On 3/27/2016 2:04 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
Perused the garden a bit ago, the blueberries are setting fruit as is
the fig tree. Hopes of a good crop makes me smile. Lots of bumble,
mason, etc. bees are working the liriope, their favorite flower in our
gardens. I'm hoping they are visiting other plants as well.

Crowder peas and cucumbers are starting to produce the climbing parts
and all look healthy. They were given fish emulsion yesterday so
should do well. The blueberries were given the blueberry fertilizer
also. All the plants and seeded plants are up and going well. Still a
bit cool here in the morning but getting into the seventies by noon
and later. Summer will be here toot sweet as my Cajun friends used to
tell me.
The pear tree out front is loaded with baby pears and still blooming.
We are hoping for a bumper crop. I have visions of pear jelly, pear
sauce, sliced pears, and pears just to eat out of hand.

No work today as it is Easter Sunday, hope all are having a good
Easter.
George

I waited until today to plant trees because it was supposed to be overcast
... it ain't , but I hadda get 'em in the ground . So I spent most of the
morning planting around 35 Loblolly (aka southern yellow) pines and a dozen
pecans . These are trees supplied by the Arkansas Forest Service at a very
low cost , average about 70 cents per tree ... these are bare-root seedlings
, average about a foot tall . I bought the minimum of both species , 25
pecans and 50 pines , and since that was more than I wanted I shared with
the neighbor .

Sounds like a good deal Snag. I do know about Loblolly pine, SE Texas is
full of them. I grew up about a half mile from the first tree farm in
the US. Never been harvested yet as far as I know. It too, was loblolly
pine. If you're ever this way it's at the junction of I10 and Farm to
Market Road 1136 in Orange Cty, TX.

How much bare land do you have left, seems you're always planting a
bunch of something?

George