Berries

The new planting of the week is our berry patch. We received a bunch of cuttings of blackberries from Betty Mankins from the Huasna Ranch. She thinned hers and sent up a few buckets of them for us. We have also planted blueberries and raspberries. Yum!

Our "little" orchard (about 150) of fruit trees is busting out with blossoms. They are small trees, but look so beautiful with the buds from white to dark pink. By next year, we should have a nice little crop for "U pick".

We also have almost 400 olive trees - Arbequina, Arbosana and Frantoio. These will be trained in hedgerow style (similar to grapes) for ease of harvesting.

I talked Marvin into purchasing a male and a female kiwi plant. We will plant these on an arbor (as soon as I talk him into building one). We only need one male and can add more females.

The veggies are really taking off. I can see their little green heads from the house now. Getting ready to place an order for some summer vegetables.

We have been missing one of our hen turkeys for about 2 weeks. I was so afraid that she had wandered away and gotten eaten by a coyote. We found her yesterday when she flew off of the top of the container (box from a semi truck) that we have in the barn. She is sitting on a bunch of eggs - maybe we'll have baby turkeys too!

Can't wait for time to change this weekend. Another hour of sunshine in the evening.

I will be going to the Bradley School at lunch today to help with the lunch duty on the playground. I love volunteering over there - the BEST kids and great staff and faculty. Small town life you know.

Well, I had better get to work and get some paperwork sorted out before I go.

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