NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

Very nice if I can say so...what did the better half of the team think?
Ps..u r fast ...not home yet..

I only had to travel 26 miles. lol

My wife is out working on a clients garden. so she hasn't seen them yet.

thanks for running the runners out for me!

 

[stonykill]

Guys, there IS a like button now on the new forum!

Along with that is all other sorts of fun stuff we can do with our text.....

As for the like button, look on the bottom right where the buttons are for quoting from a thread. That little thumbs up there IS the like button. Try it out.

sorta like a like button. It says you found this thread helpful. Sorta the same, but not really

 

[happyhensny]

my newest additions to the flock!

They look happy in the sunshine! Eggs soon I hope!

Guys, there IS a like button now on the new forum!

Along with that is all other sorts of fun stuff we can do with our text.....

As for the like button, look on the bottom right where the buttons are for quoting from a thread. That little thumbs up there IS the like button. Try it out.

I "liked"

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

I only had to travel 26 miles. lol

My wife is out working on a clients garden. so she hasn't seen them yet.

thanks for running the runners out for me!

Is your wife a landscaper? If you guys come out in August I would definately want advice on mine.

 

[stonykill]

Is your wife a landscaper? If you guys come out in August I would definately want advice on mine.

yes she is. This year she started her own business

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

It has got to be a great job, working outside with plants. One of my favorite things.

 

[featherz]

Ok gardeners.. since we are talking about gardening.. When we moved here three years ago we planted a ton of bare root fruit trees (about 4-5 feet tall) from a localish NY nursery (to make sure they would grow here). We've kept them alive for those years but they aren't getting any bigger or flowering. I am a complete noob, as any fruit trees we bought in california were immediately eaten by bugs, so we gave up. Hubby wants to pour more fertilizer on em - any other advice? They do well enough but still look stunted. We have apples, pears and I think a peach tree, all from St. Lawrence nurseries I believe..

Now cucumbers, I can grow. We grew atomic cucumbers (and huge cabbages) one year - I think the previous owners kept horses in that spot LOL.

 

[stonykill]

It has got to be a great job, working outside with plants. One of my favorite things.

she loves it. I'm the extra hand when she needs it. Such as tomorrow. My day tomorrow is farm chores, sand, stain and seal a 7 foot trestle table I'm building for a customer in N.C., then go to a client of my wife's and help her move shrubs, then when back home, sand the sealer on the table, and apply the 1st coat of clear.

The life of the self employed! Beats punching a time clock any day!

 

[Lapeerian]

Are they dwarf fruit trees? Those won't get overly tall, many dwarf varieties max out around 5-6 feet. I would hold off on the fertilizer, you can have too much of a good thing, especially this early in the spring (remember it is only March, we usually still have 3+ feet of snow). You could talk to the nursery you bought them from or try contacting your local Cooperative Extension. http://blogs.cornell.edu/horticulture/fruit-2/

Ok gardeners.. since we are talking about gardening.. When we moved here three years ago we planted a ton of bare root fruit trees (about 4-5 feet tall) from a localish NY nursery (to make sure they would grow here). We've kept them alive for those years but they aren't getting any bigger or flowering. I am a complete noob, as any fruit trees we bought in california were immediately eaten by bugs, so we gave up. Hubby wants to pour more fertilizer on em - any other advice? They do well enough but still look stunted. We have apples, pears and I think a peach tree, all from St. Lawrence nurseries I believe..

Now cucumbers, I can grow. We grew atomic cucumbers (and huge cabbages) one year - I think the previous owners kept horses in that spot LOL.

 

[featherz]

Are they dwarf fruit trees? Those won't get overly tall, many dwarf varieties max out around 5-6 feet. I would hold off on the fertilizer, you can have too much of a good thing, especially this early in the spring (remember it is only March, we usually still have 3+ feet of snow). You could talk to the nursery you bought them from or try contacting your local Cooperative Extension. http://blogs.cornell.edu/horticulture/fruit-2/

No, these are full sized fruit trees. Wasn't planning to do anything to them juuuuuuuuuuuuust yet, but if they don't even flower this year hubby's going to get really peeved.