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…
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The Power of Plants
Recently, while reading posts offered by members of a reflective blog writing group to which I belong, there were a couple that caught my eye. The authors, two separate people,…
Blueberries from the Backyard
Our blueberries are coming in! Earlier this month, we had a bountiful cherry harvest. We still have cherries to pick, but the weather has turned hot and the Japanese Beetles…
Fruit Trees & The Weather: It seems to be all or none
For the last 18 years, we’ve had a home fruit orchard. I can’t call it a backyard orchard as it was at our first home in the mid-west, as our…
