Progress Is A Lot of Work

For the Fourth of July we visited Grandpa and Grandma K on the family farm.  In just a few months they have made tremendous progress.

ORCHARD:

The natural brush in the background was everywhere.

They cleared it all to plant the orchard.  What used to look like this....

Now looks like this....

 

And this....

The tubing protects the trees from the native animals, who strip the bark and kill the trees.

The colored tags tell them how often to water each particular tree. 

Some are daily; others are every 2 or 3 days.

GRAPES AND BERRIES:

Berry patch

Looking good!

Electric fence keeps the native animals from eating tender plants and fruit.

Grapes

I see some!

 

VEGETABLE GARDEN:

Grandpa has a huge garden.

Sweet corn, feed corn, all kinds of beans, onions, potatoes, peas, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.

Uncle David showing off their progress.

Grandma and Heather supervising Grandpa's work