February 1st Update

Howdo, and its been just about a month and a half since the last entry, I'll soon be heading back to work after a WONDERFUL two months off to fulfill my role as a seasonal employee for the city, and many hours of transformation to our budding garden. Here is the update and photos to kickoff groundhogs day. If there were any in the yard they are long gone, scared off by lots of digging. Yes, one morning, after I awoke early, I had the bright idea of putting in an underground irrigation system before I went back to work. Overly ambitious.... Yes! Lots of work..... Yes! Am I enjoying it.... you bet your a....s! I once asked a friend who bought a house if he thought it was worth it. His answer, "Best thing I ever did." Okay, I will agree at least that the freedom of doing projects is infinite, but so much fun. I think I have found my creative outlet.

So take a peak at the photos. All the fruit trees are in, with our final batch coming from Earth's Rising Nursery two days ago, just in time for a little rain right after they got into the ground... such happy trees. They are the sticks you see in the photos. Hopefully by July, they will be six feet tall and multi branched. The mulching is complete as is the wood chip mountain, and now the work of digging trenches for the irrigation system is 3/4 complete. After, or maybe before, depends on the weather, a kiwi trellis will be going in on the South side of the property, be about 6' tall so we can just walk underneath, and pick to our hearts content. Yummy.

G0t lots of work to do, so have a gander at these latest and greatest.

Below are the fruit trees newly planted and headed back to about 2.5 feet from the ground

The beginnings of the underground irrigation system (Garden Beds are staked out in background)

Below looking towards the SE corner (Bird Bath, compost pile, and future site of kiwi an trellis)