Apples

A couple of years ago we planted 5 apple trees.This year one has a couple of dozen apples on it. Three others have a couple, and one seems to be putting all its energy into grown very big.
So we are looking forward to September when we can start to eat them.

Last evening a deer and her young fawn wandered through the property. I am happy to see them as deer proofing the vege garden seems to be working, and they don't seem that interested in the flowers. lets hope that doesn't change. Too bad I didn't have my camera with me!

Beans and Peas

I've been saving the seed from these beans for a while now. They started as roquefort, a yellow variety. But it seems like they have started to cross with the purple podded variety I also have on the go.They taste great,so I'm not that worried.At least they are still a bush variety while the purple podded beans are definitely climbers.

The sno peas have started to produce before the sugar snap,which doesn't usually happen. This year though a deer go into the vege patch and chomped on the sugarsnap peas. They have bounced back, and are starting to flower again. The fence around the garden is a 3' high chicken wire fence. Obviously not a deterrent for the deer. However extensions screwed into the corner posts and fine bird netting draped around the garden to about 5' high seems to be a good deterrent. They don't seem to like the almost invisible bird netting, so stay away from it.