Spring Weather and Gardening

This year is the first one in over fifty years that the sun is allowed to shine fully on the Fruit Farm gardens.
We have been steadily clearing the forest around the Farm for four years. The sun now is able to come streaming through our valley without hindrance and strike our gardens as it rises from the ocean.


Below are the primary vegetable gardens that supply us with 80% of our yearly vegetable consumption. This photo was taken at 7:55 in the morning. In previous years the forest blocked the sun until nearly noon.



Magnus is renovating the Herb Garden in order to utilize the fantastic sun exposure for Tomatoes and other Sun Lovers.



Magnus is sporting his new Summer Hat that Konswan knitted for him, as he removes the Rosemary hedges for translplanting. The new hedges will be placed in one of the newly available areas recovered from forest land.

Beltane Approaches

The weather is warming up and the rains are slowing to a drizzle with only occasional showers.
Trout are plentiful in our river and Konswan is an awesome fisher-woman.



Some of the larger ones are nearly like Salmon.



The fertile soil has been amended for good measure and the beds are ready for planting.



The young transplants of Chinese Cabbage are thriving in the extra hours of sunlight.



Our Jerusalem Artichokes are pushing through the soil, opening up their tender new leaves.



And our meditation garden is a lovely spot to take a break or watch the sunrise.  The boxwood hedges are growing in and the flowers are spreading to cover the earth.

Beltane is only days away and we are waiting eagerly to embrace another fertile year of abundance and growth.