Winter Season 2011

Mulberry trees are losing their leaves right now.  The orchard will be a mess of tangled branches for a few months.  We’ll do some pruning after Xmas, when the trees are completely dormant.  Pruned branches make for interesting sculpture… or kindling for the pizza oven.

In the freezer we still have lots of mulberries, waiting for time to experiment with new recipes.

Right now, it’s pomegranate harvest time.  We still haven’t found the robust hand juicer we’re looking for; a cider-making friend insists I need pneumatic-assist to juice a pome.  We’ll see…