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Post by spuds on Apr 29, 2013 8:59:26 GMT -6
Got some peas beans and toms planted,dill seed in but best of all transplanted the asparagus and they are liking it a lot!Boy would that be nice if they take off Im going to pick up a bunch more if they still have them.I have 1 rhubarb for many years now,and a few spices that come back,I want things that repeat up here,hard to find.I did get 2 grapes and 3 berries (1 struggling) that made it over winter,woohoo! Sorry for all the full size pics you have to scroll thru,but they are labeled so I know what I have,isnt froggie cute? Mrs brought some babies from dog park up,and this one has over wintered,major cool! Basil Frog Hybrid cherry tom Bonnie Select and Betterboy Early Girl and Big Beef Sage Thyme Oregano
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Post by spuds on May 3, 2013 11:21:45 GMT -6
planted the following,major cool ultra dwarves,also picked up another dozen of the remaining asparagus at Ace,if they survive we will move em into their own bed next season or season after.
Went to Lowes and got ultra dwarf trees....188 dollars out the door for 6 trees RED DELICIOUS - Fruit is medium size, skin color is red with stripes. Apple is juicy, sweet tasting and aromatic. The most popular of all fruit. (Midseason/needs pollinizer FUJI APPLE Truly the home gardeners' favorite and deservedly so! This outstanding Delicious cross originated in Japan. Resembles Delicious in color. Flesh is very firm, crunchy, juicy and slightly acid. Excellent flavor and outstanding shelf life. Trees are vigorous, hardy and very productive. Bears heavy crops. Keeps very well. Ripens September to October. (Late/self fertile) SHINSEIKI PEAR Popular early season variety. Fruit is yellow-green to pale yellow, smooth with small lenticels, size is large. Flesh is white, sweet, firm, crisp and juicy. Tree is moderately vigorous, dense, very productive and precocious. Fruit quality is good to very good. Excellent storage life, about 7-8 months. Fruit ripens in late August, early September. Also known as New Century. D'ANJOU - Leading variety of winter pear. Fruit is firm, juicy and has superbly rich flavor. Outstanding for both home and orchard trade. Flavor best after 1 or 2 months storage. Excellent keeping qualities. Tree is large, vigorous and very productive. Ripens mid-August to mid-September. (Mid-season/self-fertile) NIJISSEIKI Best known Asian pear. Fruit is green to greenish yellow, smooth with some lenticels. Fruit size is medium (9-14 oz.). Flesh is white, firm, crisp, very juicy and sweet with a refreshing tartness. Fruit quality is good to very good. Tree is of moderate vigor, upright and productive. Stores about 5 months. Ripens in mid September. Also known as 20th Century. WEEPING SANTA ROSA PLUM - Same superior quality fruit as Santa Rosa. On a small graceful weeping tree. Very attractive and ornamental, excellent in containers. Delicate white flowers show well for two plus weeks. We find this variety to have much fewer problems with birds and squirrels. (Early/self-fertile) Also got a nectarine and a peach the other day
pics eventually to follow ================== 6-1-13
About Ein Shemer Apple Tree...
The Ein Shemer Apple Tree - is another very low chilling selection from Israel. It bears young and is very productive. Ein Shemer Apple Trees are a large, Golden Delicious type, with a crisp tart flavor and a good quality flesh. The Ein Shemer is an excellent multi-use southern apple that ripens mid-June to early July, after the Anna Apple Tree. The Ein Shemer Apple Tree is a self-fertile apple tree. 350 chill hours.
Nectar Babe - is a great choice for smaller gardens, as it is a dwarf fruit tree that only grows to five to six feet tall at full maturity or clip to shape. The July ripening nectarines are an attractive bright red with flavorful, sweet juicy freestone flesh. The Nectar Babe enjoys full sun, so a good choice for patios or decks. This variety needs 500 chill hours, so a fruit tree that will succeed in most locations. Shipped potted in soil for best possible results when planted in yard or garden.
About Red Baron Peach Tree...
The Red Baron is a patented variety of unsurpassed excellence. Not only is the fruit a large, beautiful red, but the tree itself is prized for its large double red blossoms that cover the tree for several weeks in early spring. These delicious 3" diameter fruits ripen over an extended period of time from mid-July to mid-August, and require a low 250 chill hours. Supplies are very limited, so call today to order yours!
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Post by Christy on May 3, 2013 12:33:17 GMT -6
You got some yummy trees!! Hope they all grow well for you
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Post by BestoFour on May 3, 2013 16:55:19 GMT -6
I'm not familiar with ultra dwarf trees. My grandson keeps asking me when I'm going to have my growth spurt - think I'm an ultra dwarf?
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Post by spuds on May 27, 2013 13:12:13 GMT -6
I'm not familiar with ultra dwarf trees. My grandson keeps asking me when I'm going to have my growth spurt - think I'm an ultra dwarf?
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Post by spuds on May 27, 2013 13:28:32 GMT -6
Container gardening.....been seeing some cool ideas people are doing with them Another first for us (sort of a take off on the topsy turvy's experience where mold still killed my squashes),will add pics.Used the containers from the trees,loaded with a mix of yummy potting soils. In 4 I planted assorted carrots with radishes,supposedly with companion mix you harvest rads just as carrots starting to really grow.Planted one with assorted hot peppers and another with a lettuce medley. Hope they work,Im always trying new things to get some harvests here. For some reason my carrots/rads are total failure,IMO my soil just isnt loose enough?So IF containers work,I can fine tune the soils in them and might have a few new things,and can start earlier indoors and put pots out ready to go,and pull em back in if a freak/late frost hits. Must try a tomato too to see what happens,containers would allow me to utilize space where bulbs are as they die back,boy this is exciting stuff!Also help get that early start without fear of frost kills.Has a lot of potential if they dont dry out too terribly bad?Will see....so many experiments this year for us,I just HAVE to get this mtn gardening figured out. We have had successes with things,such a learning experience and micro climates/molds,etc here,I can grow things my neighbor across street,and 2 blocks over cant,and vice-verse,mtn gardening here is really a unique thing. I have high hopes,sounds like a cool experiment. So far all planted this year doing well,even survived Snooky the Husky growing devil horns P-)and digging in the sq foot garden when we left em home alone for a day,goofy mutt,Its what Huskies do but still....
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Post by spuds on May 27, 2013 14:27:36 GMT -6
black,blue and raspberries Grape Dwarf nectarine and peach Apples companion planting Pears.... plum sq foot growing well....Snooky looking innocent... containers of radish,carrots,peppers and lettuce... Bougainvillea-cold variety,we'll see.... pomegranate-cold variety,we'll see
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Post by BestoFour on May 27, 2013 21:35:55 GMT -6
Pomegranates are so good. Hope you can grow them.
I like your garden art by the grape vine.
I'm thinking of doing all container gardening next year. We only plant enough to eat and it sure would be easier. I'm thinking of growing tomatoes in buckets with holes in the bottom and squash in the straw again. Not sure about the cukes.
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Post by spuds on May 28, 2013 10:02:11 GMT -6
Mrs has lots of cute things in yard.I like the tree guy,you can buy the parts.
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Post by BestoFour on May 28, 2013 12:21:39 GMT -6
Handsome tree ya got there.
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Post by Penny on May 29, 2013 5:34:48 GMT -6
Haha....LOVE the tree guy!!
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Post by spuds on May 29, 2013 7:10:37 GMT -6
Haha....LOVE the tree guy!! I was looking at it yesterday,Mrs has added a red tongue to it.....
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Post by Penny on May 29, 2013 12:34:25 GMT -6
Haha....LOVE the tree guy!! I was looking at it yesterday,Mrs has added a red tongue to it..... You have to take a picture of that!!
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Post by Christy on May 31, 2013 21:02:14 GMT -6
Love the tree face too I have one in the shade garden..
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Post by spuds on Jun 5, 2013 19:53:33 GMT -6
Used this to make reservoirs around trees,chickens kept knocking dirt ones down,from thrift store 4 years ago... www.homedepot.com/p/t/203244699?productId=203244699&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&MERCH=REC-_-product-2-_-100576955-_-203244699-_-N#specifications Got 3 more trees in today,have 11 now,a guy got 57 in 5000 sq feet yard,I can easily double what I have,sure going to be a tremendous variety.An orchard here,never imagined such a thing. This is my best garden year ever,now that Ive quit wasting my time planting things trying to beat the powdery mildew,just gave up,all the experimental plants,asparagus,brussells and artichoke thriving.The peas already have babies,be saving that seed,that's going to be a lot next year.Beans getting munched on but don't see any bugs.... Cant find rhubarb BUT found out all you do is hack down middle with shovel and pull out half like a potted plant and plant it.Mother plant doing great,daughter hasnt died yet so has potential.Honey suckle and jasmine both are doing well this year too,and tomatoes....flowers already,has a chance to be bumper year. Container rads total success so far,hope they bulb out.4 varieties All berries doing well,grape is huge. All in all,amazing garden results this year.
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Post by mogarden on Jun 5, 2013 22:56:19 GMT -6
I kinda like the tree guy.
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Post by Doug on Jun 8, 2013 5:43:48 GMT -6
Looking good
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Post by w8in4dave on Jun 11, 2013 6:33:51 GMT -6
Very nice spuds!! I had a tree face once!! But the darn nose came missing , tree started growing and well parts got lost!! It was not as cool as yours tho !!
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Post by spuds on Jun 11, 2013 13:43:06 GMT -6
Container gardens Cant get a decent pic,the trees are really pretty,there are 4 rows,front citrus,2nd peach/citrus.3rd pears/lemon.4th is 5 apple trees,all different.2 pomegranates on left side fence,berries along top fence.Big bang for a small space.I think 21 trees in that area.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jun 12, 2013 6:39:32 GMT -6
Now are you going to move those tree's at one point? Or they stay where they stay?
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Post by spuds on Jun 12, 2013 7:46:43 GMT -6
Now are you going to move those tree's at one point? Or they stay where they stay? Thats their forever home....if the citrus live that is.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jun 12, 2013 9:20:56 GMT -6
We will hope they do!! Yea I kinda got the answer in the morning thread!! Good idea!! There is a house not to far from here and in their yard they have a couple lil Apple trees! They put them in when their kids were lil... They are out of the house now and still getting apples from those trees! I have no idea who the people are I just enjoy them from afar!! Their kids and apple trees!
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 13, 2013 3:11:28 GMT -6
Hi pholks..testing a piccy for spuds
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Post by w8in4dave on Jun 13, 2013 7:42:42 GMT -6
Spuds, don't those chickens pec at your plants? Just wondering!! I know they love bugs!!
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Post by spuds on Jun 13, 2013 14:02:39 GMT -6
Spuds, don't those chickens pec at your plants? Just wondering!! I know they love bugs!! Right you are,they are fenced out.BIG experiment year here,working on things that survive snow,so far in foregrond are articoke and brussells sprouts,by the 5 year old strawberry is the asparagus,and then the container gardens,I am so jazzed the experiments are all doing so well,cant wait til next year when we expand and plant to proper spacing the winners,including the 2 rhubarb not shown that I will separate to 4 plants next year. WOOHOO!!!!
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Post by w8in4dave on Jun 14, 2013 6:17:18 GMT -6
Spuds, don't those chickens pec at your plants? Just wondering!! I know they love bugs!! Right you are,they are fenced out.BIG experiment year here,working on things that survive snow,so far in foregrond are articoke and brussells sprouts,by the 5 year old strawberry is the asparagus,and then the container gardens,I am so jazzed the experiments are all doing so well,cant wait til next year when we expand and plant to proper spacing the winners,including the 2 rhubarb not shown that I will separate to 4 plants next year. WOOHOO!!!! I see!! It is a trick pic!! I thought I seen chickens in that pic! Hmmm seeing things I guess!! Great experiments!! Glad they are going your way!! They are in the picture with the trees I knew I seen chickens somewhere!
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Post by BestoFour on Jun 14, 2013 8:21:44 GMT -6
I saw chickens and a flag. I need to stop drinking Pepsi first thing in the morning I suppose.
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Post by spuds on Jun 14, 2013 10:56:01 GMT -6
Patriotic Chickens,I also saw a Ron Paul sticker around here somewhere....I KNOW they are up to something. Thats by rhubarb I divided... the plant on left.Just a shovel down the middle,and pop up the right side and plant.Daughter on right doing well.
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Post by BestoFour on Jun 14, 2013 11:03:42 GMT -6
how do you cook your rhubarb?
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Post by spuds on Jun 14, 2013 11:53:11 GMT -6
how do you cook your rhubarb? Havent cooked any yet,I WANT a strawberry rhubarb pie,perhaps next season.Kinda funny,that plant just wont die,but I never did anything with it,that will change when I have enough for jams and pies.
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