I’m on the road this week doing some author appearances so The Tangled Nest continues to be tended by guest bloggers. Today, a recent experiment by my husband Tom (aka Bikejuju):
Thanks to our unseasonably hot dry summer, Seattle’s fruit trees are exploding with plums, pears, apples, figs, fruit of all kinds. Last week a friend [...]
Tags: canning/preserving, fruit trees
A guest post from my husband Tom:
I was leaning way off the top of the ladder, swaying with the cherry tree in a light breeze as I reached for a cluster of ripe fruits just beyond my grasp, when the UB40 song popped into my head.
“Cherry oh, Cherry oh, baby.
Don’t you know I’m in love [...]
Tags: fruit trees
Remember the mounded earth raised beds that looked like a graveyard and made me cry? After some sun, rain, and a fair bit of work, this garden is now one of my favorite places in all the world.
February above, June below:
Here’s today’s view through the chicken coop door:
We grow only what we truly love to [...]
Tags: fruit trees, garden, urban farming
Fruiting trees offer such a wonderful way to reclaim and rebuild the fertility of our urban yards–if all goes well, one planting will provide sweet food for years to come. This weekend we planted our newest fruit tree, a little four-way Asian pear. Four varieties are grafted onto one tree. The varieties cross-pollinate one another, [...]
Tags: fruit trees, garden, indoor gardening, urban farming
