The Skinny Appleseed: Fruit Trees for Riverside Community Garden
Monday, April 26th, 2010On Sunday April 25th, The Skinny Pancake Crew joined forces with Grow Team ONE and Shelburne Orchards planted two apple trees at the Riverside Community Garden. We planted a Cortland and a McIntosh, both about three years old.
A bit about these trees: Every McIntosh apple has a direct lineage to a single tree discovered in 1811 by John McIntosh on his farm in Dundela, a hamlet in Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. He discovered the tree as one of several apple seedlings while clearing a farm which he had just purchased. The Cortland is red with some yellow spots.  This all-purpose apple was developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York in 1898. The apple was named after nearby Cortland County, New York.  As a result of crossing a McIntosh and a Ben Davis apple, the flavor is a bit sweeter than McIntosh and it’s considered to be a wonderful dessert apple.
Donating apple trees to the Riverside Garden is a simple way to give back to our community, who has provided us with steadfast support. We look forward to watching these trees grow & fruit in the years to come.
ve money, reduce air pollution and put your food and yard waste to work building healthy soils to grow healthy food right here in Chittenden Country. Starting tonight:
This week’s food specials at the Skinny Pancake:
he Chubby Muffin.“Â For our regular readers, this is the big news to which we’ve been alluding…
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month. The first one will be this Tuesday, January 12th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the “Mini-Skinny”, 89 Main St. 
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Ramblin’ Red (folk/bluegrass)
world have “big” plans…but we’ve got a secret weapon...Joshua Panda…or as Dan Bolles of 7Days writes, “explosive local soul man 
eriously bored). Well…I’ll probably repeat this next week, but we want to share our New Year’s Resolution. As a pre-amble (and cliffhanger), I’m excited to leak the news to Skinny subscribers that we have HUGE plans for 2010 to “improve our game”…details will be divulged in the coming weeks!
consumer power…the same reason we are so deliberate about sourcing our food locally….
will keep an extra $140,000 here in the local VT economy (or whatever local economy you are in!).
gifts that bring us joy. Returning to music after 20 years of business life, I am astounded to find so many talented musicians in Vermont. 
APRÂ & Ryan Pasakinskas (folk)
The weekly reader or astute observer surely noticed the palpable void in their lives last week as we chose to not write “The Skinny.” It was a short & busy week. As Wednesday spilled into Thursday, we just did not want to intrude (even via email) on Thanksgiving.
These fine folks have relocated from Church Street, bravely pioneering retail on the waterfront. They have a great selection of socially-responsible gifts from a secret santa solution to a sweater. You can wander over & check out their goods next time you come to the ‘Cake!!!
Phineas Gage (Acoustic/Bluegrass)
Take a listen to the song