Monthly Archives: March 2014

This is the tree that bloomed in January, long before any of our other trees. It’s an early blooming and early bearing variety, I find. We could have apples as early as June. Since it has to pollinate with a … Continue reading →

Taken from her door. Luckily, she hasn’t fallen into the pool yet while stumbling around with her eyes half open at 7:30 in the morning. If she did, she could be eaten by the kraken (which is what we affectionately … Continue reading →

Yesterday I dug out a 4 by 10 foot garden bed. There are a number of these on the ranch — nicely built, with wooden sides and wire underneath to keep the gophers out. They’re completely overgrown, though, and it … Continue reading →

The deck, as we might have expected, turns out to be full of rot. A large part of the deck and stairs is being rebuilt. The old gutters were useless too-short leaking plastic crap. We now have beautiful aluminum seamless … Continue reading →

We have two espaliered pear trees. I wondered if they would ever blossom, since most of the other fruit trees blossomed long ago. Here they are, finally.

We’re putting in an electric gate as part of our improvement plan. In the last few days the track has been laid and conduit has been installed to bring in the electric supply. The gate is being fabricated and should … Continue reading →

Two guys re-roofed the 30 x 80 foot garage in two days. In a couple of months two thirds of this western side will be covered with solar panels.