[greeneyes]

I am so happy to hear that you enjoy the thread, and that you are enough better to be able to get back out and realize some of your goals. So sorry for the adversity that you have had to deal with.

We started our gardening in 2009 also, In 2010 we planted a small orchard of dwarf fruit trees and seedless grapes. All ordered from Burgess. The pear trees turned out to be ornamental, and the grapes all had seeds, and the cherries are the size of poppy seeds, but it was after the 1 year guarantee, so we are stuck, but will never order plants from them again.

The apples and peaches are to close to the walnut tree, so we don’t get fruit from there either. The nut trees planted in the front yard all died - 2 years in a row, so Hubby refuses to plant anything else in front.

We have started some apple and nut trees in one of the few remaining places far away from the walnut tree, so hope to get some edible fruit some day.

Thanks so much for sharing. Please keep us updated as you are able.

[Wneighbor]

I haven’t ordered from Burgess since the mid 80’s. They didn’t offer products well suited to our Texas heat even tho tbey claimed so. Back then I was blessed that I’d been able to move from my first home, a mobile, into an old farmhouse on my first real property. It had established peaches, pears and plums. Fast forward 32 years and 3 homes and I’m still bringing over cuttings and seeds from all 3 of those homes to this new place as we have kept the old properties as rental income. I just wish i had the stamina to get our new place fixed up the way it looks in my dreams. Tubebender has been an inspiration to me for years now :)