The Old Folks Home

[Nomadicus]

Florida doesn't really have much of a southern drawl, BUT 5 minutes talking with my cousins in GA, and I too develop the twang, which lasts for awhile.

Good Morning Old Folks

Same with me long ago. I had cousins in the very north of FL who had a great drawl. Sure do miss them. We just buried the last one a few months ago. A few are left. 3 plus me.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. Waiting on the storm.

 

[ShrekDawg]

There was a beautiful grove of tangerines not far from us that looked like it had been burned with a flame thrower after those 3 frigid nights. Normally those people have freeze protection in place. I don't know what happened but they are out of business now.

That’s terrible!

 

[ShrekDawg]

OHHHH, who could resist that wonderful face?!?

He’s a good boy

 

[Nomadicus]

As far as I know, sweet cherries are not self fruitful, meaning you need two trees at the minimum. Sour cherries are self fruitful, but bear better if there are two trees.

Maybe there are sweet cherry varieties that will bear by themselves...?

Mine is. I don't plant trees that are not now. I got burned once with apples. Never again will I loose everything because the pollinator trees all died.

 

[Nomadicus]

I could tell by the way the leaves had been washed down hill that we got a really hard rain last night. I've got a lot of places that look like a dry creek bed that just got a little shower on them. Places are slick where there is clay on the surface. The temp will start dropping soon. 30-35 degrees so the kids got more cracked corn this morning along with oyster shell for the pullets and hens. Our pen of replacement pullets is laying ex-large to jumbo eggs already. I've got 8 good ones left that I didn't sell and am breeding to an Easter egger rooster. It's turning dark now like another storm is building on top of us.

 

[Sally PB]

Mine is. I don't plant trees that are not now.

We got a Montmorency sour cherry about 4-5 years ago and another the next year. If the birds hadn't gotten them, we would have had our first crop of 6 cherries! Next spring, hopefully they leave some for us.

 

[Nomadicus]

We got a Montmorency sour cherry about 4-5 years ago and another the next year. If the birds hadn't gotten them, we would have had our first crop of 6 cherries! Next spring, hopefully they leave some for us.

I have some fish netting that is used to keep birds off of the trees. Not sure what it will do to keep those fuzzy tailed rats from getting them.

 

[Nomadicus]

This is the one sweet cherry tree I have now.
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=252679

My mom's name was Stella.

 

[Sequel]

As far as I know, sweet cherries are not self fruitful, meaning you need two trees at the minimum. Sour cherries are self fruitful, but bear better if there are two trees.

Maybe there are sweet cherry varieties that will bear by themselves...?

I have a Stella sweet cherry tree which is supposed to be self fruitful. The deer nearly killed it many times but this year it bloomed and had lots of cherries which were eaten by the squirrels before they had a chance to ripen.