The Harvest Is Early And Long
October 14, 2015
Much of the fruit we grow matured about three weeks early this year. We enjoyed honeyberry, blueberry, raspberry, pears, apples, figs, chestnuts. Yes, chestnuts! This is out first year of fully pollinated chestnuts. (When…
5th Annual Cider Fest This Sunday
October 2, 2015
You are all invited to our fifth annual Cider Fest this Sunday, noon to 3:00pm.
Our event coincides with a tour of public orchards put on by CityFruit. We are one of 16 public orchard sites on the CityFruit tour. We will…
Path Project Complete
August 27, 2015
Building our crushed rock path was a sizeable effort with a sizeable payback: an improvement in both the appearance and functionality of the orchard.
Path construction was the biggest volunteer effort for FECO to date.…
State Of The Onion Address
July 18, 2015
On June 15, after four years of lugging water, we turned on a spigot. Wow! The sound of water rushing into a bucket; it actually took some getting used to! What a wonderful resource, especially with this record hot and dry summer.…
Control Freaks Wanted
June 14, 2015
Choose your battles. Focus on the invasive plants that damage the environment!
That was the advice given us by Karen Peterson, King County Noxious Weed Specialist, who awed us with her excellent presentation on invasive plants…
Cisterns Are Doin’ It For Themselves
April 18, 2015
Our two new Premier 1,535 gallon cisterns are installed and ready for a rain dance. The 200 square foot shed roof will channel enough water into those tanks to sustain three times the vegetation that we currently water.
Once…
Too Busy To Blog
February 21, 2015
The shed remodel, designed and built by FECO volunteers, is 99 percent finished. This is the first of four infrastructure projects slated to be completed in 2105.
We will tell the shed story with a few photos. Suffice…
A Nail For All Seasons
December 18, 2014
"NUMBER 73!"
That's me.
I plop down on a swivel stool at , across the counter from Byron, one of Dunn's helpful project managers.
This is the third time we meet to make changes to the material's quote for the shed…
Ready To Plow Ahead
November 14, 2014
Jump on the sled and slide down an exciting path of learning, sharing, building and beautifying. We have entered our construction phase! (View the final project design on the Library Page to see what's coming your way.)
We…