6 Tips for Successful Container Gardening
The charm of vibrant bushy flowers, herbs, and vegetables offers a colorful greeting that is well worth the trouble, especially when your plants are thriving.
Continue reading →Critical Temperatures for Blossom Buds
Cherry Buds & Wind Machines
According to the dark sweet cherry buds at our Gilbert Orchard, the cherry crop is at the green side stage and moving into the green tip stage. The development of the cherry buds correlates with a Critical Termpertures for Blossom Buds temperature chart from WSU.
Continue reading →Simple Test for Garden Soil Nutrients
Essential beginning step
A simple test for garden soil nutrients is an essential beginning step to a fabulous gardening experience. I want to share my experience so that you, too, can have a great start in gardening. A test like this is recommended every 3 to 5 years to inform you of your soil’s nutrient-supplying capability so that you can accurately fertilize only what’s needed.
Continue reading →How to Prune Cool-Season Grasses
How to prune cool-season grasses involves timing, tools, and clean-up. Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass, Calamagrostis acutiflora is a cool-season grass since it likes to grow before temperatures exceed 75°. In our hardiness zone, 7a, here in Chelan, Washington, our cool season is March through May. The best time to prune cool-season grass is at the beginning of the cool season.
Continue reading →Blueberry Lemon Sugar Cookies
The spring-like flavors of these blueberry lemon sugar cookies are perfect for an Easter celebration gathering. This combination of organic small farm ingredients makes these cookies totally addicting!
Continue reading →Blueberry Pie Filling
Our organic blueberries make a delicious pie filling any time of year. Fresh or frozen, the berries are always available at our farm stand.
Continue reading →Safe Temperatures for Winter Pruning
Mild Winter Until This Week
Our crew of pruners has been busy pruning our acres of Honeycrisp trees for the past couple of months. The winter pruning temperatures so far have been fairly mild, allowing few interruptions for adverse weather.
Continue reading →When to Prune Ornamental Grasses
According to WSU, prune ornamental grass in the spring and how early depends on their cool-season, warm-season, or evergreen classification.
Continue reading →Birds of Prey On Our Organic Farm
This beautiful red-tailed hawk visited our front yard last week on a bright sunny afternoon. Usually, he’s a welcome sight on the farm because he’s the big guy in our pest management system. This time though, he really pissed me off. I snapped this shot of him after he tried to make Hazel his afternoon feast. If he looks perturbed, he is! We both were! I interrupted his banquet when I found poor Hazel.
Continue reading →10 Reasons to U-Pick Our Blueberries in Lake Chelan
Are you making plans for summer 2021 yet? It’s not too early! When there are so many u-pick opportunities in North Central Washington, here are ten reasons to u-pick blueberries in Lake Chelan at our organic farm.
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