Wild Plum

By mid April, stands of wild plum are readily observed along the Colorado Front Range.  Their clusters of white flowers, appearing before th...

Mulberry Festival

The annual mulberry festival is underway on our Littleton, Colorado, farm.  The fruit of the white mulberry trees and our lone weeping mulbe...

From Summer to Winter

Following a week of summer-like weather, with afternoon highs at or near 70 degrees F, winter conditions have returned to the Colorado Front...

Waxwings in the Mulberries

For the past few days, a flock of cedar waxwings has visited our Littleton farm, heading straight for the mulberry trees.  We have four whit...

Year of the Crabapple

Despite the heat and drought, this has been a good year for fruit production on our Littleton, Colorado, farm.  A mild spring, devoid of a l...

Back on the Farm

It's good to be back at our Littleton, Colorado, farm, if only for a week. September is always a good time to visit and, since I was las...

Tomatoes

With all the rain and heat, it's been a good summer for tomatoes in central Missouri. In fact, a friend who has a farm southeast of Col...

Pumpkins

On this day of the Jack-O-Lantern, it is interesting to look at the natural history of pumpkins. Native to Central America, the pumpkin is ...