August

August.

Nearly the end of the farm year. All the fruit that will be picked this year has been picked. All the trees have been pruned and the brush has been shredded. Tomorrow we will irrigate and fertilize the orchard. When that is done it will be time to spray the trees for bud mite and broad mite, two tiny organisms that disfigure the fruit and harm the tree. This will be the end of the major activities in the orchard until it is time to pick again early next spring. Still there is always the routine of irrigating every three or four weeks and throwing snail bait and spraying weeds.

Now is a time when the heart beats a bit slower and one breathes a bit easier.