tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794422163568443047.post6018301195191501898..comments2023-05-13T04:09:29.242-05:00Comments on saltycrunchybitterfresh: Signs of springKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09399389348876533777noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794422163568443047.post-21332897328873774652011-03-02T18:04:09.826-06:002011-03-02T18:04:09.826-06:00The woman we bought our house from planted a peach...The woman we bought our house from planted a peach tree. I don't know what she was thinking --this is northern Illinois, after all, garden zone 4!<br /><br />The peach tree never bloomed, until one summer it just split in half. It was already a small tree, and only had two major branches. So, one of them fell off by the end of that growing season. <br /><br />Well, apparently that scared the peach tree into action --the remaining branch was absolutely covered with blossoms the next spring --hundreds of blossoms! They all started becoming peaches, and then some time in the middle of summer the tree realized it didn't have the energy to support even one quarter of that harvest. So, they all fell off before ripening, and after that the other half collapsed. It made decent kindling.Cassihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058787761575567910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794422163568443047.post-2876191859974700742011-03-01T12:10:20.665-06:002011-03-01T12:10:20.665-06:00Ohh, so pretty! Our blossoms are stunted right now...Ohh, so pretty! Our blossoms are stunted right now because of all the cold weather we've been having. This shot is so sunny and springy. :)Julie Smithhttp://underthetuliptree.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794422163568443047.post-75717125122438721492011-03-01T03:40:36.186-06:002011-03-01T03:40:36.186-06:00I am not a green thumb at all but I am surrounded ...I am not a green thumb at all but I am surrounded by those and I've heard fruit trees take a few years before bearing fuits, so DON'T KILL IT.Paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106203770822701470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794422163568443047.post-64235445511185746582011-02-28T16:06:43.761-06:002011-02-28T16:06:43.761-06:00You are a kinder soul than I. I would not have be...You are a kinder soul than I. I would not have been so patient and probably woulda chopped the sucker down :D Which may explain why my yard looks the way it does :) :) <br /><br />I love that flower shot.Caterinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09756751514348823750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794422163568443047.post-9600167047483920702011-02-28T11:04:55.591-06:002011-02-28T11:04:55.591-06:00We have two "non-fruit bearing" plum tre...We have two "non-fruit bearing" plum trees. They have produced plums every year! The birds get them all. I assumed my landscaper would know the difference...guess not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794422163568443047.post-61742143854539606242011-02-28T06:33:15.772-06:002011-02-28T06:33:15.772-06:00Two words for you now my friend:
Water
Fertilise
...Two words for you now my friend:<br />Water<br />Fertilise<br /><br />Lots of watering<br />Lots of tender fertilising<br /><br />Also think of investing in a net you can throw over it if you have a quarter of the wildlife we have here who will DEMOLISH this tree before you can even taste one plum from its branches. <br /><br />No I'm not bitter. Not one little bit.KPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.com