Our doe kindled last night. We took a quick peek and got a little video of her babies after the girls got to see them.
Our 6 pounds of Jerusalem artichokes arrived in the mail this week and we got them right in the ground. They’ve gone into three different spots where they’re out of the way and can be allowed to go wild.
We’ve never had them before so this will be a learning experience.
My brother brought me some of these food grade plastic 4 gallon containers. They’ve got a bung with a water tight o-ring just like the food grade 55 gallon drums. They should be great containers for storing drinking water or even dry goods with a hand warmer or two thrown in to remove the oxygen for long term storage. They need to be washed and dried before they’re used but that’s easy!
Last night we submitted our order to Stark Brothers for some apple trees as well as blackberry, blueberry and strawberry plants. We all like Gala apples so we got a semi dwarf Gala and a Golden Delicious, which are good compatible pollinators. We also ordered some thorn-less black berries, blueberries and strawberries to plant out near the garden.
It will be hard to do, but my plan is to clip the strawberries the first year to encourage the plants to grow and get strong to make it through the winter. Here is the site where we will start putting fruit trees. If you look you’ll see a section of fence in the photo. They’ll be planted on this side of the fence.
