Spring is here

It's been awhile since I posted, so I thought an update is in order. Spring came early this year. It is now the end of March and the snow is gone and grass is growing. I started a new job with a firm about 20 miles away, but I drive right by the land every day, so stop in often to check on the progress. Most of the fruit trees have started greening up. We may have lost one pear tree, but otherwise things look good. The grapes are slowly coming back. We planted 6 last spring and one died during the summer. Of the remaining 5, I think 3 have started to bud, but am waiting to see if the other two made it.

The berries are also starting to grow. The blackberries are starting to green up, so I need to get a trellis made to hold up the vines. The strawberries are starting to grow, but we need to weed them and get some new beds made.

A friend that sells organic produce convinced me to buy 500--that's right--500 asparagus roots (he wanted me to take 1000), so we'll have to get them in when they come. That's going to be quite a chore, but the price was right given the quantity.

On even happier news, we're ever so close to finalizing a contract for the construction of a log cabin for our place, which means that we'll soon beginning construction on our first dwelling on the land. We hope to have it completely finished and ready for living by fall.

I'll post some more pictures as time permits, but ready or not, it's going to be a busy year.