Wyndhavyn Garden 2008
The First Heirloom Tomatoes in June 2008!
Our Love Apple Farm plants are simply massive and healthy, confirming that great organic and biodynamic gardening really makes a difference to young plants. We picked our first tomatoes mid-June. Some of the first to produce were Tigerella and Stupice. We've had some smoke and a cool spell so ripening has slowed down, but we expect to make lots of Heirloom Tomato Soup in August!
Other Successful
Introductions for 2008!
We planted some more Fragaria Vesca (White Alpine Strawberry) and they all seem to be doing well. We missed the first crop in May. Other additions we are waiting for are the new high bush blueberries which are not yet ripe, the White pomegranite (although I expect we will have to wait until next year at least for fruit), Dahlias (in bud), Josta Berry & Gooseberry (both ripening). The first Hypericum has flowered and I can't wait (well yes I can!) until the fall!
Spring Garden
Asparagus is up all over the place so I know spring is here. We’ve been making frequent visits to Harmony Farm Supply – our local organic nursery and have been adding plants around to spruce up the winter beds.
A Visit to an out-of-the-way Nursery
We took a short trip to Mendocino recently and visited the Digging Dog Nursery in Albion, CA (by appointment only). They have a tremendously interesting array of plants which thrive in California and we came home with the car loaded with Euphorbias, Deuztia, Brunnera and my very first Hypericum as well as some Spirea (Magic Flame and Golden Carpet) which I could not leave behind.
New in 2008...
We replanted our 4-year-old fig tree last month, which we had been growing in a pot, and it has figs already on it, so it's doing well. We planted a few citrus trees, a pink variegated lemon, a Kaffir lime and a calamondin lime, and three flowering quinces (one makes small fruit). Trent’s garden addition was a kiwi vine, a mushroom project and a potato bag (as blue/purple potatoes are his favorite).
Other new edible additions to our garden are some new high bush blueberries, and an assortment of currants (imperial white, red lake & black) and gooseberries. I also planted some Josta Berry which I’m excited to try as they are cross between currants and gooseberries. The white currants have fruit on them already. We also planted a Mulberry and a White Pomegranate but I think they are not going to make it as they have yet to leaf out.
