Spring Is Springing!

Let me start this post with a BIG thank you to Jason Beverley and Justin Ritchie for the monetary gift they gave toward the success of the Giving Garden!! You two are what makes giving to those in need an easier thing to keep doing!

The weather here has gone from winter to spring without a gradual change this year. Consequently, fruit trees and bushes are blooming a little early, so we have to trust there won't be a late freeze!

One of the things that many people don't realize is that it is important to spray the blooms of fruit trees once the blooms open to keep worms out of the fruit. That's right! That is how worms generally get in and ruin otherwise good fruit. That was my job today...spraying the apple blossoms with an organic insecticidal soap. Even while I was spraying, those blossoms smelled wonderfully sweet!

All of the apple trees and blueberry bushes were here when we bought the farm. Over the last three years we have been working on cultivating and pruning them to get the best and most fruit possible. In the first picture, the tree on the right is a great example of the right height and shape of a healthy, productive apple tree.

This third apple tree is located near our paddock and stable. I named it "Andrew's Tree" since a dear friend's son discovered he really liked the freshly picked green apples from this tree. By the way, one of our mares loves these apples, too!

The last picture is the first of our blueberry bushes to bloom. A video would have allowed you to see and hear the local bees busy at work. These berries are totally organic and though no one ever believes me until they witness it themselves, the bushes just keep giving and giving and giving!

You've probably already guessed that the fruit from these trees and bushes will be part of our giving garden also.

Hopefully, you have enjoyed this "pretty" post as a change from the "dirty" ones!!