Every  year I plan out the garden, start the seeds and try to get the garden in the ground before the middle of June.  Some years go better than others.  But unlike is often recommended for newer type gardeners, I…

Like most people, I like eating fruit and berries, but for a variety reasons I don't like to buy them in the store.  In late summer, I will typically buy off the fruit truck that shows up in my  community…

Developing an orchard or even planting a couple trees takes time as we wait for them to produce.  But if one is developing a food forest, the planning, implementing and then waiting for the ecosystem to develop can seem like…

As I sit to write this, we are a couple days into the spring equinox.  And although temperatures have decided to take another dip into the deep freeze for the last days of March, it does not stop the dreaming…

I have heard it said over the years, that one of the first things that a person should do after buying a property, if they are so inclined, is to plant fruit trees because establishing an apple tree orchard or…

After my initial apple tree orchard met it's demise, I knew that it would be just a matter of time before I did the work involved in planning an orchard to replace it.  But this time, rather than just planting…

When I first moved here 30+ years ago, I knew that I wanted to not only have a garden but that I also wanted to have the ability to grow some of my own fruit.  Raspberries and strawberries were the…