Got Gophers?
***some images and video not for the faint-hearted*** We have pocket gophers. Lots of them. We try very hard not to interfere with native plant and animal species on the property. However, in the garden and orchard areas we occasionally find we need to address our...
June Garden Update
Admittedly, the garden area has been somewhat neglected of late, with our attention being diverted toward other projects. Today though, I actually took a little time to stop and look at the garden a little more closely to see how things are doing. The plants we’re...
Pear Sawfly
This weekend the weather couldn’t have been more perfect. Now that all the poultry projects are complete we turned our attention back toward the orchard. We still have a lot of work to do. The most important task is wrapping up our never-ending irrigation...
It’s Not Easy Being Greens
Growing anything here is a challenge, and vegetables are no exception. This last weekend was rather interesting, and informative for us. While outside, working on the new chicken ark, a very fearless doe was browsing less than 20 feet from where we were working for...
Raised Garden Boxes
The weather this weekend was beautiful, with temperatures in the low 80’s here. Perfect weather for working in the gardens. Our vegetable garden sits atop a plateau, and is positioned above our orchard, which is planted on the slope below. A lot of our soil is...
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