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um, someone must be growing them, you just have to find an outlet that you can get to: check this link...

I had a peach tree on the property, that just suddenly kicked the bucket. Produced a lot of fruit. Then, I bought a peach tree at a box...

I'm zoned 9a. Also in CA no one will ship trees here because that's how pathetic the state is.

@akroberts aren't you like zone 7? I ask bc a local expert said that our area, 5b/6a is too cold to keep most fruit trees going, but I...

I agree with you. My garden has been so not good this year but I am still trying to get the right garden in place and I am also going to...

Taking puppies on a walk on the south yard I checked in my tomato plants. I looks like we might get a small harvest next week...

Cheeks is walking around and talking to me. I'm keeping her inside until she gets a bit better. The flies, mice, Whiner and the other...

Tomatoes! All my other salad ingredients have come from other gardeners at the farmers market. I can claim only the tomatoes.

Grapes make a really good fence, btw.

These grapes were grown on the property where I am staying and given to me this morning for part of my breakfast

A few years ago I got inspired by DigitS’ to plant shallots. I planted them around October and they took a full year to grow! Well that...

Have you tried broccolini? It’s my fav geenie. Broccolini is a green vegetable that is a naturally developed hybrid of broccoli and...

A new planting of Bok Choi (Brassica rapa) is just now ready for the table. Another choice that didn't require those repeat plantings...

The plums, nashi pears, and peaches are so tasty! The fruit trees are still young and I am reluctant to thin fruits - so they are not...

The first Lilly Crenshaw Melon :) Another Passport Melon is cut up and in the fridge ;). Awfully nice time of the year with fruit for...