We got a lot of work done at the farm over the last few days, and as always, we had lots of fun while we were at it. Buddy got serious about clearing the thicket behind the beer garden. He got out all the dead lilac, yanked out privets, and generally beat this area into submission. It looks much nicer now. Rick C and I helped by moving some of the bulbs around.
Then on Thursday, we started in on the fruit trees. Rick starts with hand tools.
Rick is getting the lower bits from the regular ladder. When Bill got back in town, he kindly brought over his pole ladder and electric chainsaw on a pole.
Even though it's just post solstice, we still have lots of food available in the garden. The broccoli is fully ripe.
And the greens, which interestingly are mostly purple, are providing tangy leaves daily.
There was a lovely pink sunset with a quarter moon.
And we lit a fire to warm ourselves and burn up the dead twigs.
Then yesterday, we got after the trees again. With the power tool and bigger ladder, we were able to remove the tallest sprires from the plums. Here Rick is on the pole ladder.
Catherine and Rick came over as we were getting the last bit away from the neighbors' yard.
We cleaned up our mess and set out a lovely picnic. We had multiple cheeses, crackers, homemade rolls and pumpkin bars, tinned oysters, ham, apples, and of course, some mustard from the garden to spice it up.
Bill and Laura came by too. Here we are, all bundled up, enjoying the sunny, if cold, weather. And it wasn't really ALL that cold. It got up to at least 59 degrees, with blue skies and bright sunshine.
After the farm we went to see Titus and Jane, and we helped them finish the last bits of a puzzle with Keith and Noel.
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