Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

O (Dead) Christmas Tree

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Christmas, the 800 pound gorilla of holidays,   is once again upon us. Every year, I envy my childless brother, who insouciantly flaunts on...
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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Seed Catalogue Season (Plant Porn)

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My daughter Rowan started a garden a few years ago; a big garden, with the idea that she would have a booth at the local farmer...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Old Christmas Trees, Old Christmas Trees...

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Here is a terrible picture of my four goats and the cow attacking a christmas tree. Most people don't think about ruminants eating e...
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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Tree Trouble (What the Hell is Wrong With These Plums?)

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Sometimes I despair of the orchard. I really do. There are so many factors conspiring against trees here; some of them natural, others d...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Things That Are Not as Simple as They Seem (Poppy Pony Update)

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The blog has been neglected lately, but not because I've had nothing to write about. Quite the opposite, in fact - it's been busy ar...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

Blueberry Bliss

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Homero and Ivory dig holes for the blueberry bushes Peekaboo The weather has made a drastic turn for the normal - meaning the temperatures d...
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Friday, June 4, 2010

Good News, Bad News

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Whaddaya want first? Whenever I am asked that question, I always ask for the bad news first. But I can't make that option make narrative...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

2010 Plant List (So Far)

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The girls enjoy planting some seeds on this unseasonable warm and sunny afternoon. Orchard: 4) hazelnut trees 4) apple trees 1) ch...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Tree Count Through the Roof, and a Future Full of Fruit

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The trees I ordered from Trees of Antiquity arrived. There were six: four apples, a cherry and a greengage plum. Additionally, I found a la...
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Friday, February 5, 2010

My Personal Tree Count

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I've planted a fair number of trees in my life so far. I planted one today. I decided I'd like to try to remember all of them and ma...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Fear of Pruning and Unseasonable Weather

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Very strange couple of weeks we've been having, weather-wise. After the cold snap ended, about three weeks ago, we entered an unseasonab...
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Friday, January 15, 2010

Farm Planning, and Aesthetics Versus Practicality

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I think I'm stealing this from somebody, but there's nothing to make you contemplate the future like planting a tree. Shortly, I...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Expanding Orchard

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Trees of Antiquity is a fantastic nursery that specializes in heirloom fruit trees. After drooling for several days over their online catal...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

My Trees

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There aren't enough trees on this property. Not by a longshot. We are up on the top of a very windy ridge - and I mean VERY windy. It is...