Here are the resident bees that will help these plants produce their best. It will take two years for the plants to grow full sized and then they will harvest. Until then, they will be pruned back so all their effort ends up in the roots.
They had tilled and prepped a who area with weed cloth before we got there. Then irrigation lines were put in and an orange dot where each plant should go. You cut an X in the cloth, push the dirt out of the way and plant the little guys.
The first row was a little less than straight but the we got the hang of it. The Folgate was healthy and large (as seen below) but the Grosso, which will be even larger were shipped out a little bit small. Not all of them survived.
Being fabulous farm hosts, they even fed us a barbecue lunch which after planting all morning, tasted fabulous!
There were about 8 friends and family that come out for the planting party. It was a lovely day spent in gorgeous weather chatting to wonderful plant lovers. There's @tikikristi & @betweenthelimes.
Do I look happy? Living in a condo doesn't let me have much dirt time so this was a wonderful day. We even got to put our names on a row. So proud!
We figured about 575 plants were put in the ground that day. And after a round of Popsicles, we all went home tired and happy. Frequent guest blogger The Jenny (@the_Jenny) also came out for the fun. I would do it again anytime.
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