Woody’s motto has always been if you’re not changing, you’re dying. So this is evidence we’re still kicking! This long winter has been preparation for organic certification, tractor and weed badger purchasing, and storage building preparation. You are looking at the future site of our new Horizon building. We had to move over 400 landscape blocks in preparation for the dirt work to begin and get some professional help to determine just where to place the building, but we’re nearly ready.
After 31 years with the same John Deere, Woody has said hello to a new Deere to graze in the fields. Abe will not be chasing this one away. It is necessary to do the work the old Deere, the Ex-Mark and Woody and I have been doing by hand. Thanks to Kendall, we’ll be outfitting it to weed the berries! We’re so excited. It has already made loading things around here so much easier!
In 2012 the late spring frost diminished what we thought we might harvest. In 2013, we have more berries and look forward to the berry production increasing every year. We have about 5,000 plants now which have been planted over the past 3-4 years. We currently have around 200 plants that may produce this year. Each plant has been raised organically, as is our yard, because of my sensitivities. We will be organic certified next season.
We are excited to share some of the photos of the plants this year and the changes from the archived photos to these current ones. If you go back through the blog you will notice the same trees in the background, just the plants are bigger. It is our way of scrapbooking the growth of the plants. I’ve also included a photo of the spring-flowering bush, the flowers were in full bloom the weekend of May 17th, it was quite a sight. We were filled with anticipation.