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To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat May 04 2024 11:56:31

Hi Carol,

 >  CS> Apple trees take a while to fruit too.  In your area, a golden
 >  CS> delicious paired with a granny smith will work well as will a granny
 >  CS> smith with a pink lady. They require cross pollenation to do much.
 CS>  >
 > I don't know if we want to put any more trees on our property. We own
 > .28 acres; when we bought it, it had several more trees than it does
 > now. Taking several down that had problems has opened it up so not so
 > much is shaded and we can actually grow grass. Several years ago when
 > one pine tree was taken out, they dropped it across the road; when it
 > landed, the "THUMP!" of it shook the ground. (G)
 CS>  >
 > We have a small raised bed garden in one corner of the back yard. It's
 > mostly an herb garden but Steve planted some sugar snap peas this year.
 > The other day he reported that they're starting to grow the trellis so
 > hopefully in a few weeks we'll be eating fresh peas.
 CS>  >

 CS> Well, your land is bigger than mine!  I'm a bit less than 1/5th acre
 CS> here. Container garden though is pretty extensive.  Most containers
 CS> are 3ft long (some 4ft), all raised to make tending easier.  20 of
 CS> them.  Plus some 7 others in round shapes (some quite big) and grow
 CS> bags.  I didn't try peas this year but have 2 types of beans (blue
 CS> lake green and wax).

This seems to be the yeaar for flowers--Steve brought home several pots
from the farmer's market last week, some seeds this week. The ones from
last week are planted in a window box and pot, the seeds will probably
wait until we get back from the RV/radio net rally in Ohio coming up
soon. He bought a hanging pot for the 4 o'clocks, have to make sure we
hang it in a place to collect the seeds--if not, they'll seed all over
the place. We'd planted some in AZ near the front door and they self
seeded enough to block access to the door (which we didn't use anyway).

 CS> I've got too many types to list,  Should be a good harvest!

It sounds good--are you planning to eat them all fresh or put some up
(freeze, dry or can) for next winter?

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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.... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!!

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