Fruit trees and bushes are a long-term investment. I probably won't get fruit from an apple or pear tree until three or more years after

I've been eyeing green blackberries for weeks and they are finally starting to ripen. My berries are in the community garden plot. I have one

I've got a few posts worth of garden eye-candy from my recent trip to Vermont, but to get started I'm just writing about the progress

I thought last year was a tough year but the voles have been really intense this spring. There's a bit of a vole-exclusion arms race

Yesterday I built a little shaded area to sit in the garden plot with the help of brother-in-law Jake. (Jake and Heather are on the