What are you planning to add to your yards next year?
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
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Comments (4)Rebecca, Here is the post about seeds I just wrote about. I haven't even started to think about it yet. I'm still wondering what plants to buy yet this year. I am going to go to Landscape Alternatives' sale this morning. I spent last evening going over their plant list, writing down what I wanted and wondering if any that I want are still in stock at the old place where the sale is. Pauline...See MoreWhat are you going to do differently next year in your garden?
Comments (9)bpgreen, thanks for helping me remember what RTF is. Steve said "...She'll eat some pie, but it's all about the crust for her.... I have to eat a whole pie myself!" Sounds like torture. I'd suggest you keep making 'em. Maybe one day she'll acquire a taste for it. I used to be a crust person myself. I discovered that I have 'superior' taste buds and now love the pie filling too. I just use much less spice. It was irritating to me to eat apple pie that tasted like cinnamon instead of apples. Many recipes call for too much spice, IMHO. I have a good no-sugar-added pie filling recipe.. I adjusted the spices to suit myself and, this year found a good low fat crust recipe. I'd never realized before having fruits fresh from my own trees, just how good they would be. The apples from my Fuji are different than those from a grocery store... more flavorful and even crisper. Don't rub in my lack of nectarines, Steve. :-( The thought of a juicy fresh nectarine or peach (or even frozen in a smoothie) sounds delicious! One year we got a box of nectarines fresh from a friends tree. Great fresh, needless to say, and the low sugar jam I made from them was fabulous! Parrots: Part of the reason I grow organically on my property..... I mostly have African parrots but also have a couple of Blue & Gold Macaws and a flight of 3 older cockatiels (2 well into their 20's). The "Psittacine" in my online name means 'of or pertaining to parrots'. I was a 'psittaculturist' (raised and studied them) for almost 30 years... retired from the "raising" part a few years ago. They definitely aren't for everyone because, if their needs are truly addressed, most are higher maintenance pets than a dog or cat. I've raised many species of parrots, or have studied them. I've also raised barn swallows, a killdeer, sage thrashers, humming bird, magpie, a starling (fun bird! much like a Magpie) and a common sparrow (Twiggy, one of my favorites)and maybe others I've forgotten. Have never been able to save a common robin, though. What species of conure was yours? Steve said: "Always wanted a falcon, though! Maybe someday..." Not an easy thing to get a raptor license. There is a guy that lives a few blocks from me who is a falconer and has a raptor rehabilitation license. His golden eagle died of West Nile Virus last year, (he now has a new one for his education program). They are beautiful animals. Crystal...See MoreWhat do you plan to try for the first time next year?
Comments (29)Hi there tomato growing friends! My list for 2015 is still in the works. I'm checking out what has already been posted. Some varieties I'm familiar with. Others I am not. I grow tomatoes from seed as a hobby. I wish I could do it year round but the weather/climate never cooperates. I try and select my varieties based on it's history. For example for 2015 I hope to germinate and grow the "Purple Calabash". Why? Well it happened to be Thomas Jefferson's favorite. He grew it on his farm in Monticello from 1806 to 1822. This past year I grew Livingston's Paragon which was the 1st tomato introduced to the public and commercial growers here in America back in 1870. It took him 20 years to perfect it. Ok it would be great if when you are adding your list for 2015 you could indicate why you chose a certain variety. It might be impossible to do it for all but even if you just picked out the one that interests you the most. I think by doing this it would add to the joy that this thread has created....See MorePlans for next year? Are you going to be MUTE?
Comments (27)Plans or plants :). Plans. I would like to put a chicken run in. Pets for the kids, eggs for me and manure that I can compost for my trees. Plants. I am limiting myself to 3 more citrus trees (currently a cara cara, a bush lime and a sudacha) and 1 dwarf avocado tree, as that is all that I can afford/have room for/ can effectively take care of...although now that I know you can grow healthy kumquats and west indians from seed I may inadvertently add to my collection. (Thanks Steve :)) and I also love Sunshines idea of a friendship tree. And obviously a 4th or 5th doesn't count if they are the elusive pink lemon or dekopon....See Moretropicalzone7
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