Plums

I meant to post this the other day... but one thing drove out another. So here it is. We planted a small plum tree a few years ago and this year it produced a couple plums for us!

I noticed them a week or so ago. I did not pick them because I thought they needed to turn more purple... turns out that they are actually an old European variety called Green Gage or Reine Claude. It's apparently a semi-dwarf plum tree that produces a small to medium, greenish-yellow skinned plum. SO, I let them stay on the tree too long.

However, they were still quite tasty! Check out the very sweet amber flesh. The skin was a little more bitter. According to the label, it has unsurpassed flavor and is considered one of the finest dessert plums. We got this one because it is well adapted to cold regions and is self-fertile.

- Dan

Windows!

We went shopping yesterday and got a bunch of stuff for the Pumphouse! I can actually feel it all coming together, we might just have a decent shed for Oktoberfest! (That 'little' german festival we have around here every September...)

One thing we purchased was paint. We always knew we were going to paint the actual shed some sort of white. The windows and trim were going to be red but... after I made that sign you saw the other day, we decided to go with a sort of cool minty green color for the window trim...

And thanks to my uncle for letting us use his old windows! (above)

What do you think?!


- Dan

Labor Day

Happy Labor Day everybody! It seems that all of our sunflowers are at their finest today! Take a look!

Mammoth Russian Sunflower

Wow!

These are also Mammoth Russian Sunflowers, but they seem to be a lot smaller. They probably did not have ideal growing conditions. They were in heavy clay and were not watered as frequently.

I can't get enough of how perfect the patterns are!

These are obviously a different kind of sunflower... They are a variety called Autumn Beauty!

Enjoy your extra day off!


 - Dan