Preparing for Spring

The holidays have come and gone and spring will be here before you know it. Spring garden catalogs are coming daily in the mail which means it is time to begin thinking about your garden, or perhaps what you would like for us to grow for you here at the Oleo Farm. Take time to send us an email of what you would like to taste that is good, fresh, and vine-ripened. Remember, our goal is to use only organics, never harsh poisons, on our farm.

It is time to prune. We are taking advantage of the mild weather, when it occurs, and are pruning trees. Since we have over 200 trees we must begin this task early in the year. We will start spraying soon to prevent fungus and to destroy any insect eggs left on the trees.

New trees have arrived and more will be coming. Fig trees have been planted and we will soon be setting out cherry, pomegranate, and apricot trees.

In the above picture you see Jim laying up rows for vegetables. Some seeds have been ordered and spinach, cabbage and onion seeds have already been planted. Onion sets have also been set out. Fertilizer has been ordered and a better sprayer has been purchased. We have installed an automatic watering system for the fruit trees and irrigation supplies for the vegetables have been ordered. I will be communicating with our farm suppliers in order to learn better ways to grow healthier fruit and vegetables.

You can see that the first part of the years has been busy. For relaxing on the extremely cold days we have been building bird feeders and Blue Bird houses. We will have enough to sell if you are interested.

How would you like to have a juicy peach, apricot or ripe tomato? We will do our best to provide it for you.