Scenes From Early April

Our friends Paul and Anne gave us some little rose shoots which we are trusting will grow into a fragrant wind break near the house. They also dug us up three white ash trees which we trust will take, though they are coming from really nice sandy soil up near Inverness to our more clay soil down here.

We spent the morning moving some shaded raspberries to the top of the hill where they will get full sun and ideally produce lots of yummy berries. Go perennials!


Frances moved some rhubarb plants up the hill too. The top of the garden from west to east is raspberries, jerusalem artichokes and then rhubarb. The rhubarb is thriving in its new home, though how much freaking rhubarb can one family eat?

Dan's gift to the farm has been garlic. So much garlic is up (already). And there are two other beds. Thanks so much for everything Dano.

Last but not least, here's some evidence of the crazy weather we had over Easter Weekend. It was actually 26 degrees. And this thermometre is in the shade on the north side of the house.