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@rawutah

This is a shared family account. We love food forests, wildcrafting..raw Utah adventure......and blockchain technology!!

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Aug 2, 2019, 4:05 PM UTC

The “flavor queen”..pluots are ripe in Southern Utah today! This is a delectable ...

... piece of fruit! Tastes like cotton candy to me. :)) Sooo juicy and so sweet! This is a hybrid of plum and apricot. She has a greenish yellow skin and amber orange flesh! mmmm! I’ll post more info…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 30, 2019, 4:49 PM UTC

The tortoise trail...here in Southern Utah! This is one of the trails we are seeing ...

... lots of tortoises. This whole area as far as the eye can see is reserved and protected for the tortoises that have lived in these converging deserts over expansive amounts of time. You can see so…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 29, 2019, 2:16 PM UTC

Another tortoise sighting on the trail this morning! We are seeing them almost daily ...

... right now. This is a much younger tortoise than the last image we captured. She’s absolutely beautiful! Such an honor to watch and observe them in their natural habitat. Thanks for viewing today…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 18, 2019, 2:36 PM UTC

The peaches are ON...in Southern Utah! Waves of fruit coming off the trees right ...

... now and this peach wave is my favorite!!!!! Harveting a few dozen a day and eating them fresh. We also intend on making peach mead/melomel. Mead is the fizzy lifting drink of the food forest. ;)…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 15, 2019, 2:02 PM UTC

The grapes are ON...in Southern Utah! We are harvesting handfuls a day right now ...

... and enjoying every last one! These are the Thompson seedless variety. I’ll post a link below with more information about this particular genetic. She’s been a hardy grower for us year after year.…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 11, 2019, 1:32 PM UTC

The flavor grenade pluots...are beginning to ripen in Southern Utah! These fruits ...

... are crosses between plums and apricots. Soooo sweet! Pluots are delicious and the “flavor grendade” ....is one of the best kinds! I’ll post a video below from the Nursery that grows and sells the…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 8, 2019, 2:05 PM UTC

These two baby hummingbirds are the latest batch of hummingbirds that has hatched ...

... on our back porch. We captured this image of them this morning. Looks like they are getting closer to leaving the nest. This is the 11 th year straight this nest has been used by hummingbirds. Th…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 5, 2019, 3:23 PM UTC

Spotted this local Southern Utah...desert tortoise..while out for a hike this morning! ...

... These ancient ones have been around since dinosaur times! They are native to the Mojave and Senoran deserts of the Southwest. I’ll post some more links below on this fascinating creature! Souther…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jul 3, 2019, 2:46 PM UTC

The plums are ON....in Southern Utah! The sun is rising here and we are harvesting ...

... some beauties! This particular tree is a Santa Rosa plum. She’s about 11 years old now and grows right next to our house. She’s a reliable and HEAVY producer! One of our favorites for sure. We wi…

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Raw Utah
@rawutah Jun 30, 2019, 2:56 PM UTC

The apricots are ON...in Southern Utah! This is the Moorpark variety. I’ll post ...

... more information on this particular genetic below. We are growing quite a few different types of apricots but this one has been the most hardy and fruitful so far. Very sweet when tree ripened! T…

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