CONWAY — It’s been said that one of the benefits of growing things is you come to understand your connection to the cycle of the earth. Like that phrase in Ecclesiastes 3, you realize there is “a time to plant and a time to uproot” — and to pick.
That’s especially true for apple orchard growers and apple pickers.
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