Category: Berries and Fruits
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Fool wants to be the first to wish you a Happy New Year! Also Dinosaur and Cypress Vines.
The rest of the herd is returning from the library and thought they would join Fool in New Year Wishes! Below: Christmas morning started with a dinosaur straight out of Jurassic Park.
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Deer, Deer, and more Deer, a coyote, and a new Raspberry bush
Even though we were over a month late planting the fields for the deer, the exclusion device shows us that the deer are constantly feasting on the growth. Hopefully, the rain this weekend will give the fields an added burst of growth. The trail camera pictures below show many deer (both genders) on the property. The…
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Treats for Goats, New Cherry Trees, Fire ban lifted, and gymnastics!
This is Fool, our only male goat. Fool butted me from behind the other day, so we had to have a little discussion with him. I can’t tell if he wants my attention or is trying to show me who is boss. This morning we gave the goats a little treat. Some like it and…
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Freeze, Vegetables and Berries that survived, and Halloween costumes!
The night before the temperature dropped to 27 degrees, we harvested the lettuce, basil, cilantro, beans, and watermelons. The lettuce, carrots, and cilantro survived the freeze. The bean plants, watermelon vines, cantaloupe vines, honeydew vines, basil, and the zinnias were all history. The Blackberries (left) and the raspberries (center and right) are thriving despite the…
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We now know the culprit in the garden! Also, melons, new plants, saving seeds, cousins are pitted against each other, and a ‘once in a life time honor’.
The garden culprit was actually a deer who could jump in and out of a very small enclosure. We discovered the nightly visitor on the thermal binoculars. Next year, we will divide the garden in two, and that should resolve this problem. Below: The largest honeydew melon weighted 8.4 pounds. It was large enough to…
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Melons, Pond, and Family pictures
The first honeydew melons from our garden, along with some cantaloupe, were harvested today. The smaller cantaloupe was split and not mature. The larger cantaloupe will be cut this week. The largest honeydew weighted 6.6 pounds and the larger cantaloupe weighted 2 pounds. The honeydew variety was a Sweet Reward Improved Hybrid (seeds from Gurney’s)…
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Watermelon, Lake affected by Drought, Trail Cameras
The watermelon vines have not been eaten by deer-so far- and the melons continue to grow. Below: This is what happens to a rain fed lake during a hot dry summer. Before the drought, the water in this lake was at least six feet higher. No tree stumps were visible, and all of the mud…
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Pear Blossoms, Pygmy goats love hay
The pear tree is blossoming. This tree may be confused because pears are supposed to lose their leaves in the winter and blossom in the spring with fruit developing in the summer to early winter. With the hot summer and drought, there is no telling what to expect. Our goats love hay. This is a…
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The importance of PERSERVERANCE, Lines giving way, and culprits eating plants.
At first glance, you think the moral of the video below is “don’t bite off more than you can chew’. However, if you stick with it, you realize that this video is about perserverance. Don’t know the origin, but it truly says “If at first you don’t succeed, TRY, TRY AGAIN”! The fishermen filming this…
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Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
Tsunami loves to climb. This talent came in handy in avoiding wet feet yesterday. Yesterday, the farm received the blessing of an “all day rain”. The plants definitely appreciated the slow rain and the animals will appreciate the the rejuvenated plants. The garlic we planted has sprouted. It will be a long time before garlic…