tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post2767110895981708679..comments2024-02-29T00:07:19.080-08:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Backyard Booty: FruitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-75179533388325813082008-05-19T03:04:00.000-07:002008-05-19T03:04:00.000-07:00I love to grow fruit- although it can be somewhat ...I love to grow fruit- although it can be somewhat challenging these days it seems as the weather is so weird....<BR/><BR/>I grow blueberies for market- so have well over 300 of them- plus strawberies for market as well. For just household use I've got apples, sour cherries, plums(have gotten a couple but mostly they get zapped by frost), apricots- always zapped by frost so far, pears- just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83747037747221939272008-05-16T13:11:00.000-07:002008-05-16T13:11:00.000-07:00Not sure if this is legalIt is absolutely legal. L...<I>Not sure if this is legal</I><BR/>It is absolutely legal. Legal precedence actually goes back to ROMAN law (how cool is that?) Once its over the property line it is considered free game.<BR/><BR/>However, I agree its still nice to knock and ask. In our last house this lady had a huge apricot tree that went over the fence and I kept yelling at the kids whenever they kept picking green fruit. I Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04413944469907903704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-28671452656185835302008-05-16T08:09:00.000-07:002008-05-16T08:09:00.000-07:00figs, cherries, apples, tiny arctic kiwis, pears, ...figs, cherries, apples, tiny arctic kiwis, pears, peaches, raspberries, fraise des bois, regular strawberries, fall bearing raspberries too.<BR/><BR/>neighbors figs are replete and not picked, so we pick them and munch away.<BR/><BR/>We need a neighbor with a plum tree.Nazila Meratihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13612994137206465453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-27750415622575458682008-05-16T06:38:00.000-07:002008-05-16T06:38:00.000-07:002 apples, 2 pears, 4 blueberries, 1 peach, strawbe...2 apples, 2 pears, 4 blueberries, 1 peach, strawberries, asparagus<BR/><BR/>Going in - More asparagus, Raspberries (red and yellow), Blackberries, jerusalem artichoke, and 2 cranberries. Rhubarb donated by a neighbor. <BR/><BR/>Running out of yard. Only the pear tree is mature and the squirrels pick it clean every year. Can't wait til the other one matures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-62042835635309475452008-05-16T05:43:00.000-07:002008-05-16T05:43:00.000-07:00Well done on your fruit. We have loads of fruit in...Well done on your fruit. <BR/>We have loads of fruit in our garden including 7 blueberries in a tiny space (my husband always crams too much stuff in) but they produce loads of fruit.<BR/><BR/>May I recommend blueberry varieties 'ozark blue' and 'chandler', both heavy croppers and large tasty fruits.<BR/><BR/>Don't forget they will be very happy in comtainers if you have alkaline soil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-47757154031285574632008-05-15T22:43:00.000-07:002008-05-15T22:43:00.000-07:00Oh oh - rhubarb - just harvested my first round!2 ...Oh oh - <BR/>rhubarb - just harvested my first round!<BR/>2 kinds of strawberries<BR/>red raspberries<BR/>yellow raspberries<BR/>an apple tree with 4 diff kinds grafted on<BR/>pineapple guava<BR/>espalier apple with two kinds grafted on<BR/>a gravenstien apple tree<BR/>9 blueberry bushes<BR/>red flame table grapes<BR/>Italian plum<BR/>watermelon - if all goes well!<BR/>and a figgy<BR/><BR/>my C and Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016028981337744382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-12645117254425204152008-05-15T19:39:00.000-07:002008-05-15T19:39:00.000-07:00I have a lemon and two oranges in the house I just...I have a lemon and two oranges in the house I just moved into. (Bought!!) All in desperate need of feeding and pruning, and clearing out other trees. There's also a mandarin down the road that no-one is eating from so I usually pick a few on the way home from work (I can walk to work from my new house)han_ysichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183560511843774235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-70213321815227917222008-05-15T19:19:00.000-07:002008-05-15T19:19:00.000-07:00I have three small strawberry plants that I'm hopi...I have three small strawberry plants that I'm hoping will bear fruit next year. In the mean time I'll just star at them and will something to happen. Since they grow well in containers it will probably be the most fruit we can grow ourselves for awhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-21171407874496581602008-05-15T16:51:00.000-07:002008-05-15T16:51:00.000-07:00Careful with eating fruit that has dropped on the ...Careful with eating fruit that has dropped on the ground. There have been cases of people getting E. coli from eating apple cider made from drops (sparking the whole pasteurization craze here in the North East). My family has actually stopped making cider, because it's too risky if someone get sick, even though we don't use drops. If they're falling where animals could have visited (read: Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-17530261757733046492008-05-15T16:10:00.000-07:002008-05-15T16:10:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, we have nothing, but my Dad (20 min...Unfortunately, we have nothing, but my Dad (20 minutes away) has 100 acres that are covered in dewberries. I think they still have some wild grapevines on some of the fences too. We picked a couple gallons of berries a few weeks ago and froze them for the winter months (well, we froze the ones we didn't stuff in our face). Yum!hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-97337963564767202008-05-15T15:38:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:38:00.000-07:00Ask, and ye shall receive. Or something like that...Ask, and ye shall receive. Or something like that.<BR/><BR/>We have 50 strawberry plants, four dwarf apples, two cherries, two pear, wild blackberries in the woods, and a filbert. I actually managed to make a little maple syrup from our still-too-young sugar maples. I'm going to buy a bunch of cranberries from Raintree. They're on sale right now.<BR/><BR/>Dreaming of currents red and black, Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14421150270049125967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-81896396871446936902008-05-15T14:53:00.000-07:002008-05-15T14:53:00.000-07:00Ohhh I'm a little envious over hear reading about ...Ohhh I'm a little envious over hear reading about the bigger properties. <BR/><BR/>When we bought our house last fall, it had a large mature apple tree that I was so happy about - it blew down in a freak windstorm at closing. <BR/><BR/>We have a large mature apricot tree and so far the frosts have not hit at the most vulnerable times. <BR/><BR/>I planted: Grafed 4x cherry, grafted 4x apple, aConniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717388726735528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-395615526771771512008-05-15T14:50:00.000-07:002008-05-15T14:50:00.000-07:00At last count we had 19 fruit trees in our yard. I...At last count we had 19 fruit trees in our yard. It's kind of crazy. But the cherries are ripe for the picking now. Oh, and the strawberries are coming along too. We have a persimmon, a cherry plum, a cherry tree, an asian pear, a pear, two lemons, an orange, a weeping plum, two apples, a prune, two peaches, a nectarine, two figs, a kumquat, a kaffir lime, and actually, I think thats about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-29999791382827737172008-05-15T14:11:00.000-07:002008-05-15T14:11:00.000-07:00I third or whatever the motion to just go ask the ...I third or whatever the motion to just go ask the person who owns the fruit trees & bushes if you can pick some. I've never had anyone be mad at me for asking, and sometimes they say yes. I have a line on organic pears... (they're organic not because the owner has a Philosophy, but because they don't bother with the tree at all. heh.) Hopefully the person's tree does well this year so I can Maevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852349354673305704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84453870492326171502008-05-15T13:49:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:49:00.000-07:00This year I added raspberries and strawberries ......This year I added raspberries and strawberries ... I have a large bird population living close to my house so I am not sure what to add next year. So mostly veggies :)Jenettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839122452372826100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-47011281892852605082008-05-15T13:24:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:24:00.000-07:00Mostly we have pears and blueberries. The orange t...Mostly we have pears and blueberries. The orange trees dropped all the blossoms during the drought and the squirells ate all the tiny peaches. We have some wild blackberries as well.<BR/><BR/>Crunchy- Check out how to start new fig trees from mature ones. I hear you just prune a foot or so off and stick it in some dirt. It is supposed to be super easy.<BR/><BR/>Cindy in FLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-54283221796063023552008-05-15T11:53:00.000-07:002008-05-15T11:53:00.000-07:00Wish me luck: this is my living room booty. Yes, t...Wish me luck: this is my living room booty. Yes, that's right. I live in an apartment and have no lawn nor balcony. So I have a dwarf lemon tree (still pretty small, so only 2 lemons this season) a tomato plant, a chocolate bell pepper and a basil.MichLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14250671474818045950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-4874676625974854872008-05-15T11:44:00.000-07:002008-05-15T11:44:00.000-07:00I love Raintree Nursery- been a couple of years si...I love Raintree Nursery- been a couple of years since I trekked down to Morton- I bought my Chinese Golden Plum down there and every year it gives me tons of fruit.Robj98168https://www.blogger.com/profile/12449968557883132353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-5133472728621909072008-05-15T10:15:00.000-07:002008-05-15T10:15:00.000-07:00Oh, man I miss having a yard! I lived in this pla...Oh, man I miss having a yard! I lived in this place in Seattle that had a plum tree right next to the door. It was absolutely heavenly :)Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687511936160956984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-10439815818909714122008-05-15T10:13:00.000-07:002008-05-15T10:13:00.000-07:00I planted 8 blueberry plants and 8 raspberries and...I planted 8 blueberry plants and 8 raspberries and a whole bunch of strawberries this year. The waiting is killing me. I know the first year out you can't expect much if anything. . .Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603700427096296937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-46118701389189129262008-05-15T09:13:00.000-07:002008-05-15T09:13:00.000-07:00I have added 2 blueberry bushes for a total of 3 a...I have added 2 blueberry bushes for a total of 3 and my strawberry patch is looking great. We share a chokecherry tree with the neighbor and he has told me I could have it's fruit as he has another tree in his back yard. This year it was covered with blossoms!<BR/><BR/>We once had a large cherry tree in our yard, but removed it after the racoons picked it clean for the second year in a row. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-79793580631426670572008-05-15T08:53:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:53:00.000-07:00Going a little overboard on the fruit this year: ...Going a little overboard on the fruit this year: <BR/>Already have - rhubarb, 3 blueberry (very small) bushes, strawberries, raspberries<BR/>Planting this year - 3 fruit trees (1 each MacIntosh apple, Italian plum & an apricot that I can't remember the name of), 2 blackberry bushes, 2 more blueberry bushes, 2 grapes (1 Pinot Noir, 1 Chardonnay)<BR/>In the 'hood - 2 apple trees, one of which has Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200562050056015577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45823417577497963772008-05-15T08:45:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:45:00.000-07:00Since we don't have a yard to plant in, my fruits ...Since we don't have a yard to plant in, my fruits and veggies are all in containers out on the deck/balcony. The only fruits we have are tomatoes (hehe) and 2 strawberry plants. I wish there was space for more. But, I do have one red strawberry already! And all the veggies are growing like gangbusters too. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45604064441331931482008-05-15T08:30:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:30:00.000-07:00I am so jealous!!! We are just past the frist-free...I am so jealous!!! We are just past the frist-free date and I have maybe 3 flowers on my fledgling strawberries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2948927921825871852008-05-15T08:21:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:21:00.000-07:00Sadly, no fruits... I live in a treeless, gardenl...Sadly, no fruits... I live in a treeless, gardenless suburban-tundra. My neighbor two houses over has a pear tree planted before time began I'm sure. I think I will take Greenpa's advice and ask for some pears this year - If I can get to 'em before the birds. <BR/><BR/>See, I live on a lake and 15 or so years ago people decided it wasn't cool to have trees blocking your view and folks ripped EcoBurbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931648017376435556noreply@blogger.com