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Fruits 2013
« on: Jul 03, 2013, 10:00:29 AM »
Well the early blueberries have been eaten.  Now the blackberries are ripening.  I picked about a cup this morning in the rain for a friend.  I really need to figure out a wire fence for them so they are easier to harvest. 
Then in late summer I'll have a couple of pears.  It's a start. 

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #1 on: Jul 03, 2013, 01:06:30 PM »
I have decided to try grapes again.
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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #2 on: Jul 06, 2013, 10:29:24 AM »
what kind of grapes are you going to try?

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #3 on: Jul 07, 2013, 08:41:08 PM »
I bought blueberries at the grocery store the other day and threw them away because they didn't have any taste.  I bought some NC blueberries at the farmers market and they're yummy.

My blackberries are bitter as can be this year.  I'm not sure they're going to sweeten up at this point.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #4 on: Jul 08, 2013, 04:23:29 PM »
I gave the ones that I harvested away.  I may have to keeps some of the second harvest and see what they taste like. 

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #5 on: Jul 08, 2013, 09:39:15 PM »
my blackberries were a mixed bag. i made cobbler out of them and now they are gone. 
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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #6 on: Jul 08, 2013, 09:57:35 PM »
If Johnny would eat cobbler I'd make one but I'm sure  he won't and I'd have to eat the entire thing.  Life is so hard.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #7 on: Sep 20, 2013, 10:32:34 AM »
Something got my pears before I did, darn it!

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #8 on: Sep 26, 2013, 09:21:22 PM »
maybe the deer?  I think that's what happens to most of ours because the fruit at the top, where they can't reach, is never touched AND sometimes it's obvious something has taken a bite out of one.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #9 on: Oct 01, 2013, 09:20:52 AM »
I wouldn't be at all suprised.  I should start turning on the lights at night and see what I can see.  Sometimes I'm up until the early hours.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #10 on: Oct 02, 2013, 05:04:23 PM »
My sister lives in WV and the deer eat everything including the bark of the trees.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #11 on: Oct 05, 2013, 09:05:05 AM »
Wow that can do a bunch of damage depending on how much they eat.  I think I'd be looking up recipes for venison stew.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #12 on: Apr 15, 2014, 03:53:49 PM »
I found a sweet cherry dwarf tree, yeah!  I dug up the turf where I wanted to put it.  Watered the clay until I had a pond and then dug in.  My neighbor came over twice to talk about it.  I tried to talk him out of his big orange rocks.  I want them to go with mine to make a rock garden.  Don't ask me how I'll move them.

But now I have two cherry trees again.  Now if they will just sell almond and hazelnut here I'll be in good shape.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #13 on: Apr 21, 2014, 10:37:35 AM »
So after I plant it, the night time temperature drops to below freezing.  So far it looks like it is surviving.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #14 on: Apr 21, 2014, 12:11:20 PM »
I am glad, Tammy. I still have to plant my plum and apricot trees. I have some berries and grapes to plant as well. Getting a late start.
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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #15 on: Apr 23, 2014, 11:10:49 AM »
It's hard to get started this year.  I really have to get a move on if I want my garden to look good.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #16 on: Apr 28, 2014, 09:21:12 AM »
i need to get more fruit trees.  my blueberries are doing well, i'm happy with them.  and it looks like the pear blossoms survived the last frost.  now to see what the fig does.
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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #17 on: Apr 30, 2014, 09:33:33 AM »
I have little tiny pears on the Bartlett Pear tree already.  I love seeing them.  If I can clean up the wooded area some more I'd like to add hazelnuts, almonds, and apple trees.

I'm glad your having good luck with the blueberries.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2014, 09:56:28 PM »
the blueberry bushes are covered in blueberries.  just waiting for them to get ripe :BigGrin:
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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2014, 10:21:47 PM »
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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2014, 09:50:25 AM »
I haven't seen one bloom on my blueberries.  Maybe I missed it with all the construction going on.  I counted 23 pears and 2 cherries.  That's better than some years. 

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #21 on: Aug 04, 2014, 02:19:44 PM »
The deer think the pears are ripe so I bought 50 lunch paper bags so I can ripen them in the house.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #22 on: Aug 04, 2014, 10:35:24 PM »
I wish I could figure out what kind of pear tree I have.  I've looked online time and again and never find the correct description for my hard, green, pear shaped pears.  They are shaped exactly like what you think a pear looks like and never, ever get soft enough to eat. 

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #23 on: Aug 06, 2014, 09:19:04 AM »
my moonglow and bartlett look like that.  They don't ripen on the tree you have to pick them and then put them in a brown paper bag for about 3 days.  My bartlett become so juicy and wonderful.  I hope yours will too.

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Re: Fruits 2013
« Reply #24 on: Aug 18, 2014, 10:15:30 AM »
Well I had to weed out the blueberry bed because I got a blueberry replacement for the one i lost and had to clean out the bed before I could plant it.  It's called the "pink lemonade"  Interesting name for a blueberry isn't it?

 

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