It has been a very busy couple of weeks here on the farm. The tea beds are readied and are now in maintenance mode until fall. The Japanese garden in the retired riding arena is now the object of our attention. The bamboo forest has been started. The layout is roughed in and we are creating the overall layout.
It has been a very busy couple of weeks here on the farm. The tea beds are readied and are now in maintenance mode until fall. The Japanese garden in the retired riding arena is now the object of our attention. The bamboo forest has been started. The layout is roughed in and we are creating the overall layout.
Winter is coming on quick and the farm/garden is getting ready for the cold weather.The Japanese Maples have gone from green to yellow and then red in a matter of three days.Not much for the fall season.
A lot has happened in the past few weeks.Money (our 32 year old horse) has been pining after his pasture mate passed on.We purchased the Scottish Highland cows thinking they would serve as pasture mates, but that experiment did not pan out as we could not put them in the same pasture, so they are over the fence companions.....
Rains are here today and although the property is not a spring green, it is much greener than in any previous year.So far the well is still supplying enough water to keep things irrigated and we’re on the downhill run for the fall weather.
Well it’s official, the dry season is here.It is very early this year and it looks like we are running at least two weeks ahead of schedule.We may get lucky and have a couple of good rains before the summer drought sets in.Typically on San Juan Island my mowing season ends around the fourth of July.This year it looks like it may be earlier in the areas where we traditionally do not irrigate, but this year we are, hence mowing will be a summer long endeavor.
It has been a very busy couple of weeks here on the farm. The tea beds are readied and are now in maintenance mode until fall. The Japanese garden in the retired riding arena is now the object of our attention. The bamboo forest has been started. The layout is roughed in and we are creating the overall layout.
May showers bring spring flowers.This adage is a little off this year as April was wet and then dried out.The grass is green, the horse and cows are munching on nice pasture and I am spending a lot of time on the mower.
