Category Archives: Orchard
Let The Yardfun Begin!
This past week was the first totally beautiful week of the year that wasn’t weirdly out-of-season, and we had high hopes for spending our evenings approaching the spring yardfun at a leisurely pace. Of course, I developed a cold on … Continue reading
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The Works and Other Maple Hoo Blooms
A few years ago, Schnookie and Boomer spent a Saturday planting “The Works” — hundreds of bulbs for a variety of daffodils. The majority of them ended up around the base of the locust tree out front; they looked so … Continue reading
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Maple Hoo Orchard: The Trees, Part 2
Today we re-fenced the remainder of our orchard, and took formal portraits of the trees while they were in the nude. If you look at Part 1 of this series, you can see what a difference a week makes for … Continue reading
Maple Hoo Orchard: The Trees, Part 1
For most of our lives, we were not big apple-eaters. I spent most of my youth thinking that I just flat-out didn’t like apples, but I’ve since come to realize the problem is that apples from the grocery store taste … Continue reading
So… What’s In Bloom?
We have recently taken to perusing other people’s garden blogs, and discovered a delightful blogosphere-wide activity called Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. The gist of it seems to be that you venture forth into your garden on the 15th of every … Continue reading
Filed under 4. April, Garden, Orchard, Pommerdoodling
Backbreaking Toil In The Orchard
We have, over the last couple of years, planted twelve fruit trees in our front yard “orchard”. This year we decided to add two more peach trees, after last summer yielded a hefty crop of fruits from Peachy, the lone … Continue reading
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The Greening Of Maple Hoo
This morning we woke up to the excited news from Boomer that there was a daffodil blooming in our yard. Abuzz with excitement, we put on our shoes, grabbed the camera, and ran outside, ready to soak up the glorious … Continue reading
Filed under Orchard, Pommerdoodling, Seasonal
Lemons, As God Intended Them To Be Consumed
Okay, so the regular reader here will recall that we had two little Meyer lemons from our, um, conservatory (read: decrepit sunroom). So what’s a girl to do with such tiny little homegrown specimens of tart, citrusy goodness? What treatment … Continue reading
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The Fruits Of Maple Hoo Orchard
It is time to confess something here: stately IPB Manor has not been using its real name online. Its real name is Maple Hoo, or, more optimistically (and not a little sarcastically), Maple Hoo Farm and Orchard. We’ve mentioned a … Continue reading
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