Frankenstein Trees?!? What the heck is a Frankenstein Tree? Well, that’s what I call our four fruit trees that will each grow 4 different types of fruit. We have 2 apple trees, 1 pear tree and 1 cherry tree that will each give us four different types of each fruit. This is super cool and is also super weird. I…
Let me start off by saying that I have Spring Fever in the worst kind of way. For real. All I want to do is play in the yard/garden, hang out with the chickens and plan, plan, plan how my garden will grow. Instead, I have to work. Stinkin’ responsibilities. Oh well. When I come home from work, I am…
When I was a little girl I loved being outside. The smells, the sounds, the beauty and adventure of it all (arroyos included). I can’t tell you how many pictures I have of my 3 year old self playing in the garden! I’m not sure when the moment happened, but at some point it became my habit to sit on…
Today I found out that one of our City Counselors is proposing this new bee ordinance that would require bee keepers to register their apiaries, get inspections and keep their hives 75 feet away from property lines (unless there are walls or fences at least 6 feet high to separate them) as well as a few other minor details. He…
We got our seed potatoes in the mail!!! Last year we purchased our seed potatoes from one of those big home supply stores. They did really well at first and then just died 🙁 Hopefully this years will survive! Now they just need to sprout their eyes… We plan on planting them in an old kiddie pool we purchased for…
Today was a fairly busy day, in a calm sort of way. I woke up before anyone else (even the dogs stayed in bed when I got up!) and decided to have my tea in the front yard. I thought I could just relax, enjoy the sun, the tea and my current book (Stephen Kings Bag of Bones). No such…
