Last weekend we bottled 3 gallons each of lychee, starfruit, and lemongrass mint wine. The starfruit and lemongrass are sound, but the lychee is potentially really good. We'll hold these for summer - the pool opening is just 3 weeks away.
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| Lisa is thrilled to be bottling |
We have been busier in the yard than in the cellar. Beautyberries and grasses are cut back, amsonia cleaned up, we've gotten through the first round of weeding. I realized that for the last couple of years I've been spraying my agastache 'Honey Bee Blue' thinking it was a weed. It seems pretty widespread, so I suspect it'll be back one place or another.
Mulch started going down yesterday. The pearlbushes made it through their first winter. They look a little lonely but with a final height of 10' I'm not going to be too impatient.
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| Three little pearlbushes (two shown) |
We've discovered that the self-seeded asparagus wakes up a little earlier than the original behind the chicken coop. The first shoots of the season have been eaten, looking forward to more.
I hacked paths into the blackberries so hopefully the harvest will be easier.
Haskaps are blooming. I ordered 5 more plants to fill in the little bed east of the garage. I can already taste the 2018 haskap wine.
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