Meyer lemon with new flush of growth.

Our mint, planted in Wooly Pockets along the south wall, is looking good after a bit of winter dormancy.

Citrus have the unique characteristic of carrying this year's flowers at the same time as last year's fruit.

                 Springtime in the Greenhouse

Hoop House Progress

The hoop house construction at the farm is going well in spite of a bit of snowy weather.
It will be exciting to have this space dedicated to growing annuals.

Solar Farm

This week the farm started running on solar power!

4000 Bulbs in the Ground

Just in case you are wondering, here are pictures of the bulbs we planted.

We're having a lovely, prolonged autumn in Strawberry Park, with perfect blue skies and excellent fall colors.

We've outfitted the kitchen with supplies to start us on the way to making delicious value-added products out of our produce. Monica has already been experimenting with different recipes, as seen in the photo, with Henry supervising. Also, we've had Maya helping out with butterfly catching.

4,000 bulbs are in the ground, and we have new vestibules on both doors of the greenhouse to store supplies in and keep winter winds out. This should be a much more comfortable winter, with the pellet stove in the greenhouse, and of course Bohai to take shelter in if we have temperatures and snowfall like last year!

Beautiful bananas!

Flowers, figs, & bananas

With tons of perennial flowers, delicious figs, and our first bananas hanging on the tree, we've had a great summer. The Forest Garden is filled with apple, cherry, and pear trees; asparagus; raspberry, currant, and gooseberry bushes; lavender, sage, thyme, and other herbs; and of course flowers. We've used nitrogen fixing clover and vetch as cover crops between the plantings. The blueberries are in their own little bed, filled with acidic soil, and protected by grapes on a beautiful trellis. The pellet stove is installed in the greenhouse to keep us warmer this winter. New growth and flowers on the citrus is a good sign that next spring we'll be picking sweet juicy mandarins and Meyer lemons!