Category: Farm Diary

This morning Julia opened up the bee hive to check it out for the first time. She recently took a 4 weekend beekeeping class and she handled it like a…

Today I planted a Garcinia madruno from Ken’s. Madruno is a relative of mangosteen and it produces a yellow fruit with bumpy skin. Inside is a sour lemony…

Our shyest cat Mimsy killed and brought back a mongoose today. We call her the assassin, quiet and deadly. Shes such a tiny cat too. I wasn’t there to…

Today Julia brought home a bee hive, or more accurately a nuc box which is a small version of a standard hive and is more comfortable for a starter…

Today I planted a Shiikwaasaa tree which is a citrus native to Okinawa. It’s also called hirami lemon and the scientific name is Citrus depressa, I got…

Today I planted a gliricidia cutting that was still growing in the compost pile. This was from many months ago and we’ll see if this one still makes it….

Today I planted a fast growing Panama berry tree also known as Jamaican cherry that I got from Adam. They produce these red cherries containing lots of…

Today I planted two cacao trees in an area where we used to build compost piles. The trees love this because the soil is already charged up with what…

Early morning today, I planted an Almirajo tree which is a large-ish tree that produces a fruit similar to eggfruit but I bet it tastes completely…

Today I planted one of the many sacred trees from India, Mimusops elengi aka bakul, bullet wood, or spanish cherry. The whole tree is used as ayurvedic…