Another sign of spring at Sunset: the apple trees are in full bloom! One of our neighbors started keeping bees a year or so ago, so the pollination is usually reliable around here. And though it’s still a little chilly most days, we’ve had a number of sunny days interspersed with the rainy ones. From now until the end of June, we’ll see fewer rainy days each week, and lighter rain when they come, and I have the feeling we’re going to have another good fruit year unless the heat of July and August proves excessive. I’ve never been a gardener, but I do enjoy having fresh fruit in late summer and early autumn, including tomatoes again this year. As time goes by and I perfect all my various chores and practices, I’m slowly adding new things (like the tomatoes, and composting) as I think I can handle them without packing my already-busy schedule too tightly; I am semi-retired, after all. So I just need to find the golden mean of farm work: enough to keep me active and supplied with the fresh foods I like, but not so much that I don’t have time to enjoy it.
Diary #722
April 29, 2024 by Maggie McNeill
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