Planning for 2017
January 31, 2017
Eleven thoughtful volunteers met this month to sketch out a vision for the coming year. The Cider Fest will be our key event, we will add a few more fruit trees and bushes and the food bank bed is expanding. (Note Sue's gorgeous…
Harvest Highlights – Part II – Fruit
December 07, 2016
Now for the fruits of our labor. 2016 was our fifth season and we finally picked a substantial amount of apples, enough to test and to share. For the first time kiwi berries developed and both chestnuts produced fully pollinated…
Harvest Highlights – Part I – Vegetables
November 30, 2016
The bounty from our seven vegetable gardens was spectacular and, beginning mid-May and ending mid-November, we donated over 300 pounds of produce to the University District Food Bank. Thanks so much to experienced gardeners…
Moonlight Hunt
October 31, 2016
While cleaning up after sheet mulching under the grape trellis, I noticed the box cutter was missing. Yikes! The blade on that tool was open. I looked everywhere I could think of, then, I looked back at the six-inch thick…
Moonlight Hunt
October 28, 2016
While cleaning up after sheet mulching under the grape trellis, I noticed the box cutter was missing. Yikes! The blade on that tool was open. I looked everywhere I could think of, then, I looked back at the six-inch thick…
6th Annual Fest is the Best!
October 3, 2016
Half way through our 6th annual cider fest I strolled down the path and saw volunteers Jennifer and Liz sitting comfortably on the orchard bench, feet dangling. I realized then that the number and quality of volunteers at…
The Apple Sleuth
September 6, 2016
Lori Brakken, apple ID expert and landscape designer, volunteers tirelessly in her efforts to further people's enjoyment of fruit. Last weekend, she graciously invited me to observe an apple ID session. Thinking that identifying…
Learning and Sharing
August 15, 2016
This morning, FECO volunteer Sue Hartman hauled over 10 pounds of produce to the food bank for the 13th time. Her walk is shorter now that the University Food Bank re-located to Roosevelt Ave N, just north of NE 50th St.
Thus…
Good Bugs Bad Bugs
July 29, 2016
Last month, I attended a class on Beneficial Insects taught by instructors from Xerces (http://www.xerces.org/) and hosted by King Conservation District .
Conservation biocontrol is the new catch phrase and the focus is on…