Jim Fry

To my way of thinking, there is only one most helpful choice. To truly know the mind of mankind's closest friend and allie, would be the most help for both.

Stone Garden Farm & Museum. Richfield, Ohio. Lots of gardens & orchards. Lots of animals, including sheep, milk cows, beef, pigs, rabbits, dogs, chickens, ducks, cats, many border collies. Large Farm School/homeschool, 40 kids. Lots of our own kids. Farm Share once a week for public. Raw milk for public. One of the larger museums/villages in Ohio, in a period 1820 to 1900. Heritage classes, such as soap making, baking, herbs, animal husbandry, fermentation, lots more. Cuyahoga Valley National Park just down the hill from us. Other parks, within minutes, in every direction surrounding us. Cabins and other accommodations available. We have a very full and fairly busy life. A number of folks here now. We don't charge to be here. We are Blessed and like to pass it along. We've had hundreds of wwoof'ers and others over the years. www.stonegardenfarm.com. www.ohiofarmmuseum.com. www.farmschoolohio.com. www.johnbrownohio.com.

Next tour, this coming Saturday, June 13th, 2026. www.stonegardenfarm.com.

1). Looks like rabbit damage.
2). Unlikely they will grow back as original apple.
3). Unlikely to have a good trunk foundation.
And so on.

Time is far more valuable than the tree. The attempt to save a tree that has already failed may be a waste of time. Go out and get a new tree, with good roots and good trunk and good size. And save several years of time. Have apples sooner. Probably end up with a better tree. My experience is that you will regret trying to save money instead of saving time.

I don't know, I've never counted them. Probably at least twenty or so. Maybe thirty. Maybe more. I just know there's at least one in every shop we have.

We have so many people that come here. It's interesting. Some get bit too heck, others the bugs don't bother at all. For us, much of it has to do with how a person smells. Some smells attract mosquitos, some do not. Figure out what works for you, and you will have far less of a problem. ~~You might try eating some garlic, to start.

Ohio has an extremely helpful law. Agritourism. ~Own land, do some farming/gardening, allow others to come on your land for farm activity, few usual governing rules apply to you. "Allowing" people on your land can be as simple as selling eggs to folks who drive in. If you are an Agritourism "farm", most basically, the only rules that get enforced are: Don't build structures withing 20 ft. of the neighbor's line fence. Have an approved septic system. You can otherwise build what you want, do what you want. Ohio Agritourism Law. Look it up. You'll like it. ---Suggestion. Get together with Chris McC and come visit here. We're in Richfield, 1 hour south of Burton, 2 hours north of Columbus. We're one of the oldest intentional communities in the U.S. We do organic/permaculture/biodynamic gardening. And we have one of the largest museums in Ohio. 1820 to 1900.