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orchards

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plural of orchard

as in gardens

a place where people grow fruit trees an apple orchard

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Recent Examples of orchards Spend your time exploring local vineyards (or staying overnight in one), picking apples, plums, and pears in orchards come autumn, and trying out ice skating with the locals in the winter on a stretch of the Trans Canada Trail. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026 Huntsinger said commercial almond farming had expanded rapidly in Placer County over the past decade, with many young orchards reaching maturity. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Jonagolds don’t store particularly well, so look for them early in the fall, especially at farmers markets and orchards. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Worth at least 35 million dollars today, the land was used by Briswalter himself for fruit orchards, but now encompasses the neighborhood of Historic South-Central. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026 Amenities and experiences The Tasting Room at Seminary Hill offers a tour of their orchards and cidery operation with an optional cider tasting. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 In commercial orchards apple maggots are commonly controlled with insecticides targeting adult flies. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026 When the 2023 flood came, his crew scrambled to set up about 30 diesel pumps and sent water flowing onto a vineyard and orchards of almonds, pistachios and olives. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Football, cross country, Saturday soccer games, football, apple orchards, pumpkin patches. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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On one side, the former townhouse faces the splendour of the US Embassy building and its gardens.

— Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
The home is set on a private acre of gardens, and features several verandas that are well-suited for al fresco dining.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026

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Spend an afternoon exploring vineyards along the Long Island Wine Trail; Kontokosta Winery in Greenpoint is the North Fork’s only waterfront winery, and Borghese Vineyard and Winery is the region’s oldest vineyard and a lovely place to picnic.

— Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
As for the current harvest, some local vineyards, like Ascona on Skyline, are completely sold out and most of the fruit has been picked, according to vineyard manager Ken Swegles.

— Laura Ness, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025

Definition of vineyards

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To make way for what will be the third reservoir to serve the canal, an area of more than 11,000 acres that is currently home to schools, churches, farms and cemeteries will have to be flooded and at least 1,600 residents re-homed.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Officials want compact plants that hook directly into factories and server farms.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of farms

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Together, the summer and winter ranches comprise the finest of mule-deer range.

— Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
Every night, Pereyra listened at the same time, hoping to receive a brief update from his family members, most of whom worked on ranches scattered across thousands of square miles.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranches

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Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

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