April update
Winter has finally moved on... and temperatures are consistently in the 60's for the first time since December - a real winter, after 5+ years of being spoiled.
The fruit trees have blossomed and leafed out - the first time in 2 years without a snowstorm killing the blossoms, so there should be hundreds of peaches and cherries ++. The rhubarb sprouted up first. For some reason rhubarb seems to do really well here - we've split one plant over 10 times and have so much rhubarb we give it away!
And now the hard work in Spring begins in earnest. Getting the learning center going again for interns and helpers are a two year hiatus is the major project right now.
There's about 12 more olla pots for a couple raised beds put back into production. the strawberries from Peaceful Valley are doing wonderfully. They are SO much better quality than other nurseries.
As any property owner knows, murphy always shows up in certain repeat trends. The past few months it's been with hot water. For over ten years there's always been reliable hot showers available in two areas. The past 4 months - nada! i decided to hook up a propane backup to the GHS shower and it's been a pain to install - battery polarity and water pressure being a big issue. And for some reason the back-up comfy hot shower in the main house has decided to have no pressure AND despite draining the water pipes all winter, there was another frozen pipe!! This past winter had some of the coldest temps in years.
with the car port down, we'll have to be more vigilant about rainwater. It should be rebuilt in a couple months and gravity feed the large tank. It's actually a blessing in disguise that it went down - since it was awkward to park under there and it minimized space for other cars. So a whole new location and design is in order.
Loggers should be here any day now. And the constant buzz of chainsaws and heavy equipment will be a constant distraction here. While the forest needs some thinning, the cutters took out the biggest matriarch trees first. But it's really the Forest Service that does that... oh yeah: National Forest: Land of many (ab)uses!
And now the hard work in Spring begins in earnest. Getting the learning center going again for interns and helpers are a two year hiatus is the major project right now.
There's about 12 more olla pots for a couple raised beds put back into production. the strawberries from Peaceful Valley are doing wonderfully. They are SO much better quality than other nurseries.
As any property owner knows, murphy always shows up in certain repeat trends. The past few months it's been with hot water. For over ten years there's always been reliable hot showers available in two areas. The past 4 months - nada! i decided to hook up a propane backup to the GHS shower and it's been a pain to install - battery polarity and water pressure being a big issue. And for some reason the back-up comfy hot shower in the main house has decided to have no pressure AND despite draining the water pipes all winter, there was another frozen pipe!! This past winter had some of the coldest temps in years.
with the car port down, we'll have to be more vigilant about rainwater. It should be rebuilt in a couple months and gravity feed the large tank. It's actually a blessing in disguise that it went down - since it was awkward to park under there and it minimized space for other cars. So a whole new location and design is in order.
Loggers should be here any day now. And the constant buzz of chainsaws and heavy equipment will be a constant distraction here. While the forest needs some thinning, the cutters took out the biggest matriarch trees first. But it's really the Forest Service that does that... oh yeah: National Forest: Land of many (ab)uses!
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