Thinking one was Nanking. Don't remember the other, but they were both bush cherries, one red and one purple. This is the red ones that are so small, but the bushes are huge and covered in cherries. Haven't checked the purple ones yet. It's a much smaller bush. I'll try to find the other name later. Got them both from Gurney's a few years ago.
I guess if you were just cooking them down for the juice, they would be alright. I'll try to take pictures today.
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The Nanking fruit I had at Melissa's when I went to the ORV Ru 2 years ago were quite small, but certainly bigger than an English pea but not much. Her Trees were several years old, and she used them as a foil to keep the birds out of her peach trees. My three have been in the ground just 1 year and I doubt there is fruit but I haven't checked.
Darius, I checked the purple cherry bushes and they are about the same size fruit. I'm looking at a ruler now and I'd say they are between 3/8" and 1/2". These bushes are 5 yrs old and have been moved 3 times. They didn't grow at all the first 2 years in either of the first two locations. When I moved them the last time they took off growing and produced cherries the next summer.
Been working in the garden all day. Al put up the rest of the support frames, so all of the tomatoes are tied up now. About 2/3rds of the garden is weeded. Didn't get any rain (and I'm not complaining), so guess I'll be watering all day tomorrow.
Robin, that sounds like the same size Melissa's Nanking cherries had... Get a steam juice extractor and make juice (which you can use for jelly, or drink).
This is a pic of some cherry trees growing on the next hollow from my house. My friends who I garden with have a huge tree of the same kind. The cherries are small, about the size of a marble, and they are tart. I find they taste a lot like a mayhaw. i can imagine they would make very good jelly.
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Spent another long day in the garden. It's looking good out there. Hope to post pictures by the end of the week. Al really got on board and has been helping a lot.
I can't wait to see the new pics. You guys have been working like crazy.
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Pictures of garden...
The garden is divided into blocks of 8 rows, 20' long x 30-36" wide and since we finally got a little rain and the watering I did today, I'm going to start mulching the wide rows tomorrow.
The first 3 blocks are winter squash, beans and potatoes, with 2 back rows of corn. The sweet potatoes are fenced in to keep the rabbits from eating the leaves.
We have zucchini, yellow squash and bush cucumbers down the left side with room on the end of the row to plant more in a few weeks. In the first pic there were a couple of rows with black hoops that are part of this block that have pak choy and romaine. They will be covered with netting as soon as I get to it.
BTW, the yellow caution tape is only a visual reminder for our dog to use the walkways. He gets really excited chasing rabbits and balls and forgets.
On the right of these 3 blocks are 9 rows of tomatoes with wood frames, 12 or so varieties. The wood frame on the left side is sugar snap peas. There's also 5 rows of various peppers. Along the right side edge are 3 rows of artichokes.
Pic 3
There's 2 blocks in this section, with all the cole crops and salad greens. The uncovered hoop in the front left corner is celery.
Hot Dawg! Looks like a CSA to me!
This picture of this section is taken from the far end. It didn't look like it curved that much till I just looked at picture. We were following the tree line on the right side.
It is 2 blocks of 5 rows. The block closest to the front is carrots and onions. Next block has 3 rows of potatoes. The empty rows on the right are for the mini melons.
There are also a few empty rows, and sides of rows (like behind tomatoes and beans that I'll use to plant succession crops.
Thanks, Darius....yeah, I'm pretty proud of it. Took a tremendous amount of work this year getting it all laid out, but I think in future years it will go much smoother and quicker.
while I am by no means ashamed of my garden that the good Lord has blessed me with i am quite proud of yours and it does give me something to hope for some dayit is awesome i know it takes a lot of work and time to do suhc a vast garden and to make it look that good you have been truly been smiled upon by the hand of the lord and your hard work shows well done Ms Robin
hers my a pic of my Garden there are more in my blog
Sgt, your garden is beautiful! And definitely not anything to be ashamed of. I think it's great that it's a family project.
You might not have heard, but mine is a market garden and I'm working toward providing produce for 30 families within 3 years. That's the goal anyway....
Wow! You have obviously put in a lot of thought and planning into the layout and effort. Having been self employed for 35 years now, I realize the primary motivation is self discipline. After all the work you have done, I know you will succeed.
Do you have many herbals growing?
Are you still starting seed to keep succession planting thru the summer and into fall?
No time to rest on your laurels... lol
WOW WOW WOW!!!! You know, I hear you talk of all the work you are doing, but when I see it, I am just plumb amazed (and a li'l jealous...lol!) You and Al have done a beeeaaauutiful job, as I remember when that was all grass ;) One day, I'll get mine done. In the interim, I can brag on yours :D
Thanks so much for sharing the results of your hard work. It is encouraging to those of us still trying to get one dang row done at a time, between rain, work, lawn work and the like :) I think I'll put a sign on my garden that says "When I grow up, I wanna look like MsRobin's garden!"
Well done my friend, well done!
And Sgt, yours is off to a fine start too!
No Mam had not heard that at all that is very kool like a community market or small town style market ? it does look very good the way you are laying it out and growing in size there is electro netting that may help in your protection of veggies that is less time consuming and not very expensive at all runs on battery and solar power pretty cheap for to guard against the critters and save the veggies. If you need more info let me know ill find my book and post the site for you they will send you a full color catalog with prices its real nice.
i have a few more pictures in my blog section
Thanks, Pod. The herbs (10-12 different ones) are in the "perrenial garden" with 300 or so strawberry plants with another 100 to plant and 250 asparagus plants. It was the original vegetable garden, but I transitioned it to perrenial stuff last year (after we came home to a garden full of 6' high weeds and it took most of the summer to get cleaned up). Cleaned out the greenhouse today, so I could start more seed trays, plus have the empty rows and spaces in the garden ready to plant as needed for succession planting. Already scoping out the yard for additional planting areas. ;)
Aw, Shucks....I'm blushing! But thanks, I really appreciate the compliments.
Hineni, I felt a little guilty, cuz you're having so much trouble with your garden. Too funny on the grow up statement!
Sgt, CSA is community supported agriculture. Instead of people going to buy fresh produce once a week, they pay a farmer or gardener up front in the spring, and the farmer or gardener delivers produce to them once a week for a set number of weeks. Mine is 20 weeks.
Have you polled your CSA members about what foods they would like? Maybe in the winter season put together a questionaire listing veggies, fruits and herbs they would like?
we have some thing like that its listed on our Tenn. Ag site http://www.picktnproducts.org/ its all for local farmers to get together and local folks pretty cool
I am amazed. Your and Al's hard work is really paying off. Poke your chest out and crow. You have earned the right!
Thank you, All! (grinning ear to ear here)
I hadn't thought of doing a poll, but I have told the members since the first contact that if they want us to grow something else, to let us know. On the membership agreement that they sign, I have a section where they can mark off the items they absolutely don't like or don't want to try, and to check items that are favorites. One marked off greens (the ones that get cooked), but other than that, everyone was agreeable to try new things as well as all the standard vegetables. I did get 2 emails raving about new foods (kolrabi and swiss chard). I'm sending 2 fresh herbs a week. I've let members know about how to use them and how to dry them. So far everyone seems really happy.
Sgt, welcome aboard as a new subcriber! Now you have access to the whole site and there is SO much more to explore.
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Thank you Ms robin say E'llo to Al and let him know how awesome i think y'alls spreed is the DG is like a candy store to me Iam still hittine the free bee sites and reviving the for the non members as well as the member sites will i ever get thtough them all i dont know dut i am having a ball .... even though we were Not to have rain for three days it snuck in late yester day for an hour and a half in the eve out of no where ? who knew .lol keep up the good work guys see ya later . ~;>)
Msrobin,
I am in awe of your gardens!!!! Wow!!! Lots of hard work in there I know!!
Kudos to you!!!!
Marcy, thank you so much and it's so nice you came to visit us here! Now that I'm close to having the vegetable gardens done, maybe I can get my flower beds weeded. Lost some new rose bushes and peony plants amongst the weeds around the house.
Sgt, you will never get thru all the forums. LOL! But there is a tremendous amount of great info available. And the DG members are awesome people!
Yes they are. The people are what make this site what it is.
their are some good folks on here and I havent met one yet i havent liked yet . ~:>)
I am Like A Cat with a cat nip toy cant put it down it lol
WhooHoo! After a week of rain predictions, it looks like we may have a measurable rain! Now if it will stop after a reasonable amount has fallen. Is that too much to ask? LOL!
Ms Robin Never look a gife horse in the mouth LOL or should i say question Gods plan. he has watered mine until i thought it would sink but he finaly let me in it to weed it today . i stayed in it for 1/2 the day until the rain started i got almost 3/4 of it done not quite but it was gitten pretty ruff and i was gitten worn out quickley and both youngens too so i guess it was time to stop. he wont let your hard work go to waste Darlen you and Al hav edone well He will Bless you .
MsRobin ~ hoping you are getting your needed moisture for the gardens. We had hard rains all around us and only netted 3/10 of an inch.
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