The Couple Who Planted an Orchard They Would Never See
In 2019, Howard and Lucille Granger, both in their late seventies, bought three hundred bare-root apple trees and planted them across four acres of rocky...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22.
In 2019, Howard and Lucille Granger, both in their late seventies, bought three hundred bare-root apple trees and planted them across four acres of rocky hillside in eastern Tennessee. Their neighbors thought they had lost their minds. Apple trees take seven to ten years to produce a meaningful harvest. Howard walked with a cane. Lucille had survived two rounds of chemotherapy.…
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