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Vote for your three favorite.  :)

Princesca and I have a big open area on our property between the house and the woods and we're planning on starting up a little orchard, but are as of yet undecided on what to plant (obviously we can and probably will plant multiple types of trees).  The list above includes items that should grow reliably in our climate--almond is a bit iffy but I've learned there are some cultivars now that are a bit more cold hardy.

Would you able to see results in your lifetime?...or at least before you're an OAP. I'd guess some grow quicker than others so for me that would be a big influencing factor.

Pears are good. Apples are too common. I've never seen an apricot tree....they're nice too....

A lovely year-round Jaronifer tree.

There are already enough fruits and nuts in Kentucky.

Quote from: Tyr on December 08, 2009, 09:25:33 AM
Would you able to see results in your lifetime?...or at least before you're an OAP. I'd guess some grow quicker than others so for me that would be a big influencing factor.

It depends on the tree and how mature it is when we buy it.  I've read that a pecan tree begins producing nuts in 5-8 years depending on how mature it was when it was planted and local growing conditions.

Quote from: Valmy on December 08, 2009, 09:45:17 AM
There are already enough fruits and nuts in Kentucky.

We have plenty of nuts, true, but not a whole lot of fruits.  :(

Quote from: Caliga on December 08, 2009, 09:48:30 AM
We have plenty of nuts, true, but not a whole lot of fruits.  :(

Ok then plant a cherry tree.  If you have a son and he chops it down and then doesn't lie about it you might have a future president in your family.

I picked the ones I have in my garden: apple, cherry and peach

Actually, I forgot to mention I do have a cherry tree already, but I think it's a sour cherry variety you can't actually eat... the people we bought the house from planted that one.

I also have about ten callery pear trees, but that's an ornamental variety of pear that doesn't produce 'pears'.

You'll never eat a cherry from your trees. Birds steals them all.

Quote from: Grey Fox on December 08, 2009, 10:05:01 AM
You'll never eat a cherry from your trees. Birds steals them all.

Hm, good point.  The sour cherry tree we already have gets overrun with cardinals right when it's starting to fruit.  Oh well... though OTOH I could just get a shotgun. :)

Quote from: Grey Fox on December 08, 2009, 10:05:01 AM
You'll never eat a cherry from your trees. Birds steals them all.

I guess it depends where you live. We had massive amounts of cherries this year!

Apple, peach and pecan.

Now I want some peach cobbler.  :(

Just what kind of property do you have?  I mean, our house in Vancouver was huge, yet it was no where large enough to accommodate more than 1 or 2 trees. 

Quote from: Monoriu on December 08, 2009, 10:19:13 AM
Just what kind of property do you have?  I mean, our house in Vancouver was huge, yet it was no where large enough to accommodate more than 1 or 2 trees.

Dude has at least an acre. In the good part of Kentucky.

@ Mono

3 1/2 acres.  I already have like 15-20 'cultivated' trees on my property (ornamentals), and probably 100 or so 'wild' trees on the property, mostly ash, juniper, and hickory.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 08, 2009, 10:19:13 AM
Just what kind of property do you have?  I mean, our house in Vancouver was huge, yet it was no where large enough to accommodate more than 1 or 2 trees. 

I'm interested to see your definition of huge... I understand you're from HK and your standards are probably a bit lower, but I don't have a big garden and there are like 7 fruit trees in my garden.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 08, 2009, 10:21:54 AM
In the good part of Kentucky.

:hug: Thank you.  Yeah, tell the ignoramuses on here that not *all* of Kentucky is 'bad'.  :cool:

Quote from: Monoriu on December 08, 2009, 10:19:13 AM
Just what kind of property do you have?  I mean, our house in Vancouver was huge, yet it was no where large enough to accommodate more than 1 or 2 trees.

If his land was in HK instead of Kentucky. About 30 000 of your brothers could live on it.

Quote from: BVN on December 08, 2009, 10:23:50 AM
I'm interested to see your definition of huge... I understand you're from HK and your standards are probably a bit lower, but I don't have a big garden and there are like 7 fruit trees in my garden.

I'm guessing that's about the same number we would plant.  Probably no more than a dozen.

Quote from: BVN on December 08, 2009, 10:23:50 AM

I'm interested to see your definition of huge... I understand you're from HK and your standards are probably a bit lower, but I don't have a big garden and there are like 7 fruit trees in my garden.

Our house in Vancouver was over 3,000 sq. feet large.  The lot was, if I remember correctly, something like 33 metres by 120 or something.  Most of the land area was either occupied by the house or covered in concrete, so it did not have much space for vegetation.  The developer used every inch of space allowed under the planning laws to build as large a house as possible.  And as large a garage as possible. 
 

Quote from: Caliga on December 08, 2009, 10:23:20 AM
@ Mono

3 1/2 acres.  I already have like 15-20 'cultivated' trees on my property (ornamentals), and probably 100 or so 'wild' trees on the property, mostly ash, juniper, and hickory.

I really don't have much idea how large an acre is.  Any property that uses this unit of measurement is automatically defined as gigantic. 

Quote from: Monoriu on December 08, 2009, 10:35:59 AM

Quote from: Caliga on December 08, 2009, 10:23:20 AM
@ Mono

3 1/2 acres.  I already have like 15-20 'cultivated' trees on my property (ornamentals), and probably 100 or so 'wild' trees on the property, mostly ash, juniper, and hickory.

I really don't have much idea how large an acre is.  Any property that uses this unit of measurement is automatically defined as gigantic.

The United States survey acre is approximately 4,046.873 square meters

Quote from: Monoriu on December 08, 2009, 10:35:59 AM
I really don't have much idea how large an acre is.  Any property that uses this unit of measurement is automatically defined as gigantic.

I think the smallest lot you'll find for a stand alone house in NA is 1/4 acre.

Mmm cherry pies  :mmm:




G.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 08, 2009, 10:40:13 AM

Quote from: Monoriu on December 08, 2009, 10:35:59 AM
I really don't have much idea how large an acre is.  Any property that uses this unit of measurement is automatically defined as gigantic.

I think the smallest lot you'll find for a stand alone house in NA is 1/4 acre.

My house in Massachusetts was on a 0.12 acre lot.  :(

Still sold for more than my house down here cost though.  :lmfao:

Quote from: Caliga on December 08, 2009, 10:47:02 AM
My house in Massachusetts was on a 0.12 acre lot.  :(

:blink: Zowie!

Not a townhouse?

Voted cherry as I have a cherry tree in my garden. And there's enough for the birds and my family.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 08, 2009, 10:49:26 AM
Not a townhouse?

Nope.  Single-family dwelling.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 08, 2009, 10:35:59 AM
I really don't have much idea how large an acre is.  Any property that uses this unit of measurement is automatically defined as gigantic.

One section of land (one mile by one mile, or one square mile), has 640 acres.  A quarter-section (a half mile by a half mile) has 160.

Walnuts are popular. There are different kinds that we see out here, though. Black walnut trees are much more hardy and survive a lot better. But White(English) walnut trees produce better tasting nuts. So, they grow one of each, then cut the black walnut tree off at the stump and graft the white walnut tree on. So they get the strength and rootstock of the black one with the nuts from the white. All through northern CA you see big orchards of trees with white tops and black bottoms.

That's a good idea. :cool:

I love walnuts but if we do nut trees it's more likely to be a pecan, I think.

Walnuts are the Devil's food.

This could be fun for you Caliga. Hopefully it doesn't take too many years for a tree to give produce. I picked cherry, walnut and peach. How many trees are you thinking of planting?

May I make an alternate suggestion?

Try and grow some grrapes and make wine.   :cool:

http://www.kentuckywine.com/

Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2009, 03:43:05 PM
May I make an alternate suggestion?

Try and grow some grrapes and make wine.   :cool:

http://www.kentuckywine.com/

Oh, but I do it and I'm an idiot.

:cry:

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 08, 2009, 03:44:26 PM

Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2009, 03:43:05 PM
May I make an alternate suggestion?

Try and grow some grrapes and make wine.   :cool:

http://www.kentuckywine.com/

Oh, but I do it and I'm an idiot.

:cry:

Only because you don't drink. :rolleyes:

@KRonn, dunno... probably a dozen or so.  But I doubt we would plant a dozen peach trees, or a dozen pecan trees... most likely 3-4 varieties of trees.

@Beeb, I did a bit of research on that and, while I can obviously grow Concord grapes (and therefore make Manischewitz :x ), apparently I may be able to grow Riesling grapes in this climate. :mmm:  I think a vineyard is a hell of alot more work tho, and turning grapes into must is no walk in the park either, though I guess it's a stomp in a barrel among other things. ^_^

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 08, 2009, 09:30:07 AM
A lovely year-round Jaronifer tree.

This is the correct answer, I see no need to read any further.

This will create some work for you keeping the fruit off the ground, trimming them, etc. You're going to be looking at some labor anyway.

Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2009, 03:49:53 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 08, 2009, 03:44:26 PM

Quote from: Barrister on December 08, 2009, 03:43:05 PM
May I make an alternate suggestion?

Try and grow some grrapes and make wine.   :cool:

http://www.kentuckywine.com/

Oh, but I do it and I'm an idiot.

:cry:

Only because you don't drink. :rolleyes:

The devil's brew leads to destruction.

Of those I'd go with peach, pear, and apricot.  And some blackberry bushes.  Getting nuts out of the shell is too much work.

Too bad you can't grow avocado there, avocado trees are awesome.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 08, 2009, 05:04:41 PM
The devil's brew leads to destruction fun.

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 08, 2009, 05:21:51 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 08, 2009, 05:04:41 PM
The devil's brew leads to destruction fun.

Carrie nation disagrees

I voted for Quince and Pecan (because they taste good).

I have a Quince tree in my backyard, they aren't very big, so it doesn't become a nuisance.

I will warn you on fruit trees. Unless you REALLY like the fruit than I would advise against it because you'll spend a lot of time picking them up to throw out. Nuts can be as bad but squirrels and other critters will gather those for food, so it isn't as much a problem.

Voted for apricot, cheery and hazelnut as each is lovely.  :cool:

Strix, do your homegrown Quinces taste good?  I had some I bought at the supermarket once, but they tasted weird somehow.

Quote from: Caliga on December 08, 2009, 10:25:10 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 08, 2009, 10:21:54 AM
In the good part of Kentucky.

:hug: Thank you.  Yeah, tell the ignoramuses on here that not *all* of Kentucky is 'bad'.  :cool:

It's all relative levels of bad!

De-shellifying nuts is too much like work.

I prefer my orchard in the variety that simply lets you pluck the pertinent parts from the tree and get right down to the business of consumption.

Apples and peaches would be my first pick, with cherry and apricot second.

Also, while you're at it, get some Lilacs. No garden is complete without Lilacs.

I voted Apple, Cherry and Peach. :mmm:

Voted Cherry, fig and pear.

Cherries are delicious, but you need to protect the fruits from birds: I suggest covering the tree with a net down to the ground about 10 days before cherries are ripe. And the tree is beautiful, too.
Fig is by far my favourite fruit: home-grown, ripe figs are completely different in taste and texture from those you find at the market, and are usually delicious. Moreover, you can cosplay Adam and Eve with Princesca every time you want.
Pear trees are low maintenance and fruits are good.

If you want to stray a bit from the usual, I suggest a jujube - or red date - tree: nice tree, low maintenance, delicious small fruits ripe mid september to mid october, it needs to be exposed south and protected from cold (usually planted along construction walls). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube)

L.

btw I voted Pears. Best Bet.

Oh, I forgot... I planted an apple tree last weekend: a dwarf Fuji.  :cool:

I'll need to plant at least one more apple tree to cross pollinate this one.  I think a Red Delicious would work.

After that, I think I'm gonna do some peach trees.

Another long term goal is to get rid of the dozen fucking Bradford pears the losers that lived here before me planted, if a windstorm doesn't take care of them for me.  Their delightful blossoms (which are in full bloom right now) smell like dead bodies. :x  I'm thinking either redbud or magnolia trees will do nicely for replacements.

A dozen pear trees? How big is your estate?

3 1/2 acres... and these are Bradford (Callery) Pears, not actual fruit-producting pears.  They're basically planted everywhere now because they're cheap, grow fast, and are pretty in the fall and spring.  My Bradford pears are covered in giant, bright white blossoms right now.

The main problem with them is that they're weak as fuck unless properly trained and constantly are destroyed by windstorms and especially ice storms.  I haven't lost any of mine yet, though.  I've pruned them back a bit around the base but not up in the canopy, since I'd need a taller ladder than I have and probably a chainsaw, which I don't currently have either.

Quote from: Caliga on April 05, 2010, 09:12:32 PM

The main problem with them is that they're weak as fuck unless properly trained and constantly are destroyed by windstorms and especially ice storms.

You have them do weight lifting, wind sprints, or what?

 :lol:

Training means pruning, using branch spreaders, and sometimes tying to an upright pole to guide the central leader.  I have the apple tree I just planted tied to a bamboo pole.

I like Tim's interpretation better.  :D

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 06, 2010, 10:50:16 AM
I like Tim's interpretation better.  :D

:yes:

Which leads to one of my favorite tropes

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrainingFromHell

Got a Granny Smith apple tree today.  May put it in the ground this afternoon. :cool:

Delicious!

I put it in, but for this particular tree the roots started growing less than an inch below the graft (which needs to be above ground) and the roots are very shallow so... it needs to be staked.  Gonna go get some more stakes and wire today.

Trees: staked.  I also took the opportunity to prune my callery pears.  Probably the most unpleasant time of year to do that, too.  Excuse me while I go vomit. :x

 :huh:

Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 03, 2011, 12:57:56 PM
:huh:

Callery pears are pollinated by flies, not bees.  So the blossoms give off an odor that is attractive to flies: the odor of rotting flesh.

So they don't produce fruit and their blossoms smell like rotting flesh, yet you purposely planted them in your yard.  :hmm:

They do produce fruit (though it's small and inedible), and I didn't plant them... the folks I bought the house from planted them.  I don't think I'll take them out, but when they die off I'll replace them with something native to the area, like some sort of pine or maybe magnolias.  Callery pear = another goddamn Chinese junk import.

I tilled a large area for the wife's garden. My archenemy, the rabbit, was watching me.

I just got done surveying my demesne.  My apple trees are both doing extremely well--the fuji in particular is growing like crazy.  Spectracide = EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE.

On a related note, all eleven of the sapling trees I got for free actually do seem to be alive after all, though it's harder to tell with the white pines.  The yellow poplars and pin oaks are growing like crazy.  I may be planting them this season.

The fuji is dead. :(  A month or two ago it somehow got girdled, all of its foliage dropped, and I'm quite sure it ain't coming back.

At first I thought it was our idiot landscaper and his string trimmer, but the same damage just started appearing on the granny smith.  I finally realized what it was..

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.posters.ws%2Fimages%2F392026%2Flooney_tunes_elmer_fudd.jpg&hash=7541920232dbcb7b971bcbf6c5485a142530f7ef)
I'M COMING FOR YOU, WASCALLY WABBITS. :mad:

I just got done wrapping the granny smith's trunk, which I'm hoping will keep the damn things away from it.  If not, then I guess it's time for a 20 gauge.

Rabbits are cute. Kentuckians not so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0ATmlHby8&feature=related

I warned you people about the rabbit menace. You people laughed it off.

I TOLD YOU SO.

How do rabbits kill a tree?  I have a dead tree in my yard, I don't know what killed it though.  All the grass around it died at the same time, so I'm thinking it a was fungus or something.  I have chosen to leave the tree in the yard as warning to the other trees.

Quote from: Tonitrus on August 13, 2011, 05:34:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0ATmlHby8&feature=related

:D

Quote from: Razgovory on August 13, 2011, 10:56:30 PM
How do rabbits kill a tree?

They girdle it, which means they strip off all of the bark all the way around the trunk.  If you do that, the leaves and roots can no longer exchange nutrients and the tree basically starves to death.

Quote from: Tonitrus on August 13, 2011, 05:34:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0ATmlHby8&feature=related

:lol:

Don't you have a dog? He sleeping on the job?

Quote from: Caliga on August 14, 2011, 06:59:10 AM

Quote from: Razgovory on August 13, 2011, 10:56:30 PM
How do rabbits kill a tree?

They girdle it, which means they strip off all of the bark all the way around the trunk.  If you do that, the leaves and roots can no longer exchange nutrients and the tree basically starves to death.

I have never seen a rabbit do that.  I once did that to an apple tree when I was a kid, though.  The tree died shortly after.

Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 14, 2011, 12:12:53 PM
Don't you have a dog? He sleeping on the job?

He's not allowed down in that part of the yard... it's out of range of his wireless collar.  Plus, he would be eating the trees themselves if he could... he completely ate one of my bushes last year (which has since made an amazing comeback after having been 'trimmed' down it its roots).

You need tougher trees.  My sister planted a sapling that I ran over with the lawnmower three times.  It came back each time and is now a tree.  An odd looking tree that appears to be more of a bush, but it did grow.

FUCKING BRADFORD PEARS :ultra: :ultra: :ultra:

On another note, the granny smith is doing fine... the tree wrap works like a charm. :)

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2011, 10:28:13 AM
FUCKING BRADFORD PEARS :ultra: :ultra: :ultra:

On another note, the granny smith is doing fine... the tree wrap works like a charm. :)

They named that tree after me. :)

I have the sudden urge to saw your arms off before a gust of wind breaks you in half. :(

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2011, 03:30:00 PM
I have the sudden urge to saw your arms off before a gust of wind breaks you in half. :(

It was named in my honor for my endearing qualities.

Lions gnawing on it are one of the major threats to the Bradford Pear. :(

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2011, 04:01:25 PM
Lions gnawing on it are one of the major threats to the Bradford Pear. :(

Lions?  :D

Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 03, 2011, 09:19:06 PM

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2011, 04:01:25 PM
Lions gnawing on it are one of the major threats to the Bradford Pear. :(

Lions?  :D

Cal remember something I said years ago.

Two observations:

1.  My granny smith seems to have become the favored bathroom of one of the local stray cats.  I wonder if cat manure is beneficial to a tree? :hmm:

2.  I was checking some of the pruning cuts I did a few weeks back and I realized that most of the tall trees in my woods are actually osage orange tress.  I thought the osage orange was a short tree, but I've got at least 3 or 4 that are probably 60+ feet tall. :huh:  I knew I had some osage orange back there, since I find the oranges every fall, but no idea I had so damn many.  I wonder if there's any meaningful use for all of these 'fruits'?  I say it that way because the oranges are supposedly mostly tasteless and if you eat them they induce vomiting. :yuk:

Horses like them.

Quote from: Caliga on October 09, 2011, 08:21:49 AM
My granny smith seems to have become the favored bathroom of one of the local stray cats. 

:blink:

She's sort of immobile, you see.

Quote from: Razgovory on October 09, 2011, 10:41:08 AM
Horses like them.

Yeah, I've heard that.  Surprisingly (this being Kentucky) we don't have any neighbors with horses, though.

Quote from: Caliga on October 09, 2011, 01:39:35 PM

Quote from: Razgovory on October 09, 2011, 10:41:08 AM
Horses like them.

Yeah, I've heard that.  Surprisingly (this being Kentucky) we don't have any neighbors with horses, though.

You should get a horse.  It's like a car except less practical and efficient and more expensive.  It's perfect for a person who wants to demonstrate their wealth and superior status.

Quote from: The Brain on October 09, 2011, 12:20:49 PM

Quote from: Caliga on October 09, 2011, 08:21:49 AM
My granny smith seems to have become the favored bathroom of one of the local stray cats. 

:blink:

:lmfao:

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 08, 2009, 10:40:13 AM
I think the smallest lot you'll find for a stand alone house in NA is 1/4 acre.

Incorrect.  My house in Massachusetts was on 0.12 acres. :blush:

I was doing some more research today and I am leaning toward almonds, as well as a pawpaw patch in the woods.

Mallorn trees.

I don't think they have those at my local nursery. :)

Still think you need a horse to eat all those horse apples.  I read on Wikipedia that it's theorized that Osage oranges might have been dispersed by giant sloths and mastodon.  So maybe you should look into getting some of those as well.

Quote from: Caliga on November 26, 2011, 08:14:55 PM
I was doing some more research today and I am leaning toward almonds, as well as a pawpaw patch in the woods.

Interesting. What is it that's causing you to lean towards almonds? I just checked out pawpaw, not being sure what it is, and it's the largest fruit tree indiginous to North America. Interesting.

I love almonds and almond trees are pretty small.  I also love pecans, but pecan trees get ENORMOUS and mature slowly and while I do have a fair bit of land, I'm not sure where I can plant a pecan tree that makes sense on my property.

Almond trees sound like a great idea then, smaller size, so should be easier to care for. You can have more trees too, obviously.

I'm already thinking and planning on what I want to do with my garden next Spring. I was kind of glad as the season wound down and I had less work to do. But now itching to go again. Going to make it larger, maybe put a fence around one section, to keep rabbits/woodchucks away from the young shoots of plant types they go after. Fewer tomato plants, and probably fewer corn plants. Not as many pole beans  - I had a huge crop of beans this year! And I'll some other stuff, maybe peas, lettuce, or what ever else I decide on in the Spring.

The whole garden thing is up to Princesca as far as our house goes.  She keeps saying she'll start one, and never does it. :hmm:

So I've officially passed judgment on my Fuji: it's dead.  We had a windstorm this week and it's now sticking out of the ground at like a 60-degree angle.  I was gonna pull it up this weekend but I spent more time pruning back my dogwood than I thought I would and got tired. :blush:

I'm going to replace the Fuji with another red apple variety but not sure which yet.  My Granny Smith is still doing well and granny needs someone to drill her so she gives me nice apple-pie apples. :)

Aren't almond trees, even of the edible variety, poisonous?

You have to blanch the almonds before eating them, but otherwise they're ok.  I used to work with a guy who planted hardy almonds and ate them (he was going to bring me some but left the company and it's a pain in the ass to go to his house so I haven't seen him since. :blush: )

Quote from: Caliga on January 29, 2012, 07:37:07 PM

I'm going to replace the Fuji with another red apple variety but not sure which yet.  My Granny Smith is still doing well and granny needs someone to drill her so she gives me nice apple-pie apples. :)

Yum, homemade apple pie!  :)

I intend to dry the apples out and make fried apple pies.  I'll need to get Princesca's grandmother's recipe because hers are the shiznit. :cool:

Sounds excellent Cal!

The trick to good apple pie is to dry the apples first. The texture and taste are out of this world!!!

Deese nuts Beeeyatch :moon:

Quote from: Jaron on January 29, 2012, 09:40:33 PM
The trick to good apple pie is to dry the apples first. The texture and taste are out of this world!!!

Do you have any tips on how to pick the apples for best results?

My grandparents had about 3 or 4 different kinds of apple trees in their yard, and only one of them gave any semi-edible apples.

What was wrong with the rest of them?

Cameo apples are bred for their exceptional crunch. That is why they are my preferred apple.

Quote from: Caliga on January 30, 2012, 07:22:38 PM
What was wrong with the rest of them?

If I recall aren't most apple trees that sell commercial fruit clones because only rare trees have edible fruit?

Pretty much all apple trees for sale (including mine) are clonal as well, for that very same reason.

Here the cloning isn't as much a question of taste, which has been brought about by hybrids over centuries of breeding, but of sustainability. the cloning is done by grating an edible version unto the root and lowe stem of a wild version, giving the final tree a stronger growth while still maintaining edible apples :)

But then Denmark is apple country :)

V

So how many fruits and nuts do you have in your yard now Cal?

Quote from: Valdemar on January 31, 2012, 08:17:03 AM
Here the cloning isn't as much a question of taste, which has been brought about by hybrids over centuries of breeding, but of sustainability. the cloning is done by grating an edible version unto the root and lowe stem of a wild version, giving the final tree a stronger growth while still maintaining edible apples :)

But then Denmark is apple country :)

V

They do that with walnuts throughout northern CA. You see walnut trees everywhere that are black on the bottom and white on top because they've grafted an English walnut tree on to the base of a black walnut tree. It looks odd at first.

Quote from: The Brain on January 31, 2012, 12:04:08 PM
So how many fruits and nuts do you have in your yard now Cal?

Do you mean flora or fauna? :shifty:

Just came back from the tree nursery where I bought:

* 1 box elder (to replace one I had to get torn out to fix a leaking pipe)
* 1 southern magnolia
* 1 peach tree (Redhaven)
* 1 apple tree (Pink Lady)

This reminds me, it is time to declare war on the vermin of the garden, the bunny rabbit.

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 17, 2012, 08:21:32 PM
This reminds me, it is time to declare war on the vermin of the garden, the bunny rabbit.

Some good advice: http://youtu.be/negE4MZY4iY

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 17, 2012, 08:21:32 PM
This reminds me, it is time to declare war on the vermin of the garden, the bunny rabbit.

Last year I had some problems with rabbits eating the leaves on the young plants, killing some of them. I put hot pepper spray on them and that pretty much stopped anything from eating the leaves. The spray isn't toxic but it's a strong smell and taste for animals, so they stay clear of it. Seemed to work well.

The Pink Lady is: planted.  Hopefully there's some hot lesbo action between her and Granny Smith and I get me some nice apples. :showoff:

Oh, also, I was supposed to plant four things this afternoon but I got too tired after just planting the apple tree.  Me = getting old. :Embarrass:

Did you sit under the apple tree with anyone?

 :D I kept making jokes about that song to Princesca today.

ANDREWS SISTERS :punk:

Here are my apple trees.  Granny Smith on the left, Pink Lady on the right.  Go at it ladies :perv:

Also, here are some of my Bradford pears in full bloom.  The look nice but smell like dead bodies. :)  The tree on the far left is a red maple.

Very nice.  They named that tree after me.  Though I look about as good as I smell.

That's a big fucking lawn you got there Cal.

Quote from: Razgovory on March 18, 2012, 06:30:42 PM
Very nice.  They named that tree after me.  Though I look about as good as I smell.

Are you a cheap Chinese import like the Bradford pear also? :hmm:

At work, every single tree around our building/parking lots is a Bradford pear.  There are literally hundreds of them.  The stench right now :bleeding:

Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 18, 2012, 06:31:30 PM
That's a big fucking lawn you got there Cal.

Merely a small fraction of it. :showoff:

I guess I'll post pics of my Magnolia planting next weekend.  I hope that nigga gets to be like 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide.  Natural privacy screen FTW.  I should probably plant stuff like that along the side of the house where Asshole Neighbor(TM) lives, too.

Very nice Cal. Those pear trees look especially good!

Quote from: Caliga on March 18, 2012, 06:40:43 PM

Quote from: Razgovory on March 18, 2012, 06:30:42 PM
Very nice.  They named that tree after me.  Though I look about as good as I smell.

Are you a cheap Chinese import like the Bradford pear also? :hmm:

At work, every single tree around our building/parking lots is a Bradford pear.  There are literally hundreds of them.  The stench right now :bleeding:

No.  I don't come cheap.

Peach tree planted this morning  :cool:

Movin' to Kentucky gonna eat a lot of peaches

Quote from: Jaron on April 07, 2012, 01:20:33 PM
Movin' to Kentucky gonna eat a lot of peaches

:lol:

Quote from: Caliga on April 07, 2012, 01:16:26 PM
Peach tree planted this morning  :cool:

Nice, good luck with it! How many years about until you can expect peaches?

I've been getting my garden ready for planting. Soil is about 55 degrees F, warm for so early, so I'll probably plant some things earlier than I usually do. Lettuce and corn earlier. I have an electric roto tiller and have expanded the garden to about 30 feet by 12 feet. Decent size for a backyard garden.

Going to plant about 100 corn plants, lots of pole and bush beans, lettuce, butternut squash, tomatoes. Maybe more. But I have enough room to plant a good amount of each of those. It's become a summer hobby to me; I love it.

I think peaches begin fruiting sooner than apples, and more reliably so since they're self-pollinating, unlike apples.

The peach tree I planted is a little scrawny so I don't expect any fruit for several years.  Maybe tomorrow I'll take some pics of it and my apples.  I just got done remulching everything.

:nelson: it is end of days. You'll never see those peaches!!!!1

Quote from: katmai on April 07, 2012, 07:00:38 PM
:nelson: it is end of days. You'll never see those peaches!!!!1

I liked the part when Ahnuld killed Satan.

Granny Smith is going to produce apples this year... at least a dozen apple buds on it. :cool:

I should change my handle to: The Constant Gardener. :hmm: I was out there all morning trimming hedges, spraying trees, light pruning, etc. and I still have a magnolia tree to plant.

When I was digging the hole for the magnolia I found more fossils, which is confusing since according to Seige such things do not exist. :o

Anyway, I threw it over my shoulder and couldn't find it when it looked for it later. :)

I did holes, I find BEES.

Yesterday I hung some Spanish Moss I stole from Disney World on one of my nearly-dead ash trees (thank you, China, for yet another destructive goddamn import).  Earlier today I checked and it's still there, doesn't yet appear to be dead, and the mockingbirds haven't yet tried to scavenge it for nesting material. :cool:

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 15, 2012, 04:24:47 PM
I did holes, I find BEES.

The dangers of iPad posting. DIG HOLES, not did holes.  :blush:

:D

Quote from: Caliga on May 06, 2012, 07:27:59 PM
Yesterday I hung some Spanish Moss I stole from Disney World on one of my nearly-dead ash trees (thank you, China, for yet another destructive goddamn import).

I look forward to the visit from the DSP.  :ph34r:

Delaware State Police? :hmm:

Quote from: Caliga on May 06, 2012, 07:45:24 PM
Delaware State Police? :hmm:

No.

Digital Signal Processor
Dean Stewart Photography
Defense Standardization Program

???

Today, I planted a Norway Spruce. May it grow big, may it grow fast to hide these hideous condo from my view.

Reminds me, one of my backyard neighbors just cut down a bunch of the trees between our houses (on his side of the fence of course).  I have one of the few 2 level houses around here so now I can see into his backyard.  :x 

Quote from: sbr on May 06, 2012, 08:01:26 PM
Digital Signal Processor
Dean Stewart Photography
Defense Standardization Program

???

No
No
No

I've said too much already, but suffice to say when Goofy is at Caliga's front door he'll think twice about stealing from Disney ever again.

Given how much of that moss there is down there, literally covering every non-palm tree, I would think Disney would thank me for my efforts. :showoff:

Quote from: katmai on May 06, 2012, 08:13:12 PM

Quote from: sbr on May 06, 2012, 08:01:26 PM
Digital Signal Processor
Dean Stewart Photography
Defense Standardization Program

???

No
No
No

I've said too much already, but suffice to say when Goofy is at Caliga's front door he'll think twice about stealing from Disney ever again.

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Know your Disney.

Granny Smith is down to a single support stake, which I'll probably pull out mid to late summer.  I also restaked the magnolia higher up because it was growing lopsided.

In other gardening news, I noticed a bunch of teeny burrows along the treeline and internet research suggests I have a vole problem.  Those little fuckers are probably what killed my fuji apple tree last year.  Time to pick up some mouse traps and jam them into the vole holes.  Last night I also saw a cottontail right behind my apple trees and the dumb bastard just sat there looking at me until I got within 10 feet.  Methinks I should also pick up some .22 ratshot at Wal-Mart along with the mouse traps. :menace:

Why you gotta touch their holes, Brain? :(

Quote from: Caliga on May 12, 2012, 10:25:46 AM
Granny Smith is down to a single support stake, which I'll probably pull out mid to late summer.  I also restaked the magnolia higher up because it was growing lopsided.

In other gardening news, I noticed a bunch of teeny burrows along the treeline and internet research suggests I have a vole problem.  Those little fuckers are probably what killed my fuji apple tree last year.  Time to pick up some mouse traps and jam them into the vole holes.  Last night I also saw a cottontail right behind my apple trees and the dumb bastard just sat there looking at me until I got within 10 feet.  Methinks I should also pick up some .22 ratshot at Wal-Mart along with the mouse traps. :menace:

Annihilate the vermin!

<hums the Panzerlied>

Oh yes.  There WILL be a voleacaust. :menace:

Quote from: garbon on May 12, 2012, 10:35:05 AM
Why you gotta touch their holes, Brain? :(

They touch my tralala. My ding ding dong.

Do not like Voles.

Dhole holes can be pretty big.

Quote from: Caliga on April 11, 2012, 09:26:16 PM
Granny Smith is going to produce apples this year... at least a dozen apple buds on it. :cool:

We had a huge hailstorm that knocked all of the buds but one off of the Granny Smith.  But that bud has developed into a nice apple. :cool:

My peach almost died from transplant shock but it recovered and now it's growing like crazy, except for the central leader which has some weird white shit on the bark... but I want this tree to have an open form so I don't give that much of a shit about the leader (which will eventually be pruned out anyway), as long as the side branches are ok.

 :P One apple! That's one valuable apple. Enjoy it. Make an ice cream dessert with it.

That's no way to talk about the dear central leader.

I ate the first corn from my garden tonight, with a couple dozen or more ears of corn ready or nearly ready to harvest. I must have several dozen or more out there as well, not quite as ready. I have well over a hundred corn plants.

Also had my first cherry tomatoes this week. The other plants have lots of green tomatoes.

Been fighting a battle with a groundhog! I've put down animal repellent, a couple of different kinds,but those don't seem to have helped. Put in a motion detector that plays sounds only animals hear and shines a light, which  doesn't seem to be working. So I called an exterminator, and there's couple of traps in the garden now. I feel like Bill Murray in Caddyshack, going after those damn varmint Cong!   Plus I do have some cool outdoor hats which should help me catch those critters! Australian Tilley hat, and other similar ones.   :alberta:

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Quote from: Caliga on July 27, 2012, 04:58:53 AM
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:yes:

Heh, those pics remind me. I was talking with my neighbor that owns the shed where the groundhog lives under. He was talking about using a small handgun with birdshot. I guess he may have one. But it's too crowded here, houses all around, and illegal to be firing off a weapon. Though a couple neighbors talked about trying to use a pellet gun on critters in their gardens.

Not sure a pellet gun would penetrate a groundhog's fur. A crossbow would though.

I do use an air rifle. It's a 1200 foot per second pellet gun. Works fine for the stuff that's usually invading my yard--quail.

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 27, 2012, 03:46:15 PM
I do use an air rifle. It's a 1200 foot per second pellet gun. Works fine for the stuff that's usually invading my yard--quail.

<_< I'd get arrested if i shot at what invades my yard.

I have given it some careful consideration ofer the last wo and a half years, as I wanted to be sure to give Cal the best possible advice.

I have now voted: Apple, Peach and Pear

This morning a possum was caught in the trap!  :yeah:  Not the critter I was going for but I knew there were possums roaming around. Traps are still there now, to catch more of those varmint Cong!

Quote from: katmai on July 27, 2012, 03:47:14 PM

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 27, 2012, 03:46:15 PM
I do use an air rifle. It's a 1200 foot per second pellet gun. Works fine for the stuff that's usually invading my yard--quail.

<_< I'd get arrested if i shot at what invades my yard.

Why do you hate moose and Athabascans?  :(

Because one is drunk and the other keeps eating all the vegetation.

Quote from: Barrister on July 27, 2012, 04:00:29 PM
I have given it some careful consideration ofer the last wo and a half years, as I wanted to be sure to give Cal the best possible advice.

I have now voted: Apple, Peach and Pear

Got two out of three now. :cool:

Not sure I'd plant another fruit, but if I do it'd probably be a pear, yeah.  That's aside from the pawpaw patch I'm definitely going to plant once I have the shitload of time it'll take (since I'll need to do it back in my woods and clear a bunch of brush out first to make room).

I'm now getting lots of cherry tomatoes out of my garden, soon will be getting large tomatoes. I've gotten lettuce also. I got a lot of corn, but this is the first year I've had groundhogs raiding the garden. Man, those furry little terrorists do huge crop damage! They've gotten as much corn as I have. Now they're fat little suckers too!!! 

Over the last week I've been picking the corn early, before it's fully ripe, but still good eating, just not fully filled out. A real bummer though.  I blanched and froze a couple dozen ears of corn, and have also been eating corn almost daily for the last two weeks.

I have over one hundred corn plants, many with two ears of corn, and so much of it ruined. I called an exterminator who placed traps. So far we've caught a possum and a squirrel. Not bad but the real monsters are the groundhogs, aka woodchucks.  He lives under my neighor's shed. I saw him the other day a couple of times, his head out from under the shed eyeing the smorgasbord of my garden. My neighbor and I put a trap near the shed. That furry little cretin walked halfway into the trap but stopped. Damn!   :thumbsdown:
   
When we catch the critters, I'm going to mount their heads on pikes around my garden! That's sure to put the fear into any others!   :ph34r:

I'm researching on how best to do a fence. These little terrorists can tunnel under, and climb over a fence, if it's not done right. They can probably also parachute in too, or drive their little AFVs over my wire. So I'm going to have to plan my fence accordingly!

I feel like Bill Murray in Caddyshack. I don't remember if he won or lost against the rodent horde.   :unsure:

My wife's garden is dead. Between the numnuts who didn't water it while we were away and what looked like rampant animal attacks destroyed it.

The animals will pay. Severely.

Yep Ed, so sad, after all the work. I'm still hoping to get some beans too, so that will help assuage my garden veggie hunger. Have some of those veggies with some roast woodchuck.   :)

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 01, 2012, 09:19:45 PM
My wife's garden is dead. Between the numnuts who didn't water it while we were away

Can you sue Mexico?

I caught an oppossum last night; it was in the trap this morning. So far two possums and one squirrel. But no woodchuck monsters.   :mad:

Quote from: The Brain on August 02, 2012, 12:52:26 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 01, 2012, 09:19:45 PM
My wife's garden is dead. Between the numnuts who didn't water it while we were away

Can you sue Mexico?

And have the housekeeper steal all my DVD's and Lemon Pledge?

Harvested my apples today. :cool:

Ok... my apple. :blush:  Goddamn hail knocking all the apple buds off my granny smith except for one. :mad:

Quote from: Caliga on October 27, 2012, 06:55:18 PM
Harvested my apples today. :cool:

Ok... my apple. :blush:  Goddamn hail knocking all the apple buds off my granny smith except for one. :mad:

We've had a disastrous apple crop in Blighty this year; the cider will be thin on the ground and expensive.  :(

Interestingly, the Russian version of Frere Jacques's lyrics are "Artichokes and almonds do not grow in Europe; what a tragedy."  Except artichokes and almonds do grow in Europe.  WTF?  Stupid Russo-French folk song parodies.

I recently learned that it's possible to grow pomegranates here (though the climate is far from ideal). :thumbsup:

Sacrifice the remaining apple to the Apple god.

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 27, 2012, 09:29:04 PM
Sacrifice the remaining apple to the Apple god.

I don't think Steve Jobs appreciates those kinds of sacrifices. :menace:

Today I de-staked all of my trees (though I'm probably going to have to partly re-stake the goddamn Granny Smith since that tree does NOT want to stand straight  :rolleyes: ) and sprayed them all with Ortho Volck dormant oil.  Take that, scale insects, aphids, and thrips. :menace:

Might do a spray of Immunox later, or if not next weekend.  I'm also going to probably get some hardware cloth and use it to make anti-vole and rabbit barriers around the apple trees, since they're at the edge of the woods and my woods are filled with varmints.

Quote from: Caliga on February 23, 2013, 02:33:32 PM
Today I de-staked all of my trees (though I'm probably going to have to partly re-stake the goddamn Granny Smith since that tree does NOT want to stand straight  :rolleyes: ) and sprayed them all with Ortho Volck dormant oil.  Take that, scale insects, aphids, and thrips. :menace:

Might do a spray of Immunox later, or if not next weekend.  I'm also going to probably get some hardware cloth and use it to make anti-vole and rabbit barriers around the apple trees, since they're at the edge of the woods and my woods are filled with varmints.

:cool:

Any plans to protect them from roadrunners as well, I'm told the Acme Corporation has some nice products.  ?

For chrissakes quit spraying the fucking things with everything under the sun.

Quote from: fahdiz on February 23, 2013, 03:42:58 PM
For chrissakes quit spraying the fucking things with everything under the sun.

But what would he then do with the C-123 ?

Quote from: fahdiz on February 23, 2013, 03:42:58 PM
For chrissakes quit spraying the fucking things with everything under the sun.

It's either that, or no fruit.... and all I use is dormant oil (which is basically just mineral oil) and Immunox.  I'm going to try bagging any fruit I get this year so I don't have to spray the fruit itself.

With your cost of labor those will end up being $30 dollar apples.  :lol:

$30 an hour?  My time is worth more than that  :mad:

Quote from: Caliga on February 23, 2013, 05:59:28 PM
$30 an hour?  My time is worth more than that  :mad:

You don't work nearly as hard as a regular fruit picker.

Quote from: Caliga on February 23, 2013, 05:59:28 PM
$30 an hour?  My time is worth more than that  :mad:

No doubt.  I just figured that you could manage more than one apple an hour.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 23, 2013, 06:43:16 PM

Quote from: Caliga on February 23, 2013, 05:59:28 PM
$30 an hour?  My time is worth more than that  :mad:

No doubt.  I just figured that you could manage more than one apple an hour.

:yeahright:

I just built a homemade tree guard for my Granny Smith. :showoff:

I took a two-foot wide roll of 1/4 inch hardware cloth and cut it to a strip about 6 feet in diameter with aviation snips, wrapped it around a tree stake, and tied it to both itself and the tree stake with wire, and then pushed mulch all around the outside of the perimeter.  I'm really glad I chose to do this with the Granny Smith first, because until now I had all of my trees wrapped in white tree wrap which I just tied off with twine, and when I unwrapped the Granny Smith--which as of right now still hasn't broken its buds--I found that shoots were coming out of the trunk below the graft union. <_<  Meanwhile, my Pink Lady has bloomed out and is already putting out leaves.  So I need to basically dump a fuckton around the base of the trunk to make sure the graft is totally buried or it's just gonna keep doing that.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

Remember how I said the Granny Smith was putting out shoots beneath the graft union?  Well it turns out that it was doing that because the union seems to have failed and the crown has died. :(  For now I'm leaving the tree alone because something interesting is happening with it.  The roots are making a bid to survive by sending shoots out of the ground.  From the way these leaves look (serrated edges as opposed to the Granny Smith's smooth edged leaves) and my skillz with Teh Google, it appears the tree is on an M111 apple rootstock.  I was debating what to do next when I noticed the other day the the scion above the graft is also now producing leaves directly on the trunk, but they're too small yet to tell much about their characteristics.

I'm thinking of two possible options here:

1.  Cut the crown off and then cut the trunk back to the union, and let the rootstock produce a tree.  It looks like the M111 was derived from the Northern Spy apple, which is a decent apple.  However, I don't know if the modern Northern Spy is typically grown from its own roots so the resulting tree might be marginally productive, and since it wouldn't be clonal might provide me with nonstandard Northern Spy fruit.  So this is a risky option, but the experimental nature of it interests me.  If I get a unique apple from it with positive qualities, I shall name it the Languish and attempt to market it. :)

2.  Cut the trunk back to the obviously still-living portion of the scion and then attempt to perform my own graft.  Since I have another apple tree (see below) I have a ready source for a new scion, and in addition Princesca has some co-workers who have home orchards who could also probably donate scions so we could still have more than one apple varietal planted at the house.

Speaking of the other tree, it's the Pink Lady and right now it is KICKING ASS with explosive vegetative growth. :cool:  Further, the last time I took count it had about a dozen apples forming on it, but the foliage is so dense right now I'm not sure I can see them all.  The dense foliage is intentional on my part; when I pruned this tree in the late winter I did a large number of heading cuts, which stimulated heavy branching growth.  The reason?  The tree wasn't properly pruned by the nursery and originally had three leaders with extremely tight branching angles.  This winter I removed the one with the worst angle, and next winter I intend to remove the second one, after which the tree will have a true central leader... but doing that will remove a huge percentage of the tree's crown, so I want there to be tons of other branches by then to minimize disruption to the tree's continued growth.

Also, the peach I planted last year died as well. :(  In that case, I'm sure it was my fault for planting it too deeply in compacted clay and then over-watering it when we had a drought over the summer.  The roots almost certainly rotted out.  I'll probably pull it up tomorrow and get another peach to replace it, preferably a more mature one this time.  The last time I was at Lowe's they had some peaches for sale that actually had fruit on them.

Great, another Union bashing thread.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

Pink Lady is growing at an explosive rate and is now taller than me.  I was trying to avoid pruning it, but the growth is so out of control I had to take some waterspouts off of it last weekend since it was turning into basically a ball of branches, and with the wind resistance getting fucked up by heavy winds.... so much so that I came home from work last Friday and found it to be leaning at like a 50 degree angle. :wacko:  I righted it and had to re-stake it, which I'm not too happy about, but I am happy that it's got about 8 apples on it. :)

Against all odds, the Granny Smith seems to be... coming back to life.  I shall hereafter refer to her as Zombie Granny Smith.  The branches still look dead but leaves are sprouting up the trunk.  I'm glad I didn't cut 'er down but I seriously have no idea what the fuck is going on there. :hmm:

I tried to pull the 'dead' peach up last weekend but couldn't uproot it manually, so I got a hacksaw and cut it off at ground level and tried to dig the roots up, only to discover that.... they were still alive as well. :wacko:  Beneath the mulch they were sending shoots up too, just like the Granny Smith.  It's bizarre that the same thing happened to two of my trees over the same winter.  It wasn't hardly cold at all here so it shouldn't have been some sort of deep freeze die-off or anything like that.  I got a replacement peach tree (JH Hale) variety and didn't have time to plant it, so it's living on my back deck for now.  It's got about six baby peaches on it. :cool:

Fucking NecroCal. <_<

Cal's tree growing is like his gun repair.

Quote from: katmai on June 06, 2013, 07:53:37 PM
Fucking NecroCal. <_<

Yeah, maybe I'm a necromancer. :cool:

Quote from: PDH on June 06, 2013, 07:54:49 PM
Cal's tree growing is like his gun repair.

:lol:

MAH BUDS

 :lol:

Quote from: PDH on June 06, 2013, 07:54:49 PM
Cal's tree growing is like his gun repair.

Amazing?  Yeah, I agree. :sleep:

Planted a semi-dwarf peach today toward the end of the driveway.  A lot of folks think fall is actually a much better time to plant trees so I'm putting that to the test.  I was determine to not make the same mistake as last time and plant this peach too deeply, so I dug a very wide, shallow hole and backfilled the entire thing with claybrake, mounded around the peach root ball, and then covered everything around the mound with pine bark mulch.   It's a good thing I decided to do it that way because less than a foot down I hit another limestone fossil bed.  So, even if this peach dies, I will at least have doubled my fossil collection.  This time I found a nice hunk of fossil coral in addition to the usual fossil clams I always find. :cool:

MAH DWARF PEECHES

Come on, that's the best you got? :(

Maybe you should give him a Caliga disapproval point.

Quote from: Caliga on September 29, 2013, 01:13:32 PM
Come on, that's the best you got? :(

i have a headache

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 13, 2011, 05:45:40 PM
I warned you people about the rabbit menace. You people laughed it off.

I TOLD YOU SO.

I started dumping my dog's hair (he sheds a ton) along the tree line where the rabbits used to hang out.  I haven't seen any in a while. :)

Oh, also, for Christmas my cousin and his wife bought me a bonsai tree.  I've never had one before but often thought it would be neat to try bonsai gardening. :cool:  It's a dwarf jade (Portulacaria afra).

Quote from: Caliga on January 09, 2014, 08:02:10 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 13, 2011, 05:45:40 PM
I warned you people about the rabbit menace. You people laughed it off.

I TOLD YOU SO.

I started dumping my dog's hair (he sheds a ton) along the tree line where the rabbits used to hang out.  I haven't seen any in a while. :)

Great idea! I had to put traps out the last two summers to catch ground hogs and squirrels. Ground hogs are gone, for now anyway; man, they do serious damage on a veggie garden! And I got rid of squirrels, for the time being, which saved the daily attacks on my small cornfield for much of the summer.

Quote from: Caliga on January 09, 2014, 08:02:10 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 13, 2011, 05:45:40 PM
I warned you people about the rabbit menace. You people laughed it off.

I TOLD YOU SO.

I started dumping my dog's hair (he sheds a ton) along the tree line where the rabbits used to hang out.  I haven't seen any in a while. :)

My liquidation campaigns do the same thing.

Quote from: Caliga on January 09, 2014, 08:03:13 AM
Oh, also, for Christmas my cousin and his wife bought me a bonsai tree.  I've never had one before but often thought it would be neat to try bonsai gardening. :cool:  It's a dwarf jade (Portulacaria afra).

Don't sit under the bonsai tree with anyone else but me. :mad:

Ok. :hug:

Quote from: KRonn on January 09, 2014, 10:13:41 AM
Great idea! I had to put traps out the last two summers to catch ground hogs and squirrels. Ground hogs are gone, for now anyway; man, they do serious damage on a veggie garden! And I got rid of squirrels, for the time being, which saved the daily attacks on my small cornfield for much of the summer.

Yeah, whenever I vacuum the basement with the shop vac I pretty much fill the entire 5 gallon canister up with dog hair. :ph34r:

I just got a cyclone canister vacuum thingy so I can now use that for the same purpose down there, too.

Well as spring is upon us it's now time to take stock of the living and the dead in the Caliga Yard.

* pink lady apple: alive and budding out

* peach: alive and already leafing out, though a few lower branches seem to have died and had to be pruned off

* granny smith apple: against all odds, still alive, but possibly dead above the graft... there are branches now coming out at almost ground level and they're leafing out now.  I may still cut it down and replace it.

* magnolia: dead as a MRF.  Probably replacing it in a week or so.

Pictures? :)

Quote from: Caliga on April 12, 2014, 07:20:00 PM
Well as spring is upon us it's now time to take stock of the living and the dead in the Caliga Yard.

* pink lady apple: alive and budding out

* peach: alive and already leafing out, though a few lower branches seem to have died and had to be pruned off

* granny smith apple: against all odds, still alive, but possibly dead above the graft... there are branches now coming out at almost ground level and they're leafing out now.  I may still cut it down and replace it.

* magnolia: dead as a MRF.  Probably replacing it in a week or so.

Yet the monster Caliga still lives :ultra:

Princesca calls our yard a Tree Auschwitz :Embarrass:

Quote from: Caliga on April 12, 2014, 08:35:15 PM
Princesca calls our yard a Tree Auschwitz :Embarrass:

:lol:

I kill them with too much love. :)

Quote from: Caliga on April 12, 2014, 08:39:40 PM
I kill them with too much love. :)

You are a big man; you have a lot of love to give.

Yes. :perv:

Quote from: Caliga on April 12, 2014, 08:35:15 PM
Princesca calls our yard a Tree Auschwitz :Embarrass:

Camp status, one year later:

Magnolia - LIQUIDATED
Peach - alive and budding out nicely
Granny Smith - amazingly, still alive but barely
Pink Lady - the scion died but the roots have sent multiple trunks up to replace it and they are budding out nicely.  I probably have a crab apple now.  Yay! :wacko:

Caliga, hire more illegals for your plantation to take care of those fruit groves. Clearly you have a shortage of labor!   ;)

Better yet, hire Mono. Get him out of his cubicle.

And his cubicle-sized apartment.  ;)