tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post3918966441973586005..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Growing fruit in an urban lotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-85825224300072743242011-02-19T00:06:06.552-08:002011-02-19T00:06:06.552-08:00In the front yard (a.k.a. The Orchard): 4 apples, ...In the front yard (a.k.a. The Orchard): 4 apples, 3 avocados, 3 peaches, 2 nectarines, 2 apricots, 2 cherries, 2 plums, 2 figs, 2 pluots (in an experimental 2-in-1 hole planting), an asian pear, loquat, persimmon, pomegranate, and almond. Still need: a quince. <br />In the back yard: a lime, 2 tangerines, blood orange, meyer lemon, navel orange, tangelo, and grapefruit. Still need: a regular Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689599462816183488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-54145478976056794462011-02-04T22:36:15.888-08:002011-02-04T22:36:15.888-08:00Columnar apples! This could be the ticket for me ...Columnar apples! This could be the ticket for me because I have so little space. I have only raspberries and nanking cherry, which I orginally bought for the flowers before I was all eco, and now may enjoy for jams and wine!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-31681211149999122932011-02-04T00:37:12.146-08:002011-02-04T00:37:12.146-08:00i'd love to know how to get an ordinance. ha ...i'd love to know how to get an ordinance. ha ha we had a nice puget sound water view when we bought the house and the neighbor's trees grew 10 feet and completely blocked our view (although theirs is strategically saved through careful pruning on their side) and we no longer have a nice view and our value is in the trash now from that. i'd love an ordinance :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-71709321681962993852011-02-04T00:31:16.226-08:002011-02-04T00:31:16.226-08:00we have huckleberry, elderberry, strawberry, raspb...we have huckleberry, elderberry, strawberry, raspberry, golden raspberry, blueberry, lingonberry, italian plum. i'd really like to put some dwarf apple, peach and pomegranate trees on my front cliff (i mean slope) and I would also like to have a dwarf fig tree. I have to do dwarf on everything because I don't want monster trees in my front cliff (i mean slope). I think it'd be iheartgardeninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225989370422879466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-42314143480979100242011-02-02T17:43:31.255-08:002011-02-02T17:43:31.255-08:00to tracykm and crunchy: where i used to live in no...to tracykm and crunchy: where i used to live in north calif., the height restrictions had to do with not blocking a neighbor's sun. a tree or structure that reduced sun fall could restrict gardening, stop solar panels from functioning properly and reduce the owners enjoyment of her property.emmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-66204456384590310002011-02-02T06:56:38.811-08:002011-02-02T06:56:38.811-08:00South Florida here. Carambola (star fruit) sour o...South Florida here. Carambola (star fruit) sour orange, papaya, and figs. Immediate neighbors have mango, avocado and bananas. Would love to get some passion fruit going, but have had no luck starting it from seed and my soil is so rocky that I don't think I can put plants in myself. Any ideas?Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-76665618949628209732011-02-01T10:21:13.133-08:002011-02-01T10:21:13.133-08:00Cold House - They chop them off at the top. It loo...Cold House - They chop them off at the top. It looks really ugly. You have to get permission to plant any trees, so generally that's avoided.Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-63820317438942825202011-02-01T07:51:16.296-08:002011-02-01T07:51:16.296-08:00@Hazel Thanks for the information, I'll give ...@Hazel Thanks for the information, I'll give it a try! I get coffee grounds from 2 local cafes that bag them up for gardeners.dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435831294662075937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-74406791040629538372011-02-01T04:00:39.378-08:002011-02-01T04:00:39.378-08:00"We have height restriction covenants in our ..."We have height restriction covenants in our neighborhood so I can't grow anything too huge."<br /><br />I too find this peculiar and amusing. What happens if your tree DOES grow too tall? Can you just keep lopping off the top, or does the whole thing have to come down? Or maybe there are tree anti-growth hormones you can feed it?<br /><br />On the other hand, looking out the Cold Househttp://www.coldhousejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-52781665935004048452011-01-31T12:39:57.770-08:002011-01-31T12:39:57.770-08:00dc- my blueberries are in tubs of ordinary compost...dc- my blueberries are in tubs of ordinary compost, mulched with pine needles and I water them with coffee grounds; it seems to be acidic enough for them. (All ericaceous compost in the UK seems to have peat in it, which I didn't want to use).Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-29154278563468069552011-01-31T08:00:43.060-08:002011-01-31T08:00:43.060-08:00Hmm, let's see. We have several fruit trees: ...Hmm, let's see. We have several fruit trees: 2apple, 4-5 plum, 2 sour cherry, 1 pear, 1 peach, hazelnuts,1 lemon and 1 fig. The fig and lemon trees are indoors for the winter.<br /><br />We have numerous red currants, a few white currants, red, black and golden raspberries, thornless blackberries, nanking cherries, elderberries, 4-5 varieties of strawberries, wild strawberries, rhubarb, and dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435831294662075937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-16167896731766339132011-01-30T07:35:37.349-08:002011-01-30T07:35:37.349-08:00just last year we added a peach, two apples and a ...just last year we added a peach, two apples and a pear, plus two blueberry bushes and a raspberry. they join an established prolific pear tree, an aging apple tree & two pecans that are only now producing, plus a grape vine planted the year before. wish I'd heard about the concept of permaculture years ago!Dmariehttp://bettermebetterworld.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-74449743861447088842011-01-29T20:36:46.915-08:002011-01-29T20:36:46.915-08:00Tracy - the restrictions (nothing taller than the ...Tracy - the restrictions (nothing taller than the roof line) has to do with blocking views. In our immediate street we don't have too much, but many if not most in the neighborhood have serious views which shouldn't be blocked because a neighbor decides to plant a huge tree.Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-31844327447218154432011-01-29T06:59:23.313-08:002011-01-29T06:59:23.313-08:00i've had a strawberry patch in my urban yard.....i've had a strawberry patch in my urban yard...5 years of luciousness...i met an old farmer in overalls at the market where i bought the plants...he told me to buy more than one kind so i did...i had bowls full of berries every year...but then i had a little person so i dug it under...now that little person is older and this spring we will plant strawberries...we are also turning the old *jean*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325374997441856732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-26034244369178509782011-01-28T18:33:09.417-08:002011-01-28T18:33:09.417-08:00I find it interesting that you have height restric...I find it interesting that you have height restrictions on plants. Like, how high? Don't people like trees there? What about shade? What about trees that grow really tall, but slowly...does someone go out and measure them every year? <br />I've never come across a neighbourhood with the type of restrictions like I hear about in the States (I'm in Ontario). I can't imagine TracyKMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-68152868179347396602011-01-28T11:33:38.000-08:002011-01-28T11:33:38.000-08:00In South Florida - Zone 12 - 2 or three mango (one...In South Florida - Zone 12 - 2 or three mango (one volunteered) 1 lychee (not yet fruiting) 1 key lime, 1 moringa tree (see http://www.echonet.org/content/agriculturalResources/611) for moringa - tree of life info) heirloom tomatoes, okra, herbs, lettuces (not heirloom), cranberry hibiscus, soon to be planted meyer lemon (lost 2 heirloom grapefruit in the so called citrus canker wars in florida susan in coral gablesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-77944333753915227702011-01-28T06:46:50.447-08:002011-01-28T06:46:50.447-08:00Our entire lot is .07 acres and we're trying t...Our entire lot is .07 acres and we're trying to make the best of it to create a mini food forest. So far we've planted semi-dwarf: apple, peach, plum and apricot. I would like to have a fig, currants, grapes, prickly pear, raspberries and strawberries.<br /><br />Last year I was able to forage copious amounts of plums, pears and prickly pears to put up many pints of jam, butters,etc. In Desert Lean-tohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858972249764406534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-70892638048698005962011-01-27T21:44:09.573-08:002011-01-27T21:44:09.573-08:00we have a townhouse with a south-facing tiny (23x1...we have a townhouse with a south-facing tiny (23x14)yard. part of that is a brick patio, the rest of it is stepped raised beds. we have an ultra-dwarf gravenstein apple, a dwarf morello pie cherry and a semi-dwarf redhaven peach. that little darlin' has been in the ground just 2 years and produced 21 medium size excellent peaches. <br />we have 2 grapevines, 2 artic beauty kiwi, 25 asperagus,emmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-44919457800167112992011-01-27T12:23:56.649-08:002011-01-27T12:23:56.649-08:00We just moved in our place in the gulf islands, bc...We just moved in our place in the gulf islands, bc in July. There are already tons of blackberries (we probably picked 18 gallons or so of them) but def not thornless. OUCH. Everbearing strawberries, raspberries, a couple apple trees (not a good year for them so didn't get any apples), crabapple, pear (only 2 pears on it), plum (birds got to them first), hazelnut (only got about a dozen nuts)Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820533872471786162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-89417371102558419552011-01-27T10:38:10.499-08:002011-01-27T10:38:10.499-08:00We have an apricot and a peach, both fan trained a...We have an apricot and a peach, both fan trained against a fence or the house wall and which both fruited for the first time last summer; a young espaliered Morello cherry; a new Kiwi plant, 5 blueberries, 3 Black Velvet plants (a gooseberry/Worcesterberry cross), a couple of autumn fruiting Raspberry canes and some alpine strawberries in the garden. <br />A strawberry bed; red, white and blackHazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-40655474778063279052011-01-27T09:58:28.949-08:002011-01-27T09:58:28.949-08:00We have a tiny little urban lot and live in Minnes...We have a tiny little urban lot and live in Minnesota, so we're a bit limited in what we can do, but so far we have red currants, black currants, honeyberries, gooseberries, a Canadian Chokecherry tree, strawberries, serviceberries, blackberries, a few varieties of raspberry, occasionally melons, and a Mount Royal plum (we're in luck that our city has a program each year that sells Angelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-18653265111097658452011-01-27T08:14:16.689-08:002011-01-27T08:14:16.689-08:00I am super giddy about the ten new grafts we just ...I am super giddy about the ten new grafts we just added to the eight fruit trees we planted in our front yard last year. More plums, more nectarines. We have apple, fig, plum, nectarine, peach, and citrus, oh, and guava.<br />I love replacing shrubs with food producers!Natalie, the Chickenbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-46294059484836097502011-01-27T08:00:59.698-08:002011-01-27T08:00:59.698-08:00We have one apple tree, two asian pear trees, 3 bl...We have one apple tree, two asian pear trees, 3 blueberry bushes (and I plan on getting 2 more this year), raspberries, and blackberries. I've been trying to grow strawberries in one of those clay strawberry pots but never had much luck so I got rid of those last year. I have a new deck this year where I am hoping to have an herb garden too.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318283876631002086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-56889992160104311432011-01-27T07:47:26.008-08:002011-01-27T07:47:26.008-08:00I've been on a bit of a mission the past coupl...I've been on a bit of a mission the past couple of years so now we have quite a bit of fruit on top of the herbs and annual veg. They include; raspberries and blackberries, elderberry, crabapple, three apple trees, two pear, grapes, gooseberries, rhubarb and currants.<br /><br />It feels pretty good thinking about them given how cold we are right now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889118790999321961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-78139848336801607232011-01-27T07:21:40.673-08:002011-01-27T07:21:40.673-08:00I have planted several varieties of raspberries, a...I have planted several varieties of raspberries, a strawberry bed of two varieties (but which hasn't been weeded or attended to in, um, several years, two varieties of apple (7 trees), three peach trees, and 10 blueberry bushes of three varieties. There are some more apple trees out in "the rough" but I have no idea what kind. They got a really good renewal pruning year before last,Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14894152513746944497noreply@blogger.com