Great weather today, in my opinion. Slight breeze, a bit of sun and some clouds and not too hot at all. I am still in my bug shirt out there weeding the new strawberry patch as the Black Flies are still with us.
I transplanted another rhubarb today into it's new home. Had to pull lots of grass roots out of it and I hope I got them all.
I have moved the last of the boxes into place and filled them with triple mix for the remaining two rhubarb plants.
Our black, red and white currants are positively hanging with fruit. On a much sadder note, this past winter has taken it's toll on our fruit trees. We have lost several more. We are going to have to re-think what we want to do now. All the apples are doing just great, several are now in bloom. The two pear trees do not look well. There is also a small bit of black knot on the plum that I will cut out tomorrow. One of the apricots looks great, the other one looks terrible.
On another note, the raspberries are growing all over the place. The original ones that we brought with us from the old house are healthy and well behaved. The new ones are just wild, sending up new shoots all over the place. I have decided to remove them and plant them outside of the kitchen garden, making a sort of hedgerow with them. Then they can grow as crazy as they want to. A lot of winter kill on all three of the blackberries. We are not sure if the crown of the plant as survived or not. We will cut back all the dead canes and wait to see if anything emerges or not.
Frank has finally finished stacking his wood. It is in piles all over the place. He is very glad to have that task over and done with.
I transplanted another rhubarb today into it's new home. Had to pull lots of grass roots out of it and I hope I got them all.
I have moved the last of the boxes into place and filled them with triple mix for the remaining two rhubarb plants.
Our black, red and white currants are positively hanging with fruit. On a much sadder note, this past winter has taken it's toll on our fruit trees. We have lost several more. We are going to have to re-think what we want to do now. All the apples are doing just great, several are now in bloom. The two pear trees do not look well. There is also a small bit of black knot on the plum that I will cut out tomorrow. One of the apricots looks great, the other one looks terrible.
On another note, the raspberries are growing all over the place. The original ones that we brought with us from the old house are healthy and well behaved. The new ones are just wild, sending up new shoots all over the place. I have decided to remove them and plant them outside of the kitchen garden, making a sort of hedgerow with them. Then they can grow as crazy as they want to. A lot of winter kill on all three of the blackberries. We are not sure if the crown of the plant as survived or not. We will cut back all the dead canes and wait to see if anything emerges or not.
Frank has finally finished stacking his wood. It is in piles all over the place. He is very glad to have that task over and done with.
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