…I love this picture – it is a bunch of elderflowers, from an elderberry bush in July. Elderberries are rather invasive – they grow from roots. The taste isn’t that great (musty, sweet, no tartness unless you add lemon juice) so we had pulled them all out, but they came back!
A lovely picture to remind us that spring and summer will come again.
I’ve just updated the duck page, so take a look.
Mr. & Mrs. Duck are pictured here browsing the orchard in the fall.
Clara dug paths for ducks & chickens
Yesterday we got 20+ inches of snow! Clara is visiting and we worked outside.
Cold frames uncovered
Greens inside!
Ruth and Charlie
Sunday was dig-out day
In the foreground is the fig tree, "packed" for the winter
The fig tree was covered in plastic and then packed with straw. The first year we overpacked the fig tree and unpacked it too late and it got moldy and died (but it grows back from the roots), and the second year we unpacked it too soon in March and it died…but it grew back and produced more than a dozen figs in October. Hopefully, this year we will get it just right!
Solar food dryer (made by Mike) with figs and herbs in October
Powered by WordPress