Time to really get going on the garden! This week has been a lot like spring even though its barely mid-January. I've been working on pruning and mulching lately. Yesterday I cleared out a large area in the back yard that had been filled with rocks and pea gravel. The plan is to surround it with a chicken wire fence to protect it from the chickens and use it to try my hand at corn again.
Last season, it became obvious that the peach tree was affected by leaf curl. After reading from many sources and asking around it seemed the consensus was to spray the entire tree with copper sulfide. I hate to use anything on the plants but compost and DE but I really can't bear to lose my peach tree. Scott bought it form me shortly after we got married and it was the first thing that we planted together. So, I pruned it well and sprayed it down. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will keep it healthy.
One of my goals this year is to grow wheat. I have never grown wheat and I don't know anyone who has grown wheat, but it's really just a grass....right? We'll see how that goes!!
