Channeling Sophie's Garden

Carol's garden is in Port Hope MI, in a rural, lakeside community. She has lots of space and expertise. Laura' garden is located in Centralia WA, in a small suburban yard challenged by access to sun and space. Debbie's garden is in Deckerville MI, in a smaller rural yard, where rules are ignored.

Each of us is applying what we learned at at our mother's and grandmother's knees in space once owned by Sophie Mayer Birg Harter on Rangeline Road. Sophie immigrated to Detroit in 1908 from Heufeld, a once German (Donauschwaben) community of Hungary. Her hope lives on.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Garden progress



Very rainy day. The spring flowers are beautiful the hyacinths, tulips and daffodils are all blooming now. Grandmas bleeding heart is beginning to bloom, every spring it makes me think of Grandma Mary she loved her flowers and always had a big beautiful bleeding heart! My tomatoes have moved outside and I am beginning to harden up all the plants so that by Memorial day or sooner they will be ready to go out in the gardens. The orchard is doing FANTASTIC!! This is the first spring that our new peach tree blossomed, 2 of the younger cherries are blossoming so maybe we will get some cherries this year, usually we only have one large one blossom so it is hard to get more than a handful of cherries. Our Nectarine tree has blossoms for the first time, as does our newer apricot. If the weather stay decent we should have an abundance of fruit this year. Too early to tell on the apples or pear tree but they should have blossoms. The large apricot trees are in full bloom and look beautiful. The sweet corn is in and more of the potatoes are peaking thru.

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