A beautiful rainbow over the orchard!
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 CHAPTER 3 And so another exciting year begins! |
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 53 foot seacan for more storage in from Edmonton loaded with irrigation hose and other stuff. |
 Dragging it home 5 miles from the unload point - good thing it came on skids |
 Possibilities for a new (to us) freezer unit! |
 The start of Phase 3 - another 5 acres of Haskaps and 15 acres of Saskatoons. |
 Rototilling on the new Saskatoon rows. |
 Looking back across the freshly rototilled rows (usually done 4 or 5 times) - the yard in the distance across the orchard. |
 Snow on May 1st made things a little more challenging- and messy! |
 Top of the bins view of phase 3 Haskaps rototilled. |
 Top of bins view new Saskatoons (dark area )looking across phase 2 Haskaps! |
 First pallet of the original 6,000 - 3 year old bare root Saskatoons. |
 But there were more pallets!Takes a lot at 50 trees per box! |
 First Saskatoons in the ground! Trusty Bear on patrol. |
 Practiced the first evening to see what worked best |
 Crew is here this morning. Start by making the rows with the V ditcher! |
 The crew hard at work! |
 One of the dogs Bull getting in on the rest break action! |
 Showcasing one of the bare rooted 3 year old Saskatoons that we are planting! |
 First you plant then you need to water. Haven't got the drip tape and irrigation set up yet! |
 The rows seem endless! |
 May 24th and our 6 year old second year transplanted Indigo Gem in bloom. Amazing they survived being ripped out of the ground and transplanted! See home page for amazing root system! |
 Even our recently planted first year Haskaps blooming like crazy! My hand :) |
 Using the mulch laying machine to put down plastic for the new rows of haskaps in phase 3! |
 Looks pretty with the sunset shining over the plastic of the new rows! |
 Think a 2 year old Aurora looking impressive in bloom! |
 U-Pic Saskatoons in full bloom! |
 Look closely among the dandelions to see our orchards resident Killdeer on her nest! |
 Our momma killdeer protected her nest looking as formidable as possible! Murray had to mow around her for many weeks! |
 Top of the bins view of phase 3 after we laid the plastic mulch! |
 Japheth & Toto helped plant lots of phase 3 Haskaps because the delivery came during seeding! |
 Teamwork on phase 3 Haskaps! |
 Thumbs up from the weary planters as the last Haskap is planted! |
 When not in the 30 acre orchard I'm also doing my real job:) In this case cleaning out a grain bin of oats using the drag auger and shovel!! |
 June 4th shows both leaves and a few blossoms on the new Saskatoons - Amazing! |
 Drip tape laid down - now chopping straw bales to use pitchforks to spread around the young saskatoons for weed control and to preserve moisture |
 Sometimes it's tough to see the job you are doing while chopping straw - makes it a lot harder! |
 Then there was the big rain that helps the watering but makes it tough to do anything else! |
 A close up of the honey bees at work! They sure loved this pine tree! |
 June 23 shows a productive Beast variety in action! |
 The first year attempting netting to save the berries by laying it on top of the bushes - Big mistake! Live and learn :) |
 Top of the bins view of most rows netted in phase 1 but not phase 2! |
 Opposite view of netted rows with trusty dog Bear keeping company! |
 Flatlands Paintball is another sideline that looking beyond the Amazing Hulk player you can see netted rows in the background! |
 July 2nd view of young Aurora variety! |
 July 4th of a Blizzard variety - named for it's blizzard of flavour! |
 Then there's a view of a decent sized garden! Potatoes anyone! |
 With the harvest approaching I purchased and dismantled a walk in freezer/cooler for on farm storage - another work project! |
 An aerial view using Murray's drone! |
 First variety Indigo Gem on July 6th. Harvest has started! |
 Another drone pic that includes paintball fields! |
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