Comments on: FRUIT TIME

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:41:44 +0000

It's always such a shock for me to visit your website and see all of the things that are "in season." Right now, we have strawberries and rhubarb for fruit. In another couple of weeks, the raspberries and blueberries will be ripe, followed by peaches and plums (if we can find them, because they're rare in Maine), melons (if they were started in a greenhouse and are a fast growing variety), and then, apples in the fall. We don't have a lot of choices up here for fruit ... but I guess the trade-off is that we have real maple syrup .

By: Cena

Cena — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:52:39 +0000

Last weekend my husband and I were working on a chicken coop and duck run in 111 degree weather. On a shade break we walked over to our little orchard and picked some apricots to eat. They were really hot from the sun and tasted like cobbler. It was amazing. My husband said THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THESE TREES, and thanked me for picking the tasty varieties rather than the standard ones. The cool thing was I didn't have to heat up the house with the oven to have cobbler. I told the kids to run inside and get the whipped cream. We had a party under the tree and then the kids went swimming to wash/cool off. Such simple pleasures. (of course the whipped cream in the can was not home grown...)

By: Jaimelee

Jaimelee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:48:40 +0000

We have some gorgeous black raspberries and are starting to get blooms on our red raspberries. Also I have one lone fig after my toddler picked off all of the tiny figs i guess for fun. Our Watermelon patch is on it's way to being full of Moon & stars Melons with tons of blooms showing up. Lastly we planted Old Melon an heirloom variety that has the most beautiful blooms and I can't wait to see the fruit.

there are also quite a few fruit trees in our neighborhood that are left unpicked all summer so a little knock on the door and the owners are more than happy to have them picked rather than rot on their lawn.

By: Jude

Jude — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:39:29 +0000

We have plum trees. The fruit, or what is left of it after the hail, is still small and green. Will not be ready for some time but that is Colorado for you.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:23:08 +0000

I don't have fruit in my garden, but I have been picking mulberries from a tree in our church yard, and made some jam with them. Will be going back today to see if there are more that have ripened. Can't beat the cost! Mary

By: Mary Hysong

Mary Hysong — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:47:25 +0000

What's fruiting? Well, some pesky critter ate up every single green cantaloupe or I'd probably have some by now. Tho they did leave a couple of watermelons. There are a few apples but not as many as we have some years. A surprise has been huckleberries. This is the first time I've tried growing them and they are growing into big bushy plants covered with berries. Some are starting to darken up now. There have been a handful of strawberries and raspberries. But next year we should have more.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:16:36 +0000

Right now all we have is a little bit of citrus still hanging on. But, your fruit looks delicious.

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:25:04 +0000

We have figs coming in slowly, mmmm love them ripe in yogurt or mash them up for muffins, or jam. Those darn squirrels! We had them at the other house, several. They'd pick off all the avocados as soon as they were ripe! And the'd take a nibble of our Persimmons too. The bigger ones would take some tangerines as well...grrrr... Currently, we have a very young cat that makes her rounds at our new place and keeps the rodents, birds and squirrels in their place.

By: Sue in Los Angeles

Sue in Los Angeles — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:05:54 +0000

That pesky little squirrel has about 6 cousins who have stripped my 5 peach trees of almost all their unripe fruit. They eat some down to the pit, but most are simply chewed slightly and, when they fall to the ground, are ruined for anything but the ants. I've about given up.

By: Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings

Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:40:39 +0000

I made a comment earlier this morning asking a question but don't see it here. Not sure it went through.

I asked if you spray your fruit trees with any type of organic spray to deter harmful bugs. I just planted apple trees and peach trees last year and would like to deter organically any bugs that could harm the fruit or tree.