#langley bc

[rob604designs]

Fort Langley, British Columbia -Rob604

[flowerishness]

Malus domestica (Apple)

Campbell Valley Regional Park was established in 1979. It included an old farm with an apple orchard planted sometime before 1924. Some of the old trees still survive but they’ve fallen over with only a few blossoms left. This little apple tree is a second-generation, seedling apple meaning it was grown from the seeds of the mother plant.

Apple trees are peculiar. In most plant species, the seeds are a blend of the characteristics of both parents. However, apples practice extreme heterozygosity, which means that typically the child has almost nothing in common with the parents. It is believed that this is an evolutionary response to the many funguses, viruses and insects which infest apples. No matter what genetic susceptibility led to the death of the parents, the kids don’t have to worry - they have nothing in common with mom and dad.

Because they won’t breed true, most apples are propagated by cuttings grafted onto rootstock apple trees and are clones of seedling apples that had desirable characteristics. For example, the Red Delicious apple (my favorite) dates back to 1880, and a farmer named Jesse Hiatt, in Peru, Iowa in the United States. Every Red Delicious I’ve ever eaten is a clone of that original tree.

[rickchung]

Haven Kitchen + Bar x Langley, BC.

“Bullet with the Butterfly Wings”: Bulleit Bourbon, St-Germain liqueur, yuzu, caramelized honey, Thai basil, and cantaloupe.

[sarahvansloten]

Tomorrow will be better, and if not, that is okay too (2021), vinyl text on window

Photo: Alannah Clamp (Fort Gallery)

[spockvarietyhour]

Canadian Northern Railway, Langley Station, 1924.

[copperhawkplots]

May 1, 2017 Behold my deck garden in all its panoramic glory! I shuffled everything around yesterday into the configuration it will more or less keep all summer. Things with higher water needs (peas, greens, eventual tomato/zucchini buckets) are along the railing where rain falls unimpeded. Things with lower water needs (herbs) or which can tolerate a bit of drought (wildflowers) or which like the extra warmth provided by the wall OR which just fit nicely there are along the house wall. The side-by-side compares of the herb planter and the dwarf blackberry are April 11/April 30. These guys all seem to be steaming along happily! The little plant stand keeps the wildflower boxes out from underfoot, and gives them all equal sun exposure. I'm so glad it's May! Soon it'll be time for tomatoes, zucchini, and carrots!

[megageorgeous]

Langley this morning

[copperhawkplots]

May 4, 2017 We had quite a hot day today, smack in the middle of two weeks of normal early May low-mid teens temperatures. The forecast said this evening was going to bring a cold front in off the ocean, and the resulting mix of cold and hot air masses were expected to cause a major thunderstorm - to the point that Environment Canada issued a severe weather warning. In anticipation of heavy rain and hail I covered the heavy planters with acrylic and moved the light ones closer to the house to bring them under the protection of the little overhang above the deck. The peas I could not move to shelter because there was no space left, so I kludged together this little tent out of garbage bags and clothes pins. I was hoping to at least deflect the worst of the hail, but we'll never know if it would have worked because it's a quarter to midnight and it stopped even raining hours ago. I think there were two lightning. That's it, just two.