Apparently the sheep like fig leaves. My poor little survivor I was so pleased about! Might have known. Shouldn’t be an issue once they get establish and are pruned higher than sheep can reach, but they have to survive long enough to get there.
Category: Our Orchard
Well, I missed that one…
And that one, And that one, And that other one. We didn’t intend to let this quince tree fruit this year, as it is still quite young. After the blossoms started to wilt, I pinched them all off. Or thought I did. Apparently, I missed four of them. So it looks like we will be… Continue reading Well, I missed that one…
Some like it hot
Others… Not so much. At 96° today at the farm, pretty warm for this neck of the woods. Daddy insists that it is not that hot, compared to other places he has lived and worked, but for those unaccustomed, it’s pretty doggone warm. That’s why we got to the farm bright and early this morning,… Continue reading Some like it hot
Being a man
Sometimes means working while others rest. Prepping next year’s raspberry bed. Like a man.
Good to be back
It has been a long time since we have posted here. Daddy has been busy doing National Guard stuff (Boo!) and Mommy has been busy holding down the fort (Yay!). But we're back with a quick fire post to get us up to date. What is Winne so excited about? Moo's! Not just any moo's.… Continue reading Good to be back
Mulching the Orchard
Time is running out before daddy hast to leave for National Guard for a couple weeks. Time is also running out before the hot and dry season is upon us. Trying not to repeat the mistakes of last year, where we lost a number of orchard plants due to drought,we are working on getting all… Continue reading Mulching the Orchard
Mulching the food hedge
 spent a few mornings over the last couple weeks, running loads of wood chips out to the food hedge. Not very time efficient, takes about an hour to load up drive out unload and drive back, but eventually we got it done. This was the most difficult section to mulch, because every shovelful had… Continue reading Mulching the food hedge
More Orchard Planting
Saturday we spent most of the afternoon racing to get the rest of our orchard order into the ground. Bare-root trees have a limited time before their roots dry out and they die. We picked up the order on Thursday, and it was well packed in wet mulch and newspapers, but we didn't want to… Continue reading More Orchard Planting
Food Hedge Planting
After the bull pasture fiasco (which took up most of the morning) Daddy and Uncle and Seppi and Edmund got busy planting our new orchard trees and bushes. As we mentioned before, our orchard is not so much a single discrete area as it is a network of fruit trees, vines and bushes scattered around… Continue reading Food Hedge Planting
Spring!
Goumi berries in full bloom!
Little Farm in the Big City 