Lots of stuff!  The apples are fully leafed out and the blossoms just starting to peek.  It is exciting to walk by them daily and watch the unfolding.

Pears are going in full force, despite the heavy winds and rains of the past week.  The two big cherry trees next to the tractor house are looking absolutely gorgeous — we hope they will yield luscious cherries like last year.

The shade garden looks like a fairyland of blue and white, while muscari and yucca form an interesting combination of blue and yellow in our “hell strip” to the west of the lawn.

Folks have been asking whether the elk have been back through the property yet.  The herd of about 40 head roam through around the equinoxes each year, so they might seem a tiny bit late.  Otherwise, pretty much on cue, the elk have appeared for their closeup.

Elk at Westwind

I used the new Imovie, a software which is by far the worst software i’ve ever used.  it was on the closest machine and i was hoping it would be quick.  so here it is, silent, with horrible cuts, as the software enforces.

My friend, Jean Ann Van Krevelen, is the author of Grocery Gardening.  Her book has been at #5 on the Amazon gardening list — with a bullet!  She did a commercial for the book that was shot here at Westwind.  Enjoy!

JeanAnn talks about Grocery Gardening for Coolsprings Press