three primary water systems – a big agricultural well with a 150,000 gallon tank and two potable water systems that service the packing shed, Colonial Chesterfield, and the farm residences. After 30 years, one of the two inch potable lines broke, but we couldn’t find the leak for a few days. (We’re talking about a mile long route.) While we were without running water in the house, Mary and I debated “hoteling it,” for a day, but then, facing a night of bucket flushing toilets, she grabbed a garden hose, tapped into the ag water system, and ran it through a window up to the 2nd floor where we live. The line came to an end with a garden spray nozzle, locked position, resting in the sink, so that the ”bucket flushing” was made bearable—which made roughing it pretty easy. Young men: find a girl like Mary.
What does this have to do with Emerald City? Our project very likely needs its own power plant and water distribution system. It’s exciting just to think about it – imagine a small solar farm tucked away from the old world aesthetics, and a bank of Elon Musk batteries being charged, with a control room monitoring tank levels and irrigation usage. Let’s include a HAM radio tower and repeater for off-the-grid communication. The last few decades of disaster response by the government should teach us all a lesson: the American people are better at taking care of themselves than their spendthrift representatives. Emerald City needs a “survival” component. Agreed?
Okay, I’ve yammered on enough.
See you soon,
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