A Diary of Accomplishments (And Maybe a Few Failures) at Contrecoeur

Summer/Winter 2024:

• Built and established two "L" boxes, ~ 128 sq ft (Summer)
• Planted two blueberry, two cherry trees (Fall)
  • dwarf cutie pie cherry
  • dwarf carmine jewel cherry
  • ka-bluey blueberry
  • semi-dwarf northland blueberry
• Planted but lost two fig trees (Fall)

2025:

• Planted 6 fruit trees:
  • 2-in-1 asian pear
  • crisp 'n' sweet pear
  • superior plum
  • alderman plum
  • hardy chicago fig
  • violette de bordeaux fig
  • lucy rose reachables apple
  • luce glo reachables apple
• Planted 2 rhubarb (victoria, kangarhu)
• Built chicken coop
• Welcomed 5 chickens:
  • Minnie (Mint cream)
  • Aretha (Black silkie)
  • Whitney (Spitzhauben)
  • Chaka (Polish)
  • Nina (French maran)
• First successful garlic harvest