So for anyone that lives in an area that is not very generous with rain during prime growing season you get the pains of watering. And after four years of planting a huge garden we are planning irrigation from conception of the garden! It will still require some manual intervention i.e. turning the well and valves on for certain sections, but overall zero dragging and kinking hoses in my future this summer!
We have planted twenty kilograms of potatoes, eight kilograms of onions, and several veggie seedlings are already starting to sprout.
And despite some freezing temps at night we have had several of our fruit trees blossom and several more nearly there.
We have three varieties of plums sugar plums, green plums, and wild plums. The ones pictured below are the green plum variety.
Our peach tree had some frost damage but this did not stop the bees. I found one this morning going to town.
The pear and quince trees are in a race to blossom next. The apples, mulberries, and cherries are slowly showing additional signs of life. The kiwis, persimmons, kimchee, persimmons and pomegranates are still dormant.
Art has been busy cleaning up the pomegranate trees in the orchard and he is taking clippings to grow new trees as back ups if we need to replace any next season. Again working smarter.
And drum roll please...
We officially have a spring mama chicken! We are averaging about six to seven eggs a day from our hens and one that is almost always double yoked. So we have ample protein to start our day!
This week we also took a less than hour drive to a small valley town called Boge and had lunch. It was a beautiful setting and the food was great!
Have you ever visited northern Albania? Reason number 800543... to witness natural beauty. Just saying. Cheers!