Garden Bed Potpourri
January 21, 2016
Fruits, welcome vegetables! Garden beds are nearly finished and they are lively.
The soil in all of the garden beds is recycled from the soil taken out to make the path. We outlined where garden beds would go and the excavators…
Adding Art
January 1, 2016
We are pleased to unveil two new art pieces in the orchard, both recently installed and both splendid.
Chris Lemmen of Steel Bamboo is the creator of the floating bumble bee (bombus mixtus). The bee is made of metal. Landscape…
Apple and Pear Physiology
November 29, 2015
Apple and Pear Physiology
WSU Extension offers a bounty of pertinent information about orchard management on their website . They also host continuing education and I recently attended a two-day workshop focusing…
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…