Planting apple trees started the momentum. Once we had scoped out where additional fruit trees will go, we realized we had some space on the hillside just below the barn that is perfect for blueberry bushes. Chris had spent several weeks this summer clearing the hillside in anticipation of my planting plans for the spring.
When we were walking out of the Tractor Supply store the other day – there were blueberry bushes just sitting there looking at me with those puppy-dog eyes, saying take me home. I bought six of them. Then I realized that blueberries need a cross-pollinator, so I had to go in search of yet one more blueberry bush of a different variety from a local nursery. So now we have seven.
Thankfully, this dirt is considerable different than the concrete-hard dirt just 100 feet away. Chris tilled a path, dug seven holes and planted seven blueberry bushes in no time. Then he trenched a path just above the blueberries where we plan to transplant our raspberry bushes once they die back this fall.
So now we have a row of apples (three makes a row, doesn’t it)? A row of blueberries, and a row just waiting for raspberries. The farm is shaping up. And in the spring, we’ll be adding pears, peaches and cherries. Yum!
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I smell blueberry pie
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And blueberry jam too!
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You are getting to be regular farmers. When do the pigs arrive?
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Hmmm, there’s a thought.
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You guys are well on your way to becoming self-sustaining! The addition of some solar panels just might do it.
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We are working on being self-sustaining. And I was glad we had a generator on Sunday when the power was out for an hour or so. Solar panels might be a good idea too!
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All sounds good love those blueberry pies. Don’t plant the cherry trees anywhere near the animals as the bark contains arsenic .
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Goats. Goats would be very helpful keeping the wild stuff down. And they are adorable.
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They are cute. And they eat poison ivy. And — I could get goat’s milk and make cheese. I think I’m getting carried away (but the thought has crossed my mind)!
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