Plants that Give Back
Since moving to my new house, I’ve been intent upon getting a new pair of columnar apple trees. I had two in my old, smaller suburban backyard, and they were wonderful. The Emerald Spire grew to about...
View ArticleThe sky is falling!
Seems appropriate…wasn’t that an apple falling on Chicken Little’s head which set the whole thing off? Two things I have a lot of around here right now: chickens and apples. The three new chickens are...
View ArticleMust Be Fall!
Yesterday I spent most of the day really feeling like it was fall. Got up to a fairly steady, normal fall rain, even! First I went out to the Apple Festival in Venersborg, WA. Venersborg is a very,...
View ArticleMillions of Peaches…Peaches for Me….
Well, not millions. Last year we planted a Frost Peach tree near our garden, and waited to see what it would do. This spring it had lots of beautiful pink blossoms, which our honeybees seemed to...
View ArticleEasiest Berry Pies
Strawberry season is either nearly over or completely over, depending on where you are in the country. (We have maybe a week more here…got a late start this year!) Raspberries are up next, then we’ll...
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