Posted on 02/25/2023 7:21:10 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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I’m a 5’3” coconut tree!
Now that’s a great challenge, and I’ll take you up on it! ;)
Nice! My lone Peach produced like crazy-mad last season; things must’ve been just perfect for her - or else she’s dying, LOL!
Mine is ‘Reliance’ which was bred somewhere in Minnesota for northern hardiness.
My Plum failed, but if my cherries or pears fail, I’m replanting with ALL Peaches. :)
In Wisconsin, you can put a dead STICK in the ground and grow an apple tree; they’re kind of a no-brainer for us up here. ;)
LOL! They got the ‘nut’ part right. ;)
I’ll always ‘look up’ to you! My BFF of 44 years is a 6-footer. Beau is 6’3”. They call me their, ‘Pocket Pet.’
Finally! A challenge I can easily WIN! :)
I have seen some of Maangchi’s recipies before! She’s a sweetheart!
Wife is not interested in fermented anything, sadly, so I would be the only one eating the kimchi. I have a very good oriental store nearby that has a cooler filled with kimchee if I need to buy some!
I don’t have to work hard to get a good crop of pears and apples. Keep them pruned and feed em a couple pounds of 13-13-13 every year and they are happy.
Peaches are hit or miss here thanks to the late freezes that Mother Nature likes to throw at Central Missouri, and it’s a lot of work to control the diseases they’re prone to suffer from. If I get a crop one out of three years I figure I’m doing good.
I’m down to a pair of plum trees. Five years without even one lonely plum. This spring is their last chance. If they don’t produce a fruit crop they’re getting replaced with hopefully better stock.
Watching what the dang birds do to the wild black cherry tree in my yard has deterred me from even attempting to grow sweet cherries. I suppose I could use netting on them, but that’s starting to turn it into work. lol
I think the best thing might be to get some of the later blooming varieties recommended by MU ext service.
Redhaven is the cultivar that all others are based on when being considered early or late.
Fruit Cultivars for Home Plantings
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Home Fruit Production: Peach and Nectarine Culture
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Search results for: 'Home Fruit Production'
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Yep. I’ll be up to my butt in apples in the coming years. That will be more than enough to deal with.
Next weeks topic is going to be about gardening shortcuts we can take as we age. A timely topic for me, who tends to go overboard when Spring hits. ;)
Contender and Reliance are the two that work well for me in Zone 5a.
But, yes, Japanese Beetles. Ugh! I am on a WARPATH against them this season. Going to put grub control in the grassy areas of the garden (where they breed) and keep a steady supply of hose-end Sevin spray at the ready! I’ve had it!
It’s Early Spring in Connecticut.
Winter never arrived. Sunset will be ~700pm on Sunday, 3/12. Daylight Savings.
“You see, Rodya, to my thinking, the great thing for getting on in the world is always to keep to the seasons; if you don’t insist on having
asparagus in January, you keep your money in your purse!”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky "The Brothers Karamozov"
Speaking of which....farming indoors...possible, but not necessarily profitable..... (One of the reasons to keep on gardening!)
The vertical farming bubble is finally popping
"Climate change might make growing produce indoors a necessity. But despite taking in more than a billion dollars in venture capital investment, most companies in the industry seem to be withering, unable to turn a profit on lettuce." entire article at the link!
I always wondered how on earth they could make any money on those huge energy-hog indoor farms.
The old ways prove once again to be the best ways. :)
Just ready to harvest my indoor lettuces, though! They’re ‘cut and come again’ types so I’ll have a flat ready to go out to the greenhouse as soon as our temps stabilize a bit more.
Happy, Happy! :)
Hey, my favorite one and only peony. Bowl of Beauty.
She’s a keeper!
I have ‘Sarah Berhardt’ and ‘Festiva Maxima’ so far. Adding more as I can. :)
I’ll do a ‘Peony Thread’ when we get closer to Spring. :)
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