[Ag-eq] Fruit

[Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq]

We had an unusually cold winter.  I lost my fig tree, and a rosemary bush 
that had gotten about 4 feet tall and was very beautiful.  My peach tree 
doesn't look all that well, either, but it's still alive.
I just put in a new fig tree, which is supposed to be hardier than the one I 
had.  It's called Chicago Hardy.  It's other name is Bensonhurst Purple, 
which I really like.  Bensonhurst is in Brooklyn, not far from here as the 
crow flies, so hopefully my new fig will survive.
I also got a couple cranberry plants to put where the rosemary was.  I love 
cranberries.  The plants are pretty, sort of like tiny blueberries.  The ad 
said they don't need to be in a bog, so I thought I'd try them.
I also got a passionflower that's supposed to produce fruit.
All these are in addition to my strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. 
I love backyard fruits.
I would love to try grapes again, if I can figure out where to put them.
Tracy

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To: "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>; "Agricultural and Equestrean 
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 1:14 PM
Subject: [Ag-eq] garden


>I think I have the best garden ever this year.  Yesterday I got 4 squash, a
> cucumber and 2 tomatoes.  I have already gotten several squash, cucumbers 
> and
> tomatoes.  The lettuces are pretty much gone, it got to hot for them and 
> now
> they taste bitter.  I have eggplants almost big enough to pick.  The 
> tomato
> plants are loaded, so are the squash and cucumber.  The peppers are 
> blooming,
> but no peppers yet.  All the herbs are looking good.  I wish I had more 
> space.
> I have plans to build a couple more raised beds, so maybe next year my 
> garden
> can be larger.
>
> Nella
> Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
>> When I put Guideon out at 7 this morning, I found a large pool on the 
>> carpet!
>>  No!  it did not come
>> with the compliments of G, but from the sky and then via the roof.
>> One of the weaknesses of the type of roof that I have:  2 gables with a 
>> gully
>> between them:  is that
>> if the guttering is bllocked, as it was this morning, with snow, the 
>> water
>> that should have escaped
>> by way of the downpipe, creeps up the gully until it reaches the lower 
>> edge
>> of the 2nd row of iron
>> sheets and it gets under it and makes its way into the house.
>> There have been periodic waterfalls from this weakness, but not for a 
>> long
>> time.
>> I put a  couple of buckets under the leaks and one of them collected 
>> about an
>> inch of water, but it
>> is all fine now, fpor the moment anyway!
>>
>>         Jewel
>>
>>
>>
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