05/31/2026
My little Arkansas Black apple tree is quite loaded this year. I should probably thin some of them, even though we should be past the stage it’s necessary, but I’m not going to. I do need to pump some serious fertilizer to this thing this year to get it growing more! It was planted at the same time and at the same age as my other apple trees, but started out smaller and hasn’t made much progress in catching up.
A big focus for me the last few years is to get more food growing that doesn’t require constant effort on my part. I’ve planted apple, plum, and pear trees, added to the fig bush collection, and this year I added some new grapes and raspberries. I planted blueberries a few years ago that I’ve neglected, apparently even occasional effort isn’t my strong suit, and at least a couple of those are still growing. I hope to continue to expand my herb garden, especially perennial herbs, and to do more skincare and medicinal things with them.
I post this not to say “look at me” but rather to remind people that we all start somewhere and sometimes we start somewhere over and over, and that’s OKAY!
