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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Plant Edible Perrenials!

Fruit trees, berry bushes, and grape vines can provide abundantly year after year after year.  However, it takes a few to get them started, so plant right away.  

 This grape vine is loaded with itty bitty grapes for the first time since I planted it four years ago.  I am so excited!  It is a cutting I took from my Grandparents who have since passed on.  I am so glad to have it.  I don't even know what variety it is.  I took cuttings of two varieties, and two of the four cuttings survived.  It will be a surprise!


This pear tree was planted a year after we moved into the house and took three years to produce.  


This is an apple tree I planted two years ago, and sadly, it is not producing yet.  Maybe next year!

I planted blueberry bushes the year after we moved in.  This one has been moved twice!  It produced splendidly!  Two were run over while building a retaining wall last year.  I planted six more and will have to wait a few years for them!


The first spring in our house I planted a peach tree and a large raspberry patch.  Last year I picked three GALLONS of raspberries every week for EIGHT weeks!  What an investment!


This Fuji apple tree was planted three years ago.  We are adding on and it must be moved.  I have moved LOTS of things in my yard and MOST things make it.  I really hope this one does, but if not, well, I will plant another one!


I have nine fruit trees in my yard and all but three are producing (except when they freeze!)  I no longer buy fruit to bottle in the summer.  I preserve dozens and dozens of quarts of fruit from my own yard!

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