What did you do in the garden today?

[lazy gardener]

Better than a foliar spray/soak with Miracle Grow/epsom salt??? Try a side by side comparison.

 

[nordicacres]

Alright, can anyone please help me identify these? We live in MN in Zone 4 if that is helpful. We moved here last Fall and have no idea what the previous owners planted here. Seems we are always finding something new!


First up are these miniature apple-type fruit. Extra large crabapple???

Next up are these teeny, tiny fruits. They look like a cherry, but they are like 1/4 of the size of a normal cherry.

Last up is a bush with these dark purple/black berries on them.

 

[jerryse]

Alright, can anyone please help me identify these? We live in MN in Zone 4 if that is helpful. We moved here last Fall and have no idea what the previous owners planted here. Seems we are always finding something new!


First up are these miniature apple-type fruit. Extra large crabapple???





Next up are these teeny, tiny fruits. They look like a cherry, but they are like 1/4 of the size of a normal cherry.




Last up is a bush with these dark purple/black berries on them.

Last pic looks like Aronia . The small fruits are ornamental crabapples .

 

[lazy gardener]

The dark purple look like June berries to me. Dare to taste them? June berries taste similar to a blue berry, but just a bit sweeter IMO, and they have a tiny single soft seed inside that reminds me a bit of the occasional vestigial seed in a seedless grape. But the seed is a bit chewey and equally as sweet as the fruit. The cherry looking fruits... are they apple like inside? If so, I'm guessing that they are Service berries. An ornamental that is attractive to birds. The apples, regardless of variety should be useful to you.

 

[nordicacres]

I did try the last berries. I'm still alive, lol. It has several small seeds inside. I do think it might be chokeberry (Aronia). TY! I'm so cautious when it comes to fruits/berries that I did not plant myself.


My counter is getting too full! I need to get canning. I've got several bushels of apples, a bushel of pears, and lots of tomatoes just waiting. We also picked potatoes yesterday. We only dug up about half of what we planted and I bet we have 30 lbs!

 

[politicalcenter]

Better than a foliar spray/soak with Miracle Grow/epsom salt??? Try a side by side comparison.

I have used Miracle grow as a foliar spray but never tried it with Epsom salt. I may try a comparison sometime.

Set out some more Swiss Chard and broccoli and started preparing a raised bed for carrots. I am going to make some home made seed tape for carrots, onions, collards and kale.

I am going to plant my Vidalia ( Granex) onions very early this year and see how it goes. I still have some pig dirt and some old rotten hay and I am going to mix them with a little lime for my carrot and onion beds. We are using pine straw for mulch this year and since it can be gathered in the woods for free it works out pretty well. I will use miracle grow for fertilizer.

Now that I am retired I have more time to garden...so it may come out a little better this year.

Nordicacres...I have no idea what your berries are...they look like Yankee berries to me.

 

[jerryse]

I did try the last berries. I'm still alive, lol. It has several small seeds inside. I do think it might be chokeberry (Aronia). TY! I'm so cautious when it comes to fruits/berries that I did not plant myself.


My counter is getting too full! I need to get canning. I've got several bushels of apples, a bushel of pears, and lots of tomatoes just waiting. We also picked potatoes yesterday. We only dug up about half of what we planted and I bet we have 30 lbs!

I have tried Aronia . Tastes awful . June berries are much better tasting .

 

[lazy gardener]

I bought 2 June berries (bare root) this spring, never having seen or heard of them. One of them bloomed and set a modest crop, in spite of the fact that the other one did not bloom, and they are supposed to require an other variety for a pollinator. I was very impressed with the flavor, and IMO, they are equally as tasty if not a bit more so than blueberries. I'm also hoping that they are more disease resistant. They should also be very easy to propagate.

 

[City farm]

I bought 2 June berries (bare root) this spring, never having seen or heard of them.  One of them bloomed and set a modest crop, in spite of the fact that the other one did not bloom, and they are supposed to require an other variety for a pollinator.  I was very impressed with the flavor, and IMO, they are equally as tasty if not a bit more so than blueberries.  I'm also hoping that they are more disease resistant.  They should also be very easy to propagate.  

Photos?

 

[lazy gardener]

I'm a techno idiot, but I'll see what I can do. Your best bet would be to do a google search, as my plants are still small, and not a good indicator of what the plant should look like when it's mature.

http://flowermedia.com/landing.php?...c_xUSGTlfWT9zRVFunhsoaQdFAtQiumJ4oaAjgf8P8HAQ

http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/files...-for-picking-in-abundance-11s6ip4-225x300.jpg

Today, I cut up some dead wood, limbed some stuff that we'd already taken down. It will be loaded onto the truck, and carried to the HK mound. We have lots more dead wood to process, so there should be enough to complete that mound (I expect the process to take at least 2 years to complete.

Picked a bunch of cukes and tomatoes. Can't find any ACV in any stores, so pickling is at a stand still.