Cherry Bomb
Hi- I want to show you the BIG cherry tree! This is the bird and chipmunk buffet. It’s regular sweet cherries. The tree is just so big I don’t seem to reach many of the cherries. You know those bucket trucks the electric company drives? I guess there’s a reason they are called cherry pickers! I can’t do much more than grab some off the lower branches.It’s putting on quite a wonderful show this year. Private cherry blossom festival!
It always blossoms, but not so much as this year. If all the blossoms translate to cherries, it’s going to be a banner year!
I got Mike a “present” yesterday- 80 lbs of cow “Moo-nuer” The dry stuff in bags to be sure, so it wasn’t quite so fragrant as the natural article my neighbors spread on their fields. This property has been farmed for a long time, and the soil seems to be depleted. So hopefully some nice natural fertilizer will perk things up a bit.
It’s a little scary the way some farmers grow their corn around here. It’s called the “no till” method. A big sprayer truck comes through and sprays herbicide and fertilizer on the ground; then they plant. It conserves the topsoil, but oh the chemicals that must be in that corn! Not organic; not in the least!
We’re getting ready to plant the potato patch.Tonight if Mike gets home in time. Let’s see, so far I’ve planted my “cheater” tomatoes, a row of beets. garlic, onions, cabbage and brussel sprout plants. I’ve started some cucumber and tomato seeds-they’re a little leggy but growing away. I purchased a nice assortment of heirloom seeds, but they haven’t arrived yet-any day now hopefully! There’s plenty of time for melons, but it’s getting late to be starting tomatoes from seed. I purchased some interesting old tomatoes and was looking forward to trying those. Yesterday, I planted my “Squashy” things in peat pots: zucchini, scallop squash and sugar pumpkins. Also started the heirloom rhubarb. I bought some pepper plants and put them in plastic planters. Last year, I didn’t get many peppers. I want to see if they’ll do better via container gardening.
This is the easy fun part- the hard part is chopping weeds all summer. No truckloads of herbicide here!
Watched a nice movie: It’s called “Snow Cake” and that title will make no sense at all until the last few minutes of the film. It’s not a big blockbuster, but will give you a sense of life with regular people. Sigourney Weaver plays a woman who is “high functional” autistic. The “star” is Alan Rickman (Snape!) very good role, and the story of how this woman came into his life. It’s nice when films get made because of the story; not necessarily to make money. Yay art!
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April 29th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I’ve been reading the Anne of Green Gables series, and your picture of the beautiful cherry tree reminds me of her, how she thought of climbing up into a cherry tree and sleeping in it, “all silvery in the moonlight”. I can see the poetry in that picture of yours.
Reading about all your food plantings sounds so wonderful. Hub-E and I would love to do that… we’re always dreaming of a “simpler” life that doesn’t involve 8 to 5 jobs for me, at least. I know staying at home is hard work, but at least there’s some satisfaction in it, in growing one’s own food and caring for one’s own home. I’m so fed up with working outside the home and then coming home and still having to work. It’s difficult these days, though, to get by on only one income.
Thanks for the movie suggestion. I love Alan Rickman! (Ever seen Quigly Down Under or Galaxy Quest?)