Been a long dry summer

I’ve neglected this page I see. A few highlights from a hot dry summer. This is a native fruit, holly leaf  barberry. They are sweet and a little tart when soft ripe, more tart if less ripe. They have little flesh and a lot of tiny little seeds but they are addictive once you start eating them. Maybe next year I’ll have time to pick more. I would love to juice them.  They ripen in June. 

There was a huge wild fire not that far away from me. 

I hatched some Black Copper Marans along with a few others. 

The wild life is driving me crazy. 

The sunflowers have done well. 

There was a nice crop of summer apples. 

I redid the steps to the hill pen. 

There have only been a few squash and peppers. 

The 3 years old peach (from seed!) had 4 huge peaches. They were cling stone but sweet and juicy. 

I am still battling root knot nematodes in a couple of areas. 

The Lofthouse sunroots are about 8 feet high and blooming. A buttercup squash grows on the compost pile. 

Four years of neglect in the greenhouse. Full of weed trees. 

A couple hours work. More to do as I have time. 

And while it rains all around me I’ve had only about an inch of rain since February.