It’s Apple Harvest Time!
September Evenings Last night my husband and I picked apples. We didn’t go anywhere, just our front yard! Mainly, we have Cortland’s this year. We have enough to make pies…
Category: Fruit trees
The Home Fruit Orchard: Plums & Pears
Part of our home fruit orchard consists of several plum trees. I believe we have four varieties: Kaga, Toga, and Italian (Stanley) Prune Plums. I’ve been watching the trees since…
Blueberries & Butterflies
Today, I made the rounds on our fruit trees. The cherry trees in our front yard were picked clean by birds while we were away at our cabin for a…
Time Management Problems in June
May becomes June Seriously, I do not know what happened to the month of June this year! Having an extremely busy May due to a high school graduation, family coming…
Emulation of Gardening: Priceless
Wednesday, I received a text from my eldest son who is in graduate school in Iowa. He was letting me know that he applied for a piece of a community…
A Little Bit of Garden Clean Up
We were lucky to have a mild weekend here in the midwest. My husband set about pruning our fruit trees. We have about thirty different trees – apples, cherries, plum,…
Home Grown Honey
I am getting hooked on locally home-grown honey! In the past month, I have been lucky enough on two occasions to get some samples! The first was from Five Hands…
Cider Making Party
This past Saturday we had a cider making party with a bunch of our friends! It is that time of year! Luckily, we have a great many apples from our…
