Rained well tonight. I am glad. I am stressing a bit about having an automated watering system set up in time for the hot season. These days it’s already as […]

I didn’t take a photo of it, because I didn’t think it would have any flavor, or be worth mentioning, but I collected a single raspberry from the plant, perfectly […]

Raised bed, official woodpile

It was a hot Saturday with lots of sun, so I put the last raised bed together, from the cedar I bought back in April. Having made two already, the […]

More fruits in the ground

Tonight I finally put the pear in the ground and started training the branches. The pear limbs are nice and supple compared to other fruit trees of its height and […]

Staking and planting

Tonight I strung up some supports for the tomatoes in the “walking garden.” This garden is simply a layer of grass clippings with six inches of compost on top. I […]

I finally got around to moving a big brush pile from the willow cuttings a few weeks ago. I was motivated after chatting with my neighbor about Japanese beetles that […]

More fruit in the ground

This morning I made three barrels of leaf compost from the brush. There’s still a lot of it left.. I also spotted a juvenile rabbit in the yard. A few […]

Not all the twigs were dried out, so we only got a small fire going in the portable fire pit.

Shoulder was feeling a little better but not 100%. So I made two barrels of leaf clippings from the brush. Inaugural campfire tonight. It smelled great.