Getting My Winter Agriculture On

The last tree that will need major pruning is the almond. It blossomed last year before I had even figured out what it was. I guess January will be the time, and the bow saw will be the tool. It makes cleaner, more surgical cuts. The tree will need a lot of pruning. There is dead wood, vertical suckers and I want to trim the top. I might try to set up the tallest ladder as a stepladder in the bed of the truck and trim down to the height I can reach. I'm also supposed to spray the tree with both an organic pesticide and a copper spray. The last thing, is to build a dirt basin around the tree and flood every four weeks in the summer.

All the rows of onions have sprouted, except for the spots that were badly trampled. I spent about an hour weeding the entire garden by hand in a light rain. My thought is when I thin the onions, to try and transplant the extra seedlings in the bare spots. Now that I have removed that tree I can see that the garden gets more light, and maybe this extra edge will help nurture my little plants through this terribly rainy and foggy weather.

Business Opportunity

Buy and sell midcentury modern furniture.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/15/DDG81GMIAP.DTL&type=homeandgarden

Learn what's hot, buy it cheap at garage sales and thrift stores and possibly refinish and restore if needed. You could start in a garage, with a truck, and a few hundred dollars.

A similar idea is to buy original, signed paintings at garage sales, ect. I've managed to find two, that I'm keeping, but would retail in a gallery for about $3000 each.