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So. We have an apple tree that produced a lot of apples this year, after nothing last year. The apples are kind of small and tart, but not crab apples. We've also had a bumper crop of rhubarb - have harvested it three times this year already and on Saturday we harvested about another 26 cups (diced in one-inch pieces). So, I decided to try something new.

I made apple-rhubarb jam. Well, I set out to make that. What I actually ended up making is more like apple-rhubarb pie jam. ...

As I write this we are dealing with rain and temps in the mid thirties. For the next two nights, temps will drop to the mid twenties with the chance of snow. The best case scenario is I will lose my peaches and early apples. More likely is I will lose all of my tree fruit. All I can think of is there is always next year. The weather that gave me an incredible harvest last year is in effect taking this one away. I think years of farming made me realize that you must accept what happens and ...

I sprayed the fruit trees with a copper fungicide today. It won't be long until the peach trees blossom. This time of year is when I watch the weather forecast with baited breath. Statistically, we get peaches one out of three years due to frost damage. 2008 was an incredible year for peaches. In 2007, we lost the peaches and the apples to a late freeze. That year there was no tree fruit of any kind. All I can do is hope that we dodge the bullet one more year.