May 24, 2017 Don’t blink. You might miss something. Everything is growing and gardens are glowing. Welcome new gardeners Mitch, Michael and Stuart. Michael and Stuart got an early start by protecting some plants with saran wrap. Sue has a second food bank bed, and not surprising, it looks professional. We took nine pounds of […]
May 3, 2017 On April 21, I noticed a rolled leaf on the Twinberry at our house. I shuffled over to our apple tree. Hmm. More rolled leaves. I jogged up to the orchard and every fruit tree that had leafed out showed this same leaf damage. What was this small green larvae with a […]
March 3, 2017 The bold Honeycrisp is too tall! “Bring down the height and the apples are within reach, plus the ladder can stay in the shed.” We all nod with approval. Ingela is convincing. Eight of us gathered in February to enjoy Ingela’s annual pruning class. She walked around each tree, backed up, pondered, […]