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We use an orchard spray before the blooms set and after rain - it washes away. I have never had any luck with an organic method for fruit on trees.

My damsons are 85 yrs old and 3 new saplings so I can't tell you. I am in a watch and see mode right now.

It is super cold and windy here. Very strange weather. We are holding them in the diningroom and feeding sugar water. Hopefully temps start to rise tomorrow.

Well it's a darn good life and it's kinda funny How the bee was made, the bee made honey And the honey bee lookin' for a home Made a honeycomb Then they combed the world and they gathered all Of the honeycomb into one sweet ball And the honeycomb from a million trips Made my baby's lips Oh...

We have a cart full of chipped apple wood from a downed tree we ground up. It rained 2 days before we could empty it. On the 3rd day when the sun came out and I turned out the chips it was all steaming and smelling wonderful!

I have to worry with the black walnut leaves getting in my pool. HATE those things. They stain the concrete something aweful.

Yep. Pretty pink apple jelly is what you get.

I like pickled okra too.

I am from Burke Co., Ga. :)

I have 3 big garden plots. I know they are more than an acre. The largest will get a tiny bit smaller when we put up the fencing for my new goose yard.

No, they are not poisonous. They make lovely pink jelly for Christmas gifts. ;)

My kids have never really been picky. I have a 2 yr old who loves beets, carrots, peas, broccoli and the average salad fixings. He dislikes things like corn and cabbage etc. All of my kids would choose a big salad over over greasy bugers any day. I have found by growing our own vegetables they...

This is the path to my little koi pond. The crabapple trees are in full bloom. They really do rival the cherry trees in DC. This is the bench where you can sit at night by the light of the solar lamps and watch the frogs on the rocks and lily pads. In late September and October...

Put out some hydrated lime. Often it will keep things from getting your plants. Take a tin can (or coffee can) and punch some holes in the side and secure it to a stick like a shaker and put the lime out down the rows. We do it here to help deter the groundhogs and things that eat the new...

I used homemade upside down buckets for tomatoes when we lived in the city in a townhouse. Worked perfectly.

I knew that about winesaps in the back of my mind. Why did he tell me that? I have 4 other apple trees in my orchard that have been here for 8 or more decades. I have no idea what the variety is. There are 2 reds and 2 greens. Old trees don't make as nice a fruit as younger but since these...

About 1 foot tall at the highest. :D

It is gorgeous here this morning. I put my geese out to play. :) I have some herbs and cabbage to get in the ground today.

We had to burn the wood stove yesterday. It was cold! Tomorrow will be 75. Go figure. And it has rained for a week.

I plan to make kraut this year.