Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

The orchard has landed ...

I finished planting trees yesterday , our orchard now consists of : 2 pear trees , Anjou and Bartlett 2 apple trees , r...

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posted by snag_one

1 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Wild onions

We just moved over on this farm property and there are wild onions EVERYWHE RE! I love picking them and smelling them....

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posted by jfoste01

5 comments posted 12yrs posted by jfoste01

Last years onion bulbs left over to winter

Didn't work out. They all (that I have pulled) have rotted bulbs :( Leave the rest in or pull them and replace? John

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posted by John

3 comments posted 12yrs posted by John

Vitis Lincecumii seeds

Is anyone familiar with the Wild Grape, Vitis lincecumii, "Post Oak Grape" ? I'd like to get some seeds of it.

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posted by royj157

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by royj157

bits of spring

it is so nice to be able to get back outside into the gardens. the ground has thawed out enough and is even starting to...

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posted by songbird

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Oh noes! Does!

FIVE of them across the road, feeding on the buds / twigs of apple trees. That's more at one time than I've ever seen b...

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posted by pkiewicz

3 comments posted 12yrs posted by pkiewicz

Spoke Too Soon

Since my last post (3/16) we have had snow on the past 2 Tuesdays. The onions I set out survived so this past weekend I...

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posted by susan_r23666

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by susan_r23666

Beets me ...

We now have more space for storage of food ... and my wife found my grandmother's pickled beet recipe in her file box ....

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posted by snag_one

0 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Beginning to warm up

Looks like no freezing weather here for the next ten day. Keeping my fingers crossed. Set out my onions yesterday, over...

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posted by susan_r23666

6 comments posted 12yrs posted by susan_r23666

Berry update

I think this is gonna work ! 10 of 14 plants appear to have new growth - I was worried because they got lightly frosted...

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posted by snag_one

8 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

A berry nice day !

I went to town today to discuss fruit tree choices with the go-to-girl at the best nursery in town , ended up coming ho...

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posted by snag_one

5 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

toilet paper rolls seed starters

Wish I had seen this sooner. I had been using masking tape for bottoms. Folding closure shown here is better: http://old...

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posted by frankdotlogullo

7 comments posted 12yrs posted by frankdotlogullo

Winter is back

It is snowing again. Looks like 4 or 5 inches already. Everything is coming to a grinding halt, including me. They are p...

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posted by susan_r23666

3 comments posted 12yrs posted by susan_r23666

Apples and cherries and ...

Peaches and pears ! I've started clearing a place for HerOrchardness , and I'm not sure which ones need 2 trees to poll...

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posted by snag_one

7 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Disease resistant basil type?

For the last two years every basil plant I have grown, either from seed or purchased has turned yellow, gotten very bit...

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posted by <ahall

6 comments posted 12yrs posted by <ahall