April 23, 2024 Pawpaws and blueberries flowering at St Andrew’s Forest Farm

Yesterday in the forest,we found pawpaws blooming and blueberries flowering and fruiting, and in the clearing we found our first cover crop of crimson clover flowering. Butterflies and other insects were enjoying the flowers.

We found about 20 pawpaw trees with flowers and plan to get back out there to pollinate them by hand within the next few days.

We saw hundreds of blueberry bushes flowering with some fruit beginning to form.

Mountain laurel budding up.

Crimson clover flowering. The butterflies were all over them.

South property line with mayapples in the wet weather gully.

We are constantly amazed by the abundance of food growing naturally in the forest. We look for ways to encourage and support the continued growth and development of a healthy and sustainable ecosystem.