It's cold, it's dark, it's almost winter. So enjoy these buckets of roses and other flowers from our field picked last summer.
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Birdsong
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I am an artist, an orchardist and keeper of odd pets
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November roses from the flower field. I can never get enough of them.
On the flipside, my prunus mume trees give me only ten pounds of fruit a year, but each one is absolutely precious.
Somewhere in between is the Shiro plum, which I think is a perfect tree for our climate. The trees give around 200 lbs per year, and each fruit is delightful and coveted.
We have 800 trees approximately now. Not all are producing yet, since some are very young, and many varieties will never produce much. I planted a lot of heirloom varieties for historical preservation, not necessarily maximum yield.
Yield is a funny thing. Our very most productive tree is the Kieffer pear. Even though the trees are still young, they gave me 300+ lbs of fruit each this year. Unfortunately, it's my least favorite pear flavor.
We held a wreath making workshop on the farm, and though I have dozens of pretty wreaths to show you, this is my favorite photo of them all.
Our "feral" farm cat Lono is a lap opportunist, and this was his lucky day. 😆
I am soooo close to being down with the Fall fruit harvest. I tired.
Today, I harvested the last of the quince. This variety is Aromatanaya from around the Black Sea in Turkey.
Quince are the weird cousins to apples and pears. They must be cooked to be eaten, and then, they are incredible. They are the fruit behind membrillo, which is a concentrated quince paste.
