White Pine Winners!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!
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Norway Spruce drought impacted
In 2024, there was a drought in Charlottesville from June 27-September 2. It appears to have impacted the Norway Spruce the most. How would you feel without adequate water for 67 days? Apparently, this was not limited to our area. A recent article by Pope et al. (2024) in Forest Ecology and Management found that
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Lavender ‘25
Today we addressed a reality you rarely see in homesteading posts: sometimes plants die! The heat dome was hard on our Lavender plot last year. We ended the year with 22 Hidcote/36 and 2 Phenomenal/36. Why is the hidcote doing so well and the phenomenal not so much? Is it possible the deer or some
Mountain Laurel
They say when you buy a farm property you should start by inventorying your assets. Is there good water? Forest? Meadow? Mountain Laurel?
Lavender rescue!
The heat dome of 2024 was devastating to our new lavender planting. Only 1 survived so we moved her up to be with her friends from the 2023 planting!
Snow!
It’s starting to look like a real Christmas tree farm! Thankful that these tree friends are still growing!
Happy Spring?
Remember those legacy daffodils we transplanted last summer from the old homestead? They are happy in their new spot! There is no greater joy!
Recycling Trees
What happens to the trees after Christmas? Out here in this California apartment complex, they are collected and sent off to the landfill to be turned into mulch, compost, or ground cover.