A good Quote

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/265723


I couldn't cut and paste the quote directly onto my blog, so I had to attach the link, I hope it works.

If you haven't seen or read any books about Tasha Tudor, you're missing out. She's a wonderfully inspiring old woman. She passed away in 2008, but her legacy lives on in her art work and books. The few books I've found at the library about her life I tend to just look at all the wonderful pictures.

Fruit Trees on a small scale

We live on just under one acre in town, but that doesn't mean we can't grow a lot of our own food. I wanted to jot down a list of all the edible foodscapes we have on our place, not including of course the vegetable gardens.

The fruit trees we have are all semi-dwarf varieties to conserve space and resources and the vines are all trained to maximize space.

3 peach trees
1 fig tree
2 pear trees
1 cherry tree with three types of cherries (grafted)
3 plum trees
3 apple trees
1 goji berry bush
6 blueberry bushes
blackberries
2 different raspberry patches
strawberries, (22'x4') raised bed and 2 (4'x5') raised beds
white grape vine
kiwi vine
Still on the hunt for a local resource of marionberry starts

Why not put in edible landscaping? It costs about the same as regular landscaping trees, yet you get to eat the product of your growing. Kids and adults alike just love to browse in the summer and fall and partake in the yummy, nutritious, fruits of your labor, literally.

As the prices of fruit goes up, and the quality of fruit goes down, you'll be able to rest assured that you're providing the best for yourself and family.

Create your own paradise at home!





meat chickens
meat chicken area under raised strawberry bed 22'x4'

Lupine with rain drop

Daffodil flower near our blueberries

Garlic and onion bed 22' long

strawberries that have been covered in a mini greenhouse,

already in bloom and it still freezes at night

blooms on a peach tree