[Ag-eq] fruit trees and more

Sat Apr 11 15:17:00 UTC 2015

Wow Nella, how exciting!
Be aware that dwarf trees still get 15-20 feet tall.  Not sure of the
spacing.
I have a dwarf yellow delicious apple.  It's about 15 feet tall.  The fruit
is sweet-tart and crisp, very nice, and great for applesauce.

Fresh homemade goat cheese!  Drooling all over my keyboard.

It's still too cold for warm-weather crops like tomatoes here yet.  I'm
planting tomato seeds inside today.  I'm planting spinach and such out in
the cold frame as well.  I could probably plant it straight in the bed, but
I'm afraid the varmints will eat it all.
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: nfoster at extremezone.com [mailto:nfoster at extremezone.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2015 10:16 AM
To: Tracy Carcione
Subject: fruit trees and more

Spring is really here and it's so wonderful. It's nice enough to plant and I
have a million ideas, which cannot all happen at once.

So yesterday I went to buy some tomatoes and peppers and came home with
those  plus 5 dwarf fruit trees!

I got 2 Bell of Georgia peach trees, 2 Bartlet pears and a Granny Smith
apple.
I want to get 1 or 2 more apple trees, but the only other dwarf trees they
had were red and yellow delicious, which I really don't like.  I would like
to get another cherry tree, but they didn't have any.

I did get 3 types of peppers and 4 different tomatoes.

I have a great place to put the trees; I've been planning on a little
orchard there.  A friend is coming over later to help me put them in
straight rows.  I have room for 9 trees there; my plan is to have 3 rows of
3.  I may add some plums later.  The cherry trees will be on the other side
of the house.

After I get all these things planted I will start working on an herb garden.
It is so exciting to have so much room to plant.  I have all these ideas; I
will be working on this the rest of my life.

A couple of weeks ago I bought 2 new Alpine milk goats, they are both in
milk, so now I have one more chore.  The one who gives the most milk is of
course the hardest to milk.  The other is a perfect lady on the milking
stand.  I plan on making cheese later today.

Well, I guess I better hop to it and get to work.

I hope everyone is doing well and I would love to hear what everyone is up
to.

Nella

Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:

> Hi Nella.
> Wow, cherries!  I'm thinking of planting some kind of cherry.  I have 
> a Japanese maple that is not doing well.  It's big and old; I guess 
> it's just at the end of its life.  So I have the fun of figuring out 
> what to replace it with.
>
> I've planted some lettuce, too, and I'm going to plant some spinach, 
> if it ever stops raining.  I've also planted some turnips and 
> radishes.  Young turnips are really nice in a salad. And red mustard!  
> Gotta plant some of that, too.
>
> My herbs are chives, thyme, oregano, winter savory, coriander, and 
> chamomile.  I had a beautiful hardy rosemary, but the bitter cold last 
> winter killed it.  I have really nice spearmint, but it's pretty
aggressive.
> I should have contained it better.  I'll have to pull out the ones 
> that have escaped their place, again.
> I also have some thyme and lemon thyme in a path I only use occasionally.
> They can take a little being stepped on, and they smell great.
> Tracy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfoster at extremezone.com [mailto:nfoster at extremezone.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 8:49 AM
> To: Tracy Carcione; Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] First harvest
>
>
> Tracy:
>
> Your sandwich sounds good.
>
> I'll have to plant some chives.
>
> I've planted 2 kinds of lettuce, green cabbage, red cabbage and 
> chinese cabbage.
>  Soon I will plant tomatoes and peppers.  I also want to make a little 
> herb garden.
>
> My cherry tree is full of blooms; I wish they had a stronger smell.  
> It would be great to get some cherries, but there are so many birds 
> they will probably get them all.
>
> Nella
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
> > Last weekend, I got my first harvest of chives.  Those things are 
> > indestructible.  I've had them in a big pot for at least a decade.  
> > I water them when I water the flowers that are also in the pot, and 
> > I put some leaves or straw around them when it gets cold, and that's 
> > about it.  They just keep going.
> >
> > My sister-in-law gave me a panini-maker for Christmas.  I wasn't too 
> > sure about it, but it's turned out to be useful.  I made a grilled 
> > cheese and chive sandwich, and it was yummy.
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
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