California - Northern

[KernH]

The iris are Gayle's, everything else is mine. We have about 200 kinds of fruit in our backyard. We have one pluot tree that has about 40 varieties of plum, pluot, and apricot on it. I was into grafting before the chicken bug took hold. We have about 40 varieties of citrus also. Our chickens really enjoy running around the "jungle". Kern

 

[KernH]

Still eating Gold Nugget, Yosemite Gold, and Minneola Tangelo, and a couple other mandarins that I can't remember the names. Squeezed the last of the naval oranges yesterday. The mandarins are great because they extend the citrus season from November to June. I love fresh squeezed orange and mandarin juice. Kern

 

[caychris]

Still eating Gold Nugget, Yosemite Gold, and Minneola Tangelo, and a couple other mandarins that I can't remember the names. Squeezed the last of the naval oranges yesterday. The mandarins are great because they extend the citrus season from November to June. I love fresh squeezed orange and mandarin juice. Kern

I should have you come up sometime and help me plan out my back yard. Im looking to improve the "food" production of my back (and front) yard and would like some ideas.

 

[KernH]

I would like that. Maybe after the party? Kern

 

[HighStreetCoop]

The iris are Gayle's, everything else is mine. We have about 200 kinds of fruit in our backyard. We have one pluot tree that has about 40 varieties of plum, pluot, and apricot on it. I was into grafting before the chicken bug took hold. We have about 40 varieties of citrus also. Our chickens really enjoy running around the "jungle". Kern

Wow. I've always been intrigued by grafting (ever since seeing the tree at Forestiere Underground Gardens).

 

[chiqita]

@chiqita. I have no crowing or eggs.... how old is my frizzle/ sizzle package?


We have named the muscovy. Boy= Mr Brown
Girls evangeline and nanny McPhee . That's how it goes with a four year old....

Think they were about 3or so months when you got them. I'd expect the serema to be clearly boy by now. Sizzle you never know with silkies.

Are the ducks doing well? All my girls hatched there clutches. Despite crappy hatch rates its duck city here now!

 

[ronott1]

Wow. I've always been intrigued by grafting (ever since seeing the tree at Forestiere Underground Gardens).

We had grafted trees when I was growing up. The grafts need to be in the same family, so Apricots, peaches and nectarines can be on the same tree. You can also graft male to female to make self pollinating trees for trees that need that sort of thing.

I watched it and helped with the process. He picked a branch and cut it off. He then took smaller branches from the donor tree and cut like a chisel point. The point was then pushed into a cut made into the heart wood of the first branch. He covered it with pine tar and used black electrical tape to hold it all together. The pine tar was to keep bugs out.

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Well, I've got 2 additional broody hens.

1 OEGB and 1 Silkie. And to top it off, I already have a Silkie hen raising 7 silkie chicks.

I'm gonna need to start collecting a few eggs.

 

[sewandgrow]

We had grafted trees when I was growing up. The grafts need to be in the same family, so Apricots, peaches and nectarines can be on the same tree. You can also graft male to female to make self pollinating trees for trees that need that sort of thing.

I watched it and helped with the process. He picked a branch and cut it off. He then took smaller branches from the donor tree and cut like a chisel point. The point was then pushed into a cut made into the heart wood of the first branch. He covered it with pine tar and used black electrical tape to hold it all together. The pine tar was to keep bugs out.

My grandfather used to do that on his fruit trees in his backyard in town. I hadn't thought of it in years.

 

[KernH]

It is kind of neat to see apricots, peaches and plums on one tree. I also have an orange tree with about 12 different mandarins on it. Kern