{"id":3836,"date":"2025-09-05T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:47:18","slug":"fairy-fine-apples-peaches-and-pears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=3836","title":{"rendered":"Fairy Fine Apples, Peaches and Pears"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/strong>n September we harvest peaches from our orchard.<\/p>\n

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F<\/strong>airy Folk and Wildlings come together with children to sample the first ripened peaches.<\/p>\n

L<\/strong>ittle Penelope Porcupine loves peaches.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>s temperatures begin to cool our Wolf River Apples start to ripen.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>nd later our pears…<\/p>\n

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M<\/strong>id October is harvest time in our orchard on the north side of a small mountain in Maine.<\/p>\n

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O<\/strong>rganically grown with fairy dust our trees bear an abundance of fruit which fills our pantry, as well as supplying a food source for Wildlings and Fairies.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>dults and children, Fairy Folk and Old Horse,<\/p>\n

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F<\/strong>amily, neighbors and friends,<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>ll gather together harvesting natures bounty.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>urning work into play is the Fairy way and we always take time for merriment.<\/p>\n

O<\/strong>ld Horse is Guardian of the Home Place Fairies as well as to a mortal girl and her younger sister.<\/p>\n

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H<\/strong>e was long ago enchanted by fairy folk and though he ages he never grows old.<\/p>\n

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Y<\/strong>esterday we harvested pears, eating as we picked,<\/p>\n

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L<\/strong>ater we delivered our pears to the Apple Wizard and his Fair Lady who along with a young wizard in training pressed them into cider.<\/p>\n

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W<\/strong>e will dry fruit; freeze fruit, make sauces, bake pies, pastries and tarts.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong> Pixie Pear Tart sweetened with fairy dust.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>fter her belly is full of peaches, apples or pears Penelope heads home.<\/p>\n

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C<\/strong>utest little porcupine I have ever known.<\/p>\n

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