Afternoon, my fine gardening friends...hellllooooo....
This cold is so 'foreign' to me! Wasn't thinking at all, stepped outside to check the gh in my pjs! Boy, that made a quick return!
Made me thought of you Don. A natural occurance for how long now? The snow that is. Longjohns hunting now!
By the way, if you have a moment read Rj's Gardening Diary called 'The Year it Rained Friends - 2007'.
Winter's still here, having spring memories! (2)
good morning..no kidding very cold! warming up now..
so far minimal dammage.. some brugs and EE's so far...One wonders how a papaya tree will be fine next to a Brug, and Australian fern tree next to a bird of paradise....
Okay..time to go unplug the various improvised plant warming devices~!
ops..the blog was discovered...I had intended to post that on a forum, and it's kind of out of order..oh well.
RJ you have the United Nations Garden there!!!
I love your diary and it humbled me to think that I found great friends here at DG!! Not by choice, but I live kinda isolated, and thought with all the needed amneties plus the pc, I'd be self sufficient. But then, here, I found that people power makes all my gardening endeavours easier...and the bonus is creating precious friendship with so many here..... and YES, it's Christmas everyday!!
We will be unwrapping lots more goodies daily here...besides the garden!
I am sure many on TG can proudly say RJ is a great friend!
Excellent blog Randy,enjoyed meeting your friends and the garden of yours!
Thank Jaye.for leading me there!!!
That's what is so great - to find other people that have this passion and form bonds and friendships. It's amazing as different as we all are, how much alike we are in far away places, bringing the art of gardens to fruition. To find out others are waking up excited in the summer at 6am to run outside and see the mornings gifts is a gift in itself!
Wonderfully put, RJ! :)
Ha ha ha just come in after doing just that Rj ...it is 6.15 Friday morning ...4th Jan 2008.Temp a lovely comfortable 70F.
I put overgrown hoyas into a pot a couple of inches wider than the one that they are in pot and all. You just sink that pot into the larger pot and this way the hoya stays nice and cramped the way they like but can still send some roots foraging around into the new potting mix.Hoyas sulk for years if you disturb their roots.Don't use fertilizer
they don't need it, just a little good compost sprinkled over the roots if they are not getting any natural leaf litter falling down onto them.:)
So many topics to catch up on I have to try and find the time to get into your blog! ...this is such a busy time, I miss all my friends in here, but the friends and rellys in my home need my attention during the holidays. I feel the same way as you and h about everyone here we are so lucky!
a big hug to everyone:)
chrissy
I loved your blog Randy...wonderfully written.
Kim
Thankyou..ya'll are the inspiration!
Tman, I found this among grandad's pics from the old country (Malaysia) circa 1940's. Must be a relative..that man just harvested a jackfruit. That's a 'parang' he had in his right hand or a slimmer version of a machete. Wonder how much that fruit weighed.
Jaye,I'd say about 20lbs for sure!!!!
Cool pic!
Thanks
Do they fall when ripe,or do they have to climb the tree and cut it off like a coconut?
Go Kansas!! If not cut off, they rot off the tree!
Thanks!
Yep Go Kansas!!!
Well it's been known that the fruit can grow up to 80 pounds!!!
I remember grandad cutting his fruits earlier before they fully turn yellow (sign of ripeness) cause if he didn't do that....the bugs will have a feast! The fruits will be allowed to ripen in the house. Oh what a treat it was, to open one up and choose the fattest pulp amongst the hundreds!!!!
Too bad his old orchard had to be "sacrificed" cause it's not part of city planning!
Jaye can you compare the taste to any fruit here in the states?
The sweetness of overripe banana plus slight tanginess of pineapple....
But when the pulps are harvested unripe, they don't have the tanginess, hence they are delicious in curries, soups using coconut milk or just boiled and eaten dipped in chillies.
The seeds...now they are delicious cooked. Taste like roasted chestnuts.
Thanks,I doubt if mine will be able to fruit but I like the leaf shape and color!
You never know..you might have one that would bear fruits at 6 ft!!! Yeah, worth growing for the foliage just like papayas.
Time for page 3 Tman...time for this old lady to say nite nite! C'mon Spring!
You Got IT
Nite!
Well I wonder if I could bonsai a 100ft tree into a 10ft tree,and get 50lb fruit???LOL
Tman, you might just be the one to do it. Then you could market jackfruit bonsai trees to the Asians in the US!!!!
I'm in the money!!!LOL
Well I'm on a good start only 3 ft tall now!
Possibilities there....lolol!