Farm Journal ~ March
It's possible now to see that subtle shade of spring amber on the canes, replacing the winter crimson.
The plants' dormancy is still in effect, but not for much longer. They are waking up. We have noted fewer buds on the branches this year, which are set in the fall before dormancy. We attribute this to the lack of pruning and mulching in 2024 as well as the drought. It will be several weeks before we can anticipate what this year's crop might look like.
Spring is showing itself out in the field with increased wildlife activity- numerous flocks of Robins, Bluebirds, and Starlings, our resident Red-tailed Hawk and murder of Crows, a family of Coyotes, a fox, but no turkeys... where have they gone we wonder?
With the help of friends we accomplished a preliminary spring clean up of leftover weeds, some of the most stubborn- Pokeweed, Horse Nettle, Bittersweet, Common Briar, and Sumac. They will be back, naturally, but it's good to get out in the fresh spring air and stir up the fragrant soil. The Robins were most appreciative.
The plants' dormancy is still in effect, but not for much longer. They are waking up. We have noted fewer buds on the branches this year, which are set in the fall before dormancy. We attribute this to the lack of pruning and mulching in 2024 as well as the drought. It will be several weeks before we can anticipate what this year's crop might look like.
Spring is showing itself out in the field with increased wildlife activity- numerous flocks of Robins, Bluebirds, and Starlings, our resident Red-tailed Hawk and murder of Crows, a family of Coyotes, a fox, but no turkeys... where have they gone we wonder?
With the help of friends we accomplished a preliminary spring clean up of leftover weeds, some of the most stubborn- Pokeweed, Horse Nettle, Bittersweet, Common Briar, and Sumac. They will be back, naturally, but it's good to get out in the fresh spring air and stir up the fragrant soil. The Robins were most appreciative.
On March 15th we gifted two of our blueberry plants to Dennis Conservation Trust with a wonderful team of volunteers. We will miss them but we know they will be happy and well-cared for at their new forever home. The rest of our plants will stay at the farm forever as it becomes conservation land at some time in the future. For more photos of the re-homing see our Photos page.
