They only stayed a few days.
The piers have been planted
Ken and his invaluable experience are back, we took a bad start but eventually reached a good cruising speed which allowed us to plant 14 piers in a single day.
Never an easy feeling to have these things fly above your head
When all is done, I was beyond tired.
Not quite done putting things in the ground
These guys showed up, we are getting ready to build an addition to the house. More to follow.
Garden tilled
The wettest May I’ve ever seen in Vermont and by far. Everything is made harder by the constant rain and the soggy grounds it creates. Of course this is the year we chose to do a big push planting fruit bearing trees & shrubs. Nicole already planted a row and the garlic is still growing but we’re going to keep the garden fairly tame this year.
Realigned blueberries and prepared the terrain for 30 more.
When this last batch is in the ground, we’re going to calm the eff down with the planting.
Mama Robin is back
She picked a tree right next to the previous year’s and built her nest closer to the trunk. We discovered her as she was alarming in exactly the same way as last year when we happened to be close to the tree. What a great way to let predators know they’re getting warmer!
Anyway, we’re glad she chose our garden again this year (assuming its the same Mama Robin).
And 25 more
30 + 25 + 25 + 3 extras = 83 plants 🙂 I can’t wait to be swimming in raspberries.
The tick patrol
Very bad year for ticks so far. Time to release the dinosaurs.
The tipping point
2 pear trees (one heavily defended)
2 more red currents
2 plum trees
3 more apple “trees”
2 cherry trees
With everything we are putting in the ground this year, in 4 to 5 years, we should reach the point where our land produces much more than we know what to do with. This will coincide with being close to, if not entirely debt free. We might even have built a rental house by then too.
It’s impossible to know what things will look like exactly, but it’s easy to foresee there will be a tipping point where we finally reap the rewards of our hard work and investments.
30 Raspberry plants in the ground
More to come…
Down with the Sweetness
Processing the honey we harvested
Maple Syrup & Honey this year
Glorious Garlic Uncovered
Nothing sets the tone of the starting the season like something already green and already growing. Garlic is awesome for this.
600 bulbs, 4200 cloves