Visite des jardins et une belle carte d'Ajdin

Little Fox here.  I am doing my best to stay home and this fox is experiencing cabin fever.  Luckily I got some mail from Beanie.  This is odd, it has a US stamp.  Is Beanie in the US right now?  A mystery.  

Mystery solved!  It's from Ajdin.  He wants to know if I have done any socially distancing hikes.  Sigh..... I haven't been on a proper hike in months.  Perhaps there is an adventure for me  in the near future?

It's such a nice day.  I should  take a walk through the garden.  Looks like I will have to get the humans on cutting the grass sooner than later.  Do you see the garden in the background?  Cilantro, lettuce, arugula and onions.    Fresh arugula is the best.  Anyone ever have it before?

In this raised bed we have three types of tomatoes growing.  One cherry tomato plant, one early girl, and one glacier tomato (an early variety as well).

Down this long line of planters we have basil (it's ready to go), peppers, and another cherry tomato (sweet 100s).  Why are these in planters?  Well, we ran out of raised bed space and this location gets a lot of sun. 

To get some exercise I decided to climb this cherry tree.  The cherries should be arriving soon. 

Not ready yet....but close.  Did you know the modern day maraschino cherry was perfected Oregon State University?  Yep, Professor E. Wiegand was approached by Oregon cherry growers in 1919 to find a way to preserve the Queen Anne Cherry which grew well in Oregon but had a mushy consistency and didn't preserve well in traditional canning process. 

Wealthy Americans who traveled in Europe came back to the United States and wanted to have maraschino cherries like they had in Europe. Long story short.......he created a way to better preserve these cherries and now Oregon is a "world player in the maraschino cherry industry" Now-a-days Oregon is the major producer of those neon colored cherries adorning bars and ice cream parlors around the world.

Oregon Encyclepedia

Are these Queen Anne Cherries? Nope, they are Van cherries and they are delicious (but not ready to eat)

Besides basil and salad greens what else can a little fox eat in this garden? Let me check in on the strawberries.   They were planted last year and did OK they are doing much better this year.

Wait?  Do you see it? Yes, strawberries (and they look like they are ready to eat).  

I'm a lucky fox.  Thanks Ajdin for the card.