Index of Post Topics

Apricots
Apricots are here, time to eat and make jam! - June 2011
A rain disaster - June 2011

Birds
Birds of Spring - April 2011
Our orchard bird scare machines, don't laugh, they work! - May 2011
Barn owls for rodent control - Jan. 2013

Blooming and fruit set
A Successful Bloom! - March 2011
Bloom Time - Feb. 2011

Canning
Tomatoes on My Mind - Sept. 2013

Chickens
Our mobile chicken coop - Dec. 2013

Cover crop, soil fertility, and compost
Bloom Time & Cover Crop - Feb. 2011
Feeding the Soil - Oct. 2010
Feeding the Soil - Oct. 2010
Orchard Activities Winter to Spring - March 2012
Checking Soil's Vital Signs - Sept. 2012

Dry Farming
Our June/July harvest limps to an end, no-till dry farming - July 2011
Our dry farmed/No-till soil management - July 2011

Drying fruit
Drying Fruit - An age old method of preservation - Aug. 2011

Figs
The Life of a Fig - July 2010
Are you a Philosykos? - Sept. 2010

Fires
An extra dry summer fosters extra bad fires

Fruit Thinning
Fruit Thinning - May 2011

Grafting, starting your own trees
Home made fruit trees - March 2013
The magic of grafting - May 2013

Peaches
The 2012 harvest has begun - June 2012

Pears
It's Pear Season! - August 2010

Persimmons
It's Persimmon Season! - Nov. 2010
Persimmon season - Nov. 2011
Persimmons - Nov. 2011
Persimmons - Nov. 2014

Pest Control
Copper fungicide - March 2011
Promoting Balance in the Orchard - April 2011
Good bugs, bad bugs - May 2012
Our orchard bird scare machines, don't laugh, they work! - May 2012
Barn owls for rodent control - Jan. 2013
Earwig control, sanitation to minimize brown rot - July 2013

Plums
Santa Rosa Plums - July 2011
Plum Crazy - June 2012

Pruning
Pruning Season - Jan. 2011
Some pruning tips - Dec. 2012
Pruning citrus trees - Jan 2014

Vegetable Gardening
Gardening Year 'round - Sept. 2011
Some favorite vegetable varieties - Oct. 2011

Walnuts
Walnuts from tree to table - Oct. 2011

Weather
Drought times four - Jan 2014

Wheat, Homemade Bread
Homemade Bread from Home Grown Wheat - Oct. 2013