Comments on: FRUIT TREES GALORE! http://blog.wildirisbooks.com/guest-authors/fl-green-horn/fruit-trees-galore/ A New Age Feminist Bookstore Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Teresa http://blog.wildirisbooks.com/guest-authors/fl-green-horn/fruit-trees-galore/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Teresa Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:40:00 +0000 http://wildirisbooks.com/blog/?p=594#comment-18 I found this link helpful I live in Calif. and have been tending to 13 trees for 13 yrs. this site gives alot of great info..Happy Summer fruit rewards regards..Teresa http://davesgarden.com/guides/terms/go/623.html I found this link helpful I live in Calif. and have been tending to 13 trees for 13 yrs. this site gives alot of great info..Happy Summer fruit rewards regards..Teresa http://davesgarden.com/guides/terms/go/623.html

]]> By: Faith Carr http://blog.wildirisbooks.com/guest-authors/fl-green-horn/fruit-trees-galore/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Faith Carr Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:58:38 +0000 http://wildirisbooks.com/blog/?p=594#comment-17 OK, you've convinced me! Next year.... THE CITRUS.... can I do a fall planting maybe??? Right now the chickens (5 eggs a day from 7 hens), gardens and fruit sticks are sucking up the time. Did my first harvest clipping of the Rosemary, Parsley, Basil, Dill, green onions, and the potato plants are so vigorous I had to thin them. I think my neighbors are hiding from me! So I just leave the bag on the stoop, ring the bell and run away... New year, I promise, the citrus. OK, you’ve convinced me! Next year…. THE CITRUS…. can I do a fall planting maybe???

Right now the chickens (5 eggs a day from 7 hens), gardens and fruit sticks are sucking up the time.

Did my first harvest clipping of the Rosemary, Parsley, Basil, Dill, green onions, and the potato plants are so vigorous I had to thin them.

I think my neighbors are hiding from me! So I just leave the bag on the stoop, ring the bell and run away…

New year, I promise, the citrus.

]]> By: Diane http://blog.wildirisbooks.com/guest-authors/fl-green-horn/fruit-trees-galore/comment-page-/#comment-16 Diane Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:38:27 +0000 http://wildirisbooks.com/blog/?p=594#comment-16 Indeed, this is a great place to garden - we have a ruby red grapefruit tree that is about fifteen feet high and this year had over 100 beautiful pale yellow globes (we are quite popular in the neighborhood!). My partner Maria talks to it regularly and fertilizes between March and October of each year. My daughter took home about two dozen and squeezed delicious grapefruit juice, to the delight of her three children. We also have mature navel orange, tangelo, and a young (about two feet tall) Satsuma. Recently we have started three different varieties of avocado, but they take fifteen years to mature, so we will be waiting a while for those! The little two foot tall Satsuma, on the other hand, regularly produces about six or eight sweet little tangerines. Indeed, this is a great place to garden – we have a ruby red grapefruit tree that is about fifteen feet high and this year had over 100 beautiful pale yellow globes (we are quite popular in the neighborhood!). My partner Maria talks to it regularly and fertilizes between March and October of each year. My daughter took home about two dozen and squeezed delicious grapefruit juice, to the delight of her three children. We also have mature navel orange, tangelo, and a young (about two feet tall) Satsuma. Recently we have started three different varieties of avocado, but they take fifteen years to mature, so we will be waiting a while for those! The little two foot tall Satsuma, on the other hand, regularly produces about six or eight sweet little tangerines.

]]> By: Miranda http://blog.wildirisbooks.com/guest-authors/fl-green-horn/fruit-trees-galore/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Miranda Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:39:31 +0000 http://wildirisbooks.com/blog/?p=594#comment-15 Hi Cheryl I love this! There is nothing nicer than picking your own fruit from your own garden. For those who live in or around Gainesville the Edible Plant Project sell fruit and nut trees (and a lot more besides) the first Wednesday of each month at the downtown farmer's market. Their fruit trees are the ones that thrive locally - they take cuttings/grow seedlings from local 'best' plants. Their trees are in the $3-$5 range i.e. affordable for all. They have all sorts of wonderful fruits and vegetables and herbs including loquats, mulberries and chestnuts! Re: citrus - there are a number of orange and lemon trees that thrive here - I bought mine from the Saturday market from a local grower. I planted them close to my house (where it's a degree or two warmer) on the south/west side and protected them the first year - after that they have weathered the low temps at night just fine. Best! Miranda <a href="www.edibleplantproject.com" rel="nofollow"> Hi Cheryl
I love this! There is nothing nicer than picking your own fruit from your own garden.
For those who live in or around Gainesville the Edible Plant Project sell fruit and nut trees (and a lot more besides) the first Wednesday of each month at the downtown farmer’s market. Their fruit trees are the ones that thrive locally – they take cuttings/grow seedlings from local ‘best’ plants. Their trees are in the $3-$5 range i.e. affordable for all. They have all sorts of wonderful fruits and vegetables and herbs including loquats, mulberries and chestnuts!
Re: citrus – there are a number of orange and lemon trees that thrive here – I bought mine from the Saturday market from a local grower. I planted them close to my house (where it’s a degree or two warmer) on the south/west side and protected them the first year – after that they have weathered the low temps at night just fine.
Best!
Miranda

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