Posted on 01/24/2008 10:53:49 AM PST by Gabz
Howdy folks!!!
I originally planned to wait until tomorrow (Friday) to get this going, but it is such a damp, dreary, plain old yucky day here on Virginia's Eastern Shore I decided to do it now --dreaming of spring, so to speak!
One of the major topics that seemed to arise last week dealt with "zones" and how even people living in the same "zone" will have different growing conditions based upon location. Also because we are all so spread out the different zones do matter when it comes to planting times and plants.
GardenGirl and Diana in Wisconsin are among our resident experts, but I am sure they are not the only ones and so we would all like to hear from others both amateur and professional, food growers and flower gardeners, folks that deal with trees and shrubs, I hope you get the idea!
Exchanging ideas and getting help on garden problems weere among the reasons for starting this thread, and I would like to expand on that and ask you all to help me come up with ideas of specific topics we can delve into.
Let's have fun --- and wish for spring!!!!!!
The figs in our area don’t have to be pollinated. Since yours do, I wonder if the wasps, like the honeybees, are in a decline right now? Just a thought.
* California ranks first in the nation in fig production, accounting for nearly 100% of all figs produced nationally (1). California ranks second, after Turkey, in the worldwide production of figs (2).
* In 1998, 16,276 acres produced 1.05 tons of dried figs per acre at a price of $586 per ton (9).
* The value of California’s fig crop in 1998 was $9,662,554 (9).
* In 1998, the variety Calimyrna was produced on approximately 45% of the acreage. The varieties Adriatic, Mission and Kadota were produced on 25%, 23% and 7% of the acreage, respectively (9).
Wow! I can’t imagine that many figs, and that’s speaking as someone who lives in an area where almost everyone has a fig or two in their yard.
Wonder why Cali went with the varieties that had to be pollinated versus the ones that don’t? Taste, shipping ability, size...?
This is fantastic, would you add me to your ping list!
I have a horrible problem with cotton tails and jack rabbits eating my shrubs and stripping bark off trees, any suggestions?
You’re on the list -— and I’m going to repost your question to this week’s thread to see if anyone can help you out. I don’t have any hints on rabbit problems.
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