Category: Organic farming
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Maybe, just pictures today? Storms everywhere. Globally. Locally. In the Sky. In my Heart. The Pig Garden. The four took all day to wander across from their spring garden to their summer garden. There is so much foliage in there we may not see them again for some time. I love my pig gardens. There…
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How to Treat Organic Pear Trees with Fire Blight
Sigh. The young pear trees have fire blight. If I remember correctly Blight is bacterial, it will enter your tree through a wound or badly timed pruning cut. It loves warm wet weather. When all your new fruit shrivels up and the new growth dies back it is likely that you have Fire Blight. It…
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Charlotte begins her Slow Recovery. Because I said so.
Yesterday, I called the vet to talk about The Shush Sister Charlotte, who is still walking very wonkily. And not often. She lists to the side like a sinking container ship. But the vet was out for the day and would not be back until Monday. No-one could help me there. Hmm. I called the…
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Under the cherry tree
When I have family working with me. I get to lie under the cherry tree. And watch all the things going on around me. And wonder why I did not take up Poetry. Not exactly Chekhov. But he wasn’t a poet either. The objective of Cai’s training is to locate people who have been buried…
The Kitchen's Garden 