[Ag-eq] Garden

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Nella.
You're way ahead of us.  It's still dropping down around 45 at night here.
It will be a while until I put out any tomatoes.  Which is good, since I was
late planting my seeds.

Why not leave the apple blossoms for yourself and the bees to enjoy, then
pick off the tiny apples?  But me, I'm not so good at that; I'm apt to leave
one or two to get an apple.

Figs can be slow starters, so don't worry too much yet.  Mine just has tiny
buds, so far.  I'm worried about my hydrangea.  For the 2nd year in a row,
we had a cold snap after it was starting to leaf out, and it doesn't look
good. Next year, I should cover it, if a cold snap is predicted late.

What to do with rhubarb?  Tarts (or pie), cake, muffins, and rhubarb sauce,
that some people call compote.  Rhubarb is like cranberry in many ways.  I
love things that are sweet and sour.
Tracy


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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 10:53 AM
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Tracy my little apple trees are loaded with blooms, but I have to pick them
off.  The trees are too young to bear fruit.  So far all but one of my peach
trees are looking good.  I have two apples, two pear, two peach and two
apricot.  The one little peach has never done as well as its sister.

I have four of what I call the fig twigs.  They may have died during the
winter.  There are no leaves, but the twigs don't feel brittle.  I will give
them a bit more time.

Some of the greens are starting to come up, but I might need to replant some
of them.  I set out some pepper plants and one tomato.  I need to get many
more tomato plants.  I also just planted squash and cucumber seeds.  I also
planted some radish seeds.

We have had about 4 inches of rain in the last two days, so everything is
soaked.  It is still raining a little and I'm very, very tired of it.

I hope you get lots of blue berries; they are my favorite.  I tried to grow
some years ago, but they died.

What do you do with the rhubarb?

Nella

  

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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 8:52 AM
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My apple tree is in bloom!  It's very beautiful, and smells great.  The bees
are enjoying it, too.  This is its year for a big crop.  I'm already
thinking about how I can use or preserve all those apples.

 

I gave in to temptation and bought some asparagus plants.  I tried asparagus
before, but it died before I got any harvest.  But I like asparagus, and
it's a pretty, ferny plant, so I'm trying again.

 

The rhubarb is looking good.  I should have divided it last fall, but I
didn't.  Looks OK, though.

 

The raspberries and blueberries are looking good.

 

My lettuce and spinach seeds are not sprouting at all.  I bought fresh seed,
too.  It's supposed to be rainy for the next few days, so maybe I'll try
again.

That's the story from Jersey, the Garden State.

Tracy

 

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