A Seedy Sunday

I tell myself not to go overboard when starting seeds. After all, work, both on the farm and off takes up a lot of time. And the whole trying to make time to be social and to exercise thing, oh and take care of elders, makes me feel like I have actually very little free …

Beautiful Weather

Lots of good weather happening these days. It makes me think spring is just around the corner. Maybe we will be lucky this year and everything will be early? Maybe climate change will increase our growing season? I say that in the moment, knowing things will be swinging drastically all around. It really is unpredictable …

Food Forests?

I haven't sat down to really study the whole concept of food forestry, but I have read a few articles in magazines now and then in the last few years. As someone who is fascinated by forests and foraging it is a concept that appeals to me a lot. Basically, it is the art of …

Plants, for nearly nothing!

If you have any kind of patience at all, you can save yourself a lot of cash. Let me explain! There are many ways to start a garden and to plant a landscape and they all depend on how much time, effort and money you want to expand on a new project. If you are …

Trimming the Trees

Silly old me kind of went fruit tree crazy when I moved here and saw all this open space. I had brought some young trees with me from my previous home, as they were small enough to still dig up like the ultra-dwarf peach and nectarine, some apples, a plum or two, a boysenberry and …

Seedy Sunday 6

And a rant for Salad Bowl Sunday Yes, I know it's also "Super Bowl Sunday" but I gotta be honest here, I prefer to spend my energy on Salad Bowl Sunday ;). And cookies. The dough of which is in the fridge chilling so that I can make cutouts with them in a while. While …

Isabella Tiger Moths

Pyrrharctia isabella, the isabella tiger moth caterpillars are out in force today, I saw no less then a dozen on my short walk. These are different then the virginia tiger moths that were out in force last month that are basically all cream white in color. The Isabellas are often nicknamed wooly bears and folks …

How do you like them apples?

No picture, because I often forget to bring my camera with me when I'm working in the garden but today I ate my first Whitney Crabapple right off the tree. Things I've read - mainly on the interwebs-said they would be ready in September. But all but one had disappeared suddenly (Crows? Racoons? Deer? They …