Our First Plum Harvest
The plum trees in the mobile orchard/vinyard produced their first fruit this year. We got about two pounds of plums. The Man of the House is freezing them for use in wine.
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Lavender Garden Update
Last year we added a small lavender garden to our front yard. This is how it looked last September. The lavender isn’t in bloom right now, but take a look at the below photo to see how much they’ve grown.
Continue reading →2009 Garlic Harvest
Cherry Harvest
The Man of the House harvested cherries tonight. Our trees are still young so the harvest was small, but a huge improvement over last year. Here are the cherries from one of our four trees.
Continue reading →It’s That Time of Year Again
When we noticed that the cherry trees in the mobile orchard vineyard were starting to turn color, we netted them to keep the fruit from the birds. Once we’ve harvested the cherries it will about time to net the grape … Continue reading →
Strawberries
Saturday we got our first big, for us, harvest of strawberries for the year.
Continue reading →The Annual Root Trimming
As you may know, we have a mobile orchard/vineyard. This means that we’ve got twenty large pots of grape vines and fruit trees ready to move with us when we find our dream house. How does The Man of the … Continue reading →
Wild Weekend or The Drip Irrigation System
This weekend The Man of the House and I worked on putting together a drip irrigation system. We’ve got all the supplies. The next step is to prep the plants and then we’re ready to go.
Continue reading →Brace Yourself
It was a long, cold winter. It was pretty . . . but it was very, very cold. According to the Seattle Times, Prepare for what could become the coldest spell in nearly two decades, according to the National Weather … Continue reading →
Time Zips By
I was working on a book review for today. As you can see, I didn’t make it. I’ll get it done for Monday. In the meantime here’s an interesting link that I found this week: I Don’t Make Enough to … Continue reading →